ADAMS, Reverend Joseph Bass
1688 - 1783 (95 years)
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Name ADAMS, Joseph Bass [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13] Title Reverend Birth 4 Jan 1688 Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA 
[1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14] Gender Male Education 1710 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Harvard graduate _DEG 1710 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA [15] Degree from Harvard Occupation 16 Nov 1715 Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA [16] Ordained as a minister. He served for the next 65 years. Residence 1727 Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA Granted Barnstead charter along with 105 others (never lived there) Published 1757 [15] Sermon on the death of John Fabyan Published 1760 [15] Sernon on the importance of rulers asserting themselves against the growth of impiety Relation to Me 8 GGF Residence Biographical review [18] Residence 1776 Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA [7] _DNA Match (paternal) Death 25 May 1783 Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA [3, 8, 10, 11, 13, 19, 20, 21] 
probate-record-1 Burial New Hampshire, USA [3] 
Siblings5 brothers and 5 sisters Half-siblings2 half sisters (family of Joseph ADAMS and Mary CHAPIN) Patriarch & Matriarch 
ADAMS, John, b. 1502, Barton St David, Somerset, Englandd. 1543, Barton St David, Somerset, England (Age 41 years) (4 x Great Grandfather) 
HARMAN, Olive, b. 10 May 1548, Sanderstead, Surrey, Englandd. 1603, Elstree Church, Herefordshire, England (Age 54 years) (3 x Great Grandmother) Person ID I32 My Genealogy | Laviolette Ancestry, Laviolette Ancestry Last Modified 4 Feb 2024
Father ADAMS, Joseph Jr, b. 24 Dec 1654, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 12 Feb 1737, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 82 years)
Other Partners: CHAPIN, Mary m. 20 Feb 1682; HOBART, Elizabeth m. Oct 1705Relationship natural Mother BASS, Hannah, b. 28 Jan 1662, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 24 Oct 1705, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 43 years) Relationship natural Marriage 20 Feb 1688 Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Family ID F52 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Living Family ID F7 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 Feb 2024
Family 2 KNIGHT, Elizabeth, b. 8 Jul 1687, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA d. 10 Feb 1757, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA (Age 69 years)
Other Partners: JANVRIN, Capt Jean m. 13 Sep 1706Marriage 13 Oct 1720 Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA [9, 14] Children 1. ADAMS, Elizabeth, b. 13 Oct 1721, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA d. 13 Feb 1722, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA (Age 0 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. ADAMS, Hannah, b. 4 Apr 1725, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA d. 18 Feb 1765, USA (Age 39 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 3. ADAMS, Ebenezer, b. 4 Sep 1726, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA d. Nov 1764, Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA (Age 38 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]▻ DOWNING, Louise G m. 13 Jan 1757+ 4. ADAMS, Benjamin V, b. 18 Jan 1728, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA d. 24 Mar 1803, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA (Age 75 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]▻ PICKERING, Abigail m. 6 Jun 1751; BROWN, Susanna m. 22 Apr 1784+ 5. ADAMS, Doctor Joseph, b. 17 Jan 1723, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA d. 22 Mar 1801, Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA (Age 78 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]▻ GILMAN, Joanna m. Bef 17476. ADAMS, Mary, b. 12 May 1733, Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 6 Sep 1815, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 82 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F8 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 Feb 2024
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Birth - 4 Jan 1688 - Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA 
Education - Harvard graduate - 1710 - Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA _DEG - Degree from Harvard - 1710 - Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA 
Occupation - Ordained as a minister. He served for the next 65 years. - 16 Nov 1715 - Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Marriage - 13 Oct 1720 - Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA 
Residence - Granted Barnstead charter along with 105 others (never lived there) - 1727 - Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA 
Residence - 1776 - Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Death - 25 May 1783 - Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA 
Burial - - New Hampshire, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - IN 1727, Lieutenant Governor Wentowrth granted the charter for the Town of Barnstead to Rev. Joseph Adams and others. At the time it was a complete wilderness with hostile Indians living there, and so no attempt to settle the land was made until 1765.
The Reverand's son Ebenezer was the first person, who with his family, settled in Barnstead (date unknown) on a lot located near the north line of Barrington (now Strafford). The homes of the first settlers were just crude log homes. The cost of the first road built was passed to the charter owners through taxes, and due to the unusually high burden of this, many gave up their rights to the land at that time and had it sold at auction.
