ADAMS, Reverend Joseph Bass

Other Events and Attributes:

• Relation to Me: 8 GGF
• Residence: Biographical review
• _DNA: Match (paternal)
• Education: 1710, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; Harvard graduate
• _DEG: 1710, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; Degree from Harvard
• Occupation: 16 Nov 1715, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; 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; Sermon on the death of John Fabyan
• Published: 1760; Sernon on the importance of rulers asserting themselves against the growth of impiety
• Residence: 1776, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA

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).

Joseph married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married KNIGHT, Elizabeth on 13 Oct 1720 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of KNIGHT, John and SLOPER, Bridget Sherburne) was born on 8 Jul 1687 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 10 Feb 1757 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; was buried in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. ADAMS, Elizabeth was born on 13 Oct 1721 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 13 Feb 1722 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.
2. ADAMS, Hannah was born on 4 Apr 1725 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 18 Feb 1765 in USA.
3. ADAMS, Ebenezer was born on 4 Sep 1726 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died in Nov 1764 in Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA.
4. ADAMS, Benjamin V was born on 18 Jan 1728 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 24 Mar 1803 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; was buried in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.
5. ADAMS, Doctor Joseph was born on 17 Jan 1723 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 22 Mar 1801 in Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA; was buried on 22 Mar 1801 in Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA.
6. ADAMS, Mary was born on 12 May 1733 in Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 6 Sep 1815 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Probate: 16 Jul 1736, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

http://books.google.com/books?id=rKdN8t3Y9kkC&pg=PA5&dq=reverend+joseph+bass+adams&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MxHyU6iLG5SmyATxy4BI&ved=0CDsQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=reverend joseph bass adams&f=false

Served in King Philip's War and a Selectman for the Town of Braintree in 1699, 1716, 1717.
This qualifies me for membership in the General Society of Colonial Wars

Joseph married BASS, Hannah on 20 Feb 1688 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. Hannah (daughter of BASS, John and ALDEN, Ruth) was born on 28 Jan 1662 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA; died on 24 Oct 1705 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Differentiator: The Great Migration; Immigrant
• Web Address: Wikitree: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Adams-39
• Occupation: Malster (maker of malt)
• Immigration: 1638, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA; Arrived with his parents and siblings
• Public Service: 1673, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA; Selectman

Notes:

Birth:
King Weston, Somerset, England

Joseph married BAXTER, Abigail on 2 Nov 1650 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. Abigail (daughter of BAXTER, Gregory and PADDY, Margaret) was born on 28 Mar 1634 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; died on 27 Aug 1692 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married ALDEN, Ruth on 13 Feb 1657 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. Ruth (daughter of ALDEN, John and MULLINS, Priscilla Sarah) was born about 1637 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died on 12 Oct 1674 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Differentiator: The Great Migration; Immigrant
• Great Migration: Yes, but no GM profile
• Web Address: Book: https://archive.org/details/henryadamsofsome00bart
• Web Address: Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Adams_(farmer)
• Web Address: Wikitree: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Adams-277
• Occupation: Farmer
• Residence: USA
• Arrival: 1638, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
• Immigration: 1638; Henry arrived in 1638 on the ship Mary & John with his wife, 7 sons and 1 daughter; son Jonathan emigrated in 1651. The colonial authorities at Boston allotted to him 40 acres of land at “The Mount,” for the 10 persons in his family, Feb. 24, 1641

Notes:

The Adams family in America stems from the emigrant Henry Adams, who married Edith Squire and settled in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. His many children emigrated with him, including a son Joseph.
The Adams family was among the early settlers in the British colony to set roots in this new land of opportunities. Henry Adams emigrated from Somerset, England in 1638, he had 10 children. Three of his sons were involved in politics. Lt. Thomas Adams served in the Massachusetts Government Council, Cap. Samuel Adams served in the Massachusetts General Court and John Adams I was a Massachusetts Selectman. John Adams I was the grand father of Deacon Samuel Adams. Little did he know that two members of his family would become presidents of the United States.

WikiTree Research: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Adams-277

Died:
Age: 63

Henry married SQUIRE, Edith Rosamund on 19 Oct 1609 in Charlton Mackrell, Somerset, England. Edith (daughter of SQUIRE, Henry and MACKRELL, Charlotte) was born on 29 May 1587 in Charlton Mackrell, Somerset, England; died on 21 Jan 1673 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Differentiator: The Great Migration; Immigrant
• Arrival: 1638, Massachusetts, USA
• Immigration: 1638, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA; Edith arrived in 1638 on the ship Mary & John with her husband, 7 sons and 1 daughter;

Notes:

Died:
Age: 86

Other Events and Attributes:

• Differentiator: The Great Migration; Immigrant
• Great Migration: https://www.americanancestors.org/DB393/rd/12107/137/235172579
• Great Migration: The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995) , Vols. I-III Page(s) :137 Volume : Vol. 1-3.
• Web Address: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Baxter-15
• Religion: Puritan
• Immigration: 1631, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: 1631, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
• Naturalization: 6 Mar 1631/32; Became a Freeman
• Residence: 1640, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; Joined the Dorchester church in 1631 or early 1632 as Duxbury church wasn't organized yet
• Public Service: 26 Nov 1640; One of seven arbitrators in an extra-judicial master-servant dispute

Gregory married PADDY, Margaret on 6 Mar 1631 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. Margaret (daughter of PADDY, Sir William Peadie and CUBITT, Agnes) was born about 1610 in England; died on 13 Dec 1661 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Differentiator: The Great Migration; Immigrant

Other Events and Attributes:

• Differentiator: The Great Migration; Immigrant
• Great Migration: https://www.americanancestors.org/DB393/i/12107/122/23894481
• Arrival: 1633, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; Among the first settlers of the Massachusetts colony about 1633, or soon after
• Departure: 1633
• Residence: 1640, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA; According to Sprague, Samuel's homestead was at the N.W. corner of Granite and Hancock Streets in what is now Quincy, and parts of the land on Granite Street remained in the male line of descent until 1951.

