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ADAMS, Joseph Colbath

ADAMS, Joseph Colbath

Male 1815 - 1907  (91 years)

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  • Name ADAMS, Joseph Colbath  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20] 
    Genealogical-history-henry-adams    		 Genealogical-history-henry-adams
    Birth 25 Feb 1815  Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 21, 22] 
    Genealogical-history-henry-adams    		 Genealogical-history-henry-adams
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1839  Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Residence 1840  Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Residence 1850  Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
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    Residence 1855  Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Residence 1860  Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Residence 1865  Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Marital Status: Married 
    Residence 1870  Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Residence Post Office: Newburyport 
    Residence 1874  Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
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    Residence 1880  Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self 
    Residence 1884  Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Residence 1900  Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Father in Law; Relation to Head of House: Father-in-law 
    Death 10 Feb 1907  Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 15, 18, 21] 
    • Heart disease - buried in Newington, NH. His parents names were incorrectly reported on his death certificate by his daughter.
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    gravestones of Joseph and Sarah Adams
    Burial 10 Feb 1907  Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [18, 23] 
    Burial    		 Burial
    Person ID I399  My Genealogy | Laviolette Ancestry, Laviolette Ancestry
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2024 

    Father ADAMS, Captain Ebenezer Jr,   b. 5 Jun 1784, Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jun 1820, Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother COLBATH, Sarah "Sally",   b. Abt 1789, Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Feb 1864, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1808  Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F176  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family NUTTER, Sarah Blanche,   b. 5 Sep 1819, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jan 1892, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 29 Oct 1839  Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 10] 
    adams-nutter-marriage
    Genealogical-history-henry-adams
    Children 
     1. ADAMS, Emily Susan,   b. 20 Jul 1844, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Sep 1922, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. ADAMS, Annetta Augusta,   b. 7 Aug 1842, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Apr 1906, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. ADAMS, Emma L.,   b. Abt 1845, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Sep 1922, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. ADAMS, Josephine,   b. 10 May 1846, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Feb 1940, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +5. ADAMS, Joseph Gilman,   b. 27 Feb 1852, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 1892 and 1943 (Age 39 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. ADAMS, Ariadna,   b. 25 May 1848, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +7. ADAMS, Sarah Frances,   b. 9 Aug 1840, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Dec 1928, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Photos
    Genealogical-history-henry-adams    		Genealogical-history-henry-adams
    Family ID F92  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 25 Feb 1815 - Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1839 - Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 29 Oct 1839 - Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1840 - Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1850 - Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1855 - Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1860 - Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Marital Status: Married - 1865 - Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Residence Post Office: Newburyport - 1870 - Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1874 - Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self - 1880 - Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1884 - Essex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Father in Law; Relation to Head of House: Father-in-law - 1900 - Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 10 Feb 1907 - Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 10 Feb 1907 - Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915
    Notice of funeral
    Burial
    James Nutter Jr
    Massachusetts, State Census, 1865
    1860 United States Federal Census
    1870 United States Federal Census
    1850 United States Federal Census
    Genealogical-history-henry-adams
    Massachusetts, State Census, 1855
    guardianship-of-children
    pg438-HistoryofHenryAdams
    Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915
    Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
    1900 United States Federal Census
    1880 United States Federal Census
    U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
    1840 United States Federal Census
    U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918
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    newburyport-blacksmith shop
    joseph-adams-visiting niece
    gravestones of Joseph and Sarah Adams
    64 Federal Street in Newburyport    		64 Federal Street in Newburyport
    2 Merrimac Court in Newburyport wheer Joseph Adams had his blacksmith shop    		2 Merrimac Court in Newburyport wheer Joseph Adams had his blacksmith shop
    At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
    At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.

    Documents
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    AAD-1858-06    		AAD-1858-06
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    adams-nutter-marriage    		adams-nutter-marriage

  • Notes 
    • According to a History of Henry Adams, Joseph C. was born in Barnstead, Feb 25 1815 and was married Oct 29 1839 to Sarah B. Nutter the daughter of James and Hannah (Langley) Nutter. He was a blacksmith in Newburyport for many years.

      Joseph's father died in 1820 when he was only 5 years old. In October of 1821 the Strafford Court granted guardianship of Joseph (listed as Josephus in the court papers) and his siblings to his mother. Shortly after, also in1821, there was a notice in the paper that his father's 50 acre farm in Barnstead, NH was being auctioned to pay debts. I have also found the probate records ordering this sale as the estate owed $1200.

      It is unknown what his mother may have done then and where they lived, though by 1837 it is presumed they were living in the Newington/Portsmouth area as that is where his sister Sally Ann drowned (she was 17 at the time).

      In 1839, Joseph is listed in the city directory at 57 Daniel where he had a blacksmith shop. His mother was also living in town, at 25 Court St., Portsmouth.

      Joseph and Sarah married in 1839 and during the 1840 Census they were enumerated, living together, in Portsmouth. It appears that there may have been another Joseph Adams living next to them as neighbors. That is unusual and I don't yet know who it could be.

      By the 1850 Census, Joseph and his wife were living in Newburyport, MA and had 5 children, 5 daughters ranging in age from 9 (Sarah F my ancestor) to 2. Ariadna Nutter, Sarah's 24-year old sister was also living with them.

      The State of MA held a Census in 1855. Joseph and his family were living in Ward 6 of Newburyport and a son had now been born (he was 3 at this time), so they had 6 children.