In the original charter the settlers were bound to build a meeting house for worship within three years of the Indian hostilities ending, so Rev Adams, who was living in Newington came to the town and selected land for the church. The site was described as "in a valley, near a stream of water, about a mile north of the Strafford line." Rev. Adams gave the first service at the church, and the workmen who had built the log structure attended.
Previously, in 1758 while in Newington, he was one of 8 clergyman selected bu the Congregational Convention to apply to Givernor Wentworth for a charter for a college. This was granted in 1769.
President John Adams, the Reverend's nephew described him "That in conversation he was vain, locquacious, though somewhat learned and entertaining; his sermons were delivered in a beautiful and musical voice, quoting scripture, and preaching without notes.
When Rev. Adams died in 1783, he was the oldest living minister in New England. It was reported in a letter written to President John Adams regarding his uncle's death that the last sermon he had preached was on the topic of peace and he had spoken about how proud he was that his own blood relative had played such a big part in achieving that.
For life details 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) - 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
While it was not nearly as common as in the south, according to an article written by Doughas Harper, a historian, entitled SLAVERY in NEW HAMPSHIRE, there were about 674 slaves in New Hampshire in 1773 (in a population of about 87,000).
- IN 1727, Lieutenant Governor Wentowrth granted the charter for the Town of Barnstead to Rev. Joseph Adams and others. At the time it was a complete wilderness with hostile Indians living there, and so no attempt to settle the land was made until 1765.
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Sources - [S16] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
Name: Rev. Joseph Bass Adams
birth date: 04 Jan 1688
birth place: Braintree, Norfolk, Massachussetts
vital date: 4 Jan 1688-1689
vital place: Braintree, Massachusetts
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=matownvital&h=82146573&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=ptMassachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 - [S52] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Source Citation: Source number: 3756.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: LSS.
birth date: 04 Jan 1688
birth place: Braintree, Norfolk, Massachussetts
marriage date: 1728
marriage place: NH
Name: Rev. Joseph Bass Adams
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=worldmarr_ga&h=6847&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt - [S39] Ancestry.com, New Hampshire, Death and Burial Records Index, 1654-1949, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
burial place: New Hampshire, United States
birth date: 04 Jan 1688
birth place: Braintree, Norfolk, Massachussetts
death date: 25 May 1783
death place: Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
Name: Rev. Joseph Bass Adams
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=fsnewhampshiredeath&h=5330&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt - [S52] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Source number: 4997.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: LSS.
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Record for Ebenezer Adams
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=-1321080886&indiv=try - [S1840] Merrill, Stuart, History and Genealogy of the Barnstead Early Families from 1727 to 1970, 2nd Edition, (Name: Stuart Merrill; Date: 1979;), Pgs 1-7.
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Description of Rev. Joseph Adams and his son, Dr. Joseph Adams life. - .
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Unknown.jpg - [S1166] Adams family, Adams Family Correspondence, Volumes 5 and 6: October 1782-December 1785, Pages 185-188, Letter from Richard Cranch to John Adams. Dated 26 June 1783 from Boston to John Adams in Paris.
Describes death of Reverend Joseph Adams at the age of 96 or 97, and the last sermon the Reverend had preached which was on Thanksgiving Day on the topic of Peace.At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. - [S1184] New Hampshire, Rockingham, County Probate Records, 1660-1973, "New Hampshire, County Probate Records, 1660-1973," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-32659-15704-36?cc=2040537&wc=M797-DNG:347815701,348161301 : accessed 29 Oct 2014), Rockingham > Probate records 1779-1784 vol 25-27 > image 646 of 743.
Benjamin Adams expenses as Executor of Joseph Adams estate - [S1185] New Hampshire, Rockingham, Probate records 1779-1784 vol 25-27, "New Hampshire, County Probate Records, 1660-1973," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-32659-16051-46?cc=2040537&wc=M797-DNG:347815701,348161301 : accessed 29 Oct 2014), Rockingham > Probate records 1779-1784 vol 25-27 > image 585 of 743.
Reverend Joseph Adams' willjoseph-adams-will-1 joseph-adams-will-2
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