ADAMS, Martha W

Other Events and Attributes:

• Probate: 4 Aug 1851, York, Maine, USA

Hanson married NORTON, Nancy in 1817 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Nancy died on 6 Dec 1886; was buried in Kittery, York, Maine, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Relation to Me: 6 GGF
• Residence: New Hampshire, USA; Biographical review
• _DNA: Match (paternal)
• _MILT: 1776, New Hampshire, USA; Revolutionary War Soldier at Stillwater, Fort Anne, an Skeneboro
• _ELEC: 1786, Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA; Selectman in the Town of Barnstead/Formerly in Strafford County
• Residence: 1810, Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA; Formerly in Strafford County
• Religion: 1818, Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA; Congregational Church with Reverend Enos George (see pension file)/Formerly in Strafford County
• Residence: 1830, Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA; Formerly in Strafford County

Notes:

Ebenezer was a soldier at Crown Point and Ticonderoga during the Revolutionary War.

Fort Ticonderoga was captured on May 10, 1775, when a small force of Green Mountain Boys led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold overcame a small British garrison at the fort and looted the personal belongings of the garrison. Cannons and other armaments from the fort were transported to Boston and used to fortify Dorchester Heights and break the standoff at the Siege of Boston.

After seizing Ticonderoga, a small detachment captured the nearby Fort Crown Point on May 11.

Aug., 1776, in Capt. Caleb Hodgdon's Co., and in Capt. Abraham Perham's Co., Col. Pierce Long, Dec. 7, 1776, to Jan. 7, 1777;

Notes from Debbie Wilson:

Stuart Merrill in his History and Genealogy of the Barnstead Early Families, 1979, states that Ebenezer married Lydia Hoyt in 1779, that in the census of 1790 he included in his family two boys and three girls. He is buried on the farm according to Merrill. Merrill maintains that son James lived on his father's farm, and we know this from the pension information below. The pension file of Ebenezer reads as follows:

"April 6, 1818, Ebenezer Adams of Barnstead, Strafford Co. New Hampshire aged 64 deposed:
that he enlisted Nov. 1775 and served two months; enlisted again in March, 1776, and served four months; in August, 1776, enlisted at New Castle, New Hampshire under Capt. Abraham Perkins, in the New Hampshire Line, where he served as a sergeant for twelve months, and in August, 1777, was discharged at Stillwater, N.Y. He was in the battles of Fort Ann and Skenesboro. The same day Dudley G. Adams of Gilmanton, testified to service in the company commanded by Capt. Abraham Perkins, and Ebenezer Adams, Sergeant, as did Israel Huckins of Barrington, New Hampshire.
William Walker , Noah Robinson and John Kinne, Selectmen, testify to soldier's need of a pension. Claim allowed and Certificate North 16498 was issued Feb. 14, 1820 Act March 18, 1818 for one years service as private.
May 2, 1820 soldier submitted a schedule of his property, but stated that he owned a considerable amount. He mentions a wife, Lydia, aged 62 yrs, a daughter, 30 yrs. of age, and a grandson, 11 yrs. old in his family.

His name was dropped from the rolls on account of property. In 1822 soldier applied for a renewal of pension, stating that when his name was dropped, his creditors foreclosed, and that now he has not more than fifty dollars' worth of property. A number of citizens of the town testify in his behalf, among whom were: James Adams (no relation stated), John Bickford, Abraham and Daniel Bunker, John Daniels, Reverend Enos George, Pastor of the Congregational church in town, of which Ebenezer is a member, Jeremiah Jewett, John and William Nutter, John Peavey and Joseph Tasker.

November 25, 1824, James Adams of Barnstead, New Hampshire testified that he was present when Harrison Hoyt Adams, formerly of Barnstead, but now of Kittery, York County, Maine agreed to pay off what he owed to various persons, among whom were: Ebenezer Adams (who died June 1, 1820), Ebenezer Coe, store-keeper, Jedediah Leighton, Betsy Adams, who nursed the family in several illnesses, Dr. Thomas Shannon of Pittsfield, New Hampshire, Joanna Pease, Nancy Merrill, Charles Hodgdon . Esq., Stephen Watson, as well as Harrison Hoyt Adams and James Adams. Owing to business troubles, H.H. Adams was obliged to sell the farm, and it was bought by James Adams, etc.

Ebenezer Adams was, therefore, restored to the roll; and a certificate with the same number was issued April 1, 1828, according to Acts of March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820."

Ebenezer married HOYT, Lydia on 20 Apr 1779 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Lydia (daughter of HOYT, John and FURBER, Sarah) was born on 12 Feb 1758 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 18 Dec 1836 in Formerly Strafford County, Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Relation to Me: 6 GGM
• Name: Lydia Hoit
• _DNA: Match (paternal)
• Birth: 12 Feb 1758, Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Relation to Me: 7 GGF
• Revolutionary War: A000650
• Occupation: Medical doctor. He entered the propfession of medicine against the wishes of his father who wanted him to be a minister.
• Residence: Biographical review
• _DNA: Match (paternal)
• Education: 1745, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; Harvard graduate
• _DEG: 1745, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; Harvard graduate
• Residence: 1776, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
• Residence: 1788, Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA; Given land overlooking Lily Lake on lot 28 2nd div.
• Residence: 1790, Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA; Formerly in Strafford County
• Occupation: 1792, Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA; First physician in the town of Barnstead http://www.nh.searchroots.com/documents/History_Barnstead_NH.txt

Notes:

Dr Joseph graduated from Harvard in 1745 and became a doctor contrary to his father's wishes (he wanted him to be a minister). He settled in Newington but moved to Barnstead in 1792. He married Joanna Gilman, dau of Ezekiel Gilman and Sarah Dudley. The Adams genealogy says that Ezekiel was commander of the New Hampshire forces at the taking of Louisburg in 1745.

According to the revised edition of the Gilman genealogy, "Ezekiel did not die at the Louisburg Garrison as has been stated. In 1749 he deeded land in Exeter to his son Bradstreet and in 1748 distinguished himself by his original device for transporting artillery over swamps. The Major was a lumberman and had drawn masts over boggy ground on sleds and adopted the same method with artillery with complete success, teams of men being used instead of oxen or horses."

http://books.google.com/books?id=H89DXKVm4qcC&pg=PA2167&lpg=PA2167&dq=reverend+joseph+bass+adams&source=bl&ots=4UhEG4Jcu6&sig=N1EUKGR7sdHEkivAb8JAyc8UAto&hl=en&sa=X&ei=sg_yU__rJoOBygS4l4CQBg&ved=0CCIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=reverend joseph bass adams&f=false

Birth:
For Details on his life see Pg 185 Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 1 (Google eBook)

Joseph married GILMAN, Joanna before 1747 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Joanna (daughter of GILMAN, Ezekiel and DUDLEY, Sarah Saphronia) was born in Sep 1725 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died after 1770 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: Y
• Relation to Me: 7 GGM
• Name: //
• Name: Johanna Gilman
• _DNA: Match (paternal)
• Birth: Sep 1723, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA

Notes:

For Johanna's parents See. Pg 185 Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 1 (Google eBook)

Birth:
For Johanna's parents See. Pg 185 Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 1 (Google eBook)

John + FURBER, Sarah. Sarah (daughter of FURBER, Moses and BICKFORD, Anna) was born on 5 Nov 1738 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 17 Dec 1788 in Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; was buried in Fremont, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: //
• Name: Sarah Furbur
• Death: 1767, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA

Notes:

There was another Sarah (Collins) who married a John Hoyt in NH. They were similar ages so need to make sure not to confuse them

Birth:
She is named in her fathers will - proof of parents