      In the 1860 Census, Joseph's family was still with him in Newburyport and he is listed as owning $700 in real estate.

      MA had another Census in 1865. All his children are still living with him. Joseph's mother had just died the year before, in 1864.

      In the 1870 Census, Joseph and Sarah were in their 50s. It notes that he owns real estate valued at $400 and personal property valued at $1000. They have 4 adult children still living with them, no occupations listed for any of them. Annetta 28, Ada (assumed to be Ariadna) 22, and (Joseph) Gilman 18

      According to the Municipal Register in Newburyport, MA for 1872, Joseph C. Adams was in the Common Council representing Ward 6. Joseph owned a home and blacksmith shop in 1872 located at 2 Merrimac Court.

      In the 1880 Census, Joseph is still living with his wife, his daughter Emma who is 35 and listed as a saleswoman and a granddaughter Nellie M. who is 4. Nellie May's gravestone says she died in 1886.

      Joseph's wife Sarah passed away Jan 11 1892. They had been married 53 years.

      On the 1900 Census Joseph is enumerated in Newington, NH, with his daughter Sarah and her husband Frederick DeRochemont (my 3rd great grandparents), his daughter Annetta now 57, and Sarah and Fred's children Frederick (23), Harry (32) and Harry's wife Annie and their 3 children Mabel, John, and Lawrence.

      In 1907 Joseph was living with his daughter Emily and her husband in Newburyport when he died at the age of 91 from heart disease. Emily did not know her grandmother's (Sally's) maiden name and misreported her grandfather's name as Joseph--though this is understandable as Ebenezer had died in 1820 when Joseph was only 5, long before Emily was born, so Emily never knew her grandfather. The newspaper stated that he had been returned to Newington for burial.

      Joseph and Sarah are buried in Newington. Their granddaughter Nellie is buried beside them.

  • Sources 
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      Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915      		 Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915


    2. [S57] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, State Census, 1865, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).
      Massachusetts, State Census, 1865      		 Massachusetts, State Census, 1865


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      1880 United States Federal Census      		 1880 United States Federal Census


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      1860 United States Federal Census      		 1860 United States Federal Census


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      1840 United States Federal Census      		 1840 United States Federal Census


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      1870 United States Federal Census      		 1870 United States Federal Census


    7. [S75] Ancestry.com, U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Collection Number: G&M_3; Roll Number: 3.
      U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918      		 U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918


    8. Details: Geneology of Hatevil Nutter of Dover, New Hampshire and his descendants.
      https://archive.org/stream/hatevilnutterofd00boyl#page/n5/mode/2up

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      1850 United States Federal Census      		 1850 United States Federal Census


    10. [S1180] Andrew N. Adams, A Genealogical History of Henry Adams of Braintree Mass and His Descendants, 1632-1897, (Name: Published by the Author; Location: Tuttle Company Printers, Rutland, VT;), A genealogical History of Henry Adams, page 438.
      https://archive.org/stream/genealogicalhist00adam#page/n5/mode/2up
      Genealogical-history-henry-adams      		 Genealogical-history-henry-adams


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      U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989      		 U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989


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      1900 United States Federal Census      		 1900 United States Federal Census


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      Massachusetts, State Census, 1855      		 Massachusetts, State Census, 1855


    14. [S1180] Andrew N. Adams, A Genealogical History of Henry Adams of Braintree Mass and His Descendants, 1632-1897, (Name: Published by the Author; Location: Tuttle Company Printers, Rutland, VT;), Page 438.
      Cites Joseph C. Adams vital statistics and his lineage
      https://archive.org/stream/genealogicalhist00adam#page/438/mode/2up
      pg438-HistoryofHenryAdams      		 pg438-HistoryofHenryAdams


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      Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988      		 Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988


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      Cites Joseph C. Adams vital statistics and his lineage
      https://archive.org/stream/genealogicalhist00adam#page/438/mode/2up

    17. [S1176] Massachusetts, Newburyport, Municipal Register of Newburyport, Massachusetts, Page 292 City Government - 1872.
      Joseph C. Adams rerpesenting Ward 6 on the Common Council

    18. [S70] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).

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      Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915      		 Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915


    20. [S1818] Frederick R. Boyle, Hatevil Nutter of Dover, New Hampshire and his descendants, (Name: Peter E Randall Publisher; Location: Portsmouth NH; Date: 1997;), pgs 125-126.
      James Nutter Jr      		 James Nutter Jr


    21. [S1884] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1871 Census of Canada, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Findagrave.com, digital images and listing, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=136404516&ref=acom, Memorial #136404516, accessed 13 Nov 2014, photograph, gravestones for Joseph C. Adams (1815-1907) and Sarah B (Nutter) Adams (1819-1892).

    22. [S1186] New Hampshire, Strafford, County Probate Records, 1660-1973, "New Hampshire, County Probate Records, 1660-1973," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-32660-20245-17?cc=2040537&wc=M797-368:347815101,348082701 : accessed 29 Oct 2014), Strafford > Probate records 1821-1834 vol 30-31 > im.
      Granting Sally Adams guardianship of her children following the death of her husband and their father Ebenezer Adams Jr.
      guardianship-of-children      		 guardianship-of-children


    23. [S3300] Findagrave, (Location: Newington, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA; Date: 10 Feb 1907;), Joseph Colbath Adams 10 Feb 1907.
      https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136404516/joseph-colbath-adams
      Burial      		 Burial



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