Notes:

Samuel Bass, came to New England with his wife Anne, and probably one or two young children, among the first settlers of the Massachusetts colony about 1630, or soon after, and settled in Roxbury. Their names were enrolled among the earliest members of the first church in that town, which was gathered as early as 1632, where they may be seen at this day.

He was admitted freeman, May 14, 1634, and lived in Roxburv until about 1610, when he removed his family to Braintree, Massachusetts. He was admitted a member of the “First Congregational Church,” having been dismissed and recommended to them from the church in Roxbury.

He was chosen and ordained the first deacon of the church in Braintree, which office he held for about fifty years.

Deacon Samuel Bass was a man of strong and vigorous mind and was one of the leading men of the town for many years. He departed this life upon the thirteenth day of Sept., 1694, and was the father and grandfather, and great-grandfather of one hundred and sixty-two children before he died. He was buried at Hancock Cemetery, Quincy, Massachusetts. His Memorial has a photo of his headstone, a brief biography with speculation about his parents and links to those of his wife and children.

Birth:
Saffron Walden, Essex, England

Deacon married SAVILLE, Anne on 25 Apr 1625 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England. Anne (daughter of SAVELLE, William and PARKER, Margaret Hannah) was born on 26 Apr 1601 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England; died on 5 Sep 1693 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Differentiator: The Great Migration; Immigrant

Other Events and Attributes:

• Differentiator: Mayflower passenger
• Great Migration: https://www.americanancestors.org/DB393/rd/12107/21/235171134
• Mayflower: Yes
• Web Address: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Alden
• Web Address: https://www.americanancestors.org/DB393/rd/12107/21/235171134
• Web Address: https://www.familysearch.org/en/blog/john-alden-priscilla-mullin
• Web Address: https://www.mayflower400uk.org/education/who-were-the-pilgrims/2019/october/heartwarming-story-of-the-mayflowers-most-famous-love-story/
• Possessions: Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; www.alden.org/our_house/househistory.htm
• _ORIG: Southampton, Hampshire, England
• Residence: 1599, England; I am saving this record as a source of names associated with Alden in England. Ailwan and Aylwin were family Alden names. These families were well known to be in all eastern counties of England during the Norman invasion of 1066.
• Residence: Between 1600 and 1890, USA
• Arrival: 1620, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
• Misc: 1620, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; Mayflower Pilgrim
• Residence: 1632, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: 1633, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; Listed are John Alden's parents, possible grandparents, his wife, Priscilla, his children, and assorted Plymouth work he performed, generally associated with government
• Residence: 1638, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; A sampling of what life was like during this time period for John Alden and his pilgrim friends.
• Residence: 1640, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; Alden homestead was built here
• Record Date: 1687, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

The youngest of the Pilgrims who became involved in government at the start of Plymouth Colony; when they arrived he was 21. Alden was at first assigned to live with the family of Captain Standish and he lived with this family until he was married. There is a story that after the death of Mrs. Standish, the Captain asked John to ask for the hand of Priscilla Mullins on his behalf. John is said to have been qite handsome, and Priscilla responded to him "Prithee, John, why do you not speak for yourself?" Later, John and Priscilla married and it is fabled that Captain Standish never forgave John. However, history doesn't really support this as John and Captain Standish spent the rest of their lives working together in the government, worshiping in the same church, and their children intermarried.

In 1626, John worked with Standish, Brewster, Howland and others to pay the debts, contracted in England, and to prevent the ruin of the colony's credit.

In 1631, John moved to Duxbury and settled on the land that had been granted hin there on the South side of the Bluefish river. He bult his house near Eagletree Pond. The original grant gave him 169 acres.

In 1633 he was appointed as a member of the Board of Assistants to the Governor, a position he continued in almost continually until his death. He often served as Deputy Governor and served as Governor in his absence. He was often on the council of war, many times an arbitrator, a surveyor of lands for the government and for individuals, and several times was authorized to serve as an agent or attorney for the colony. He was chosen treasurer in 1656 and held that office for 3 years. There was little pay for all these years of public service and while John Alden began with assets, these dwindled over time as he had little time to devote to his own affairs. When he died, he left an estate of only 50 pounds sterling. He is described as "He was possessed of sound judgment, and of talents, which though not brilliant, were by no means ordinary and disputable. The writers who mention him, bear ample testimony to his industry, integrity, and exemplary piety, and he has represented as a worthy and useful man, of great humility, and eminent for the sanctity of life. He was decided, ardent, resolute and persevering, indifferent of danger, a bold and hardy man stern and austere and unyielding, of incorruptible integrity, an iron-nerved puritan who could hew down forests and live on crumbs"

He died in Duxbury at age 87 on 12 Sep 1686. He was the last surviving signer of the Mayflower Compact.

The Mayflower Compact, signed by 41 English colonists on the ship Mayflower on November 11, 1620, was the first written framework of government established in what is now the United States. The compact was drafted to prevent dissent amongst Puritans and non-separatist Pilgrims who had landed at Plymouth a few days earlier. The Mayflower Compact was the first democratic document to be drafted in the New World, and became a model for later documents, such as the Constitution. Basically, the Mayflower Compact was the first governing document in America. The Mayflower Compact is the first document in American history demonstrating the attempt to form a government based of the concept that government should derive its power from the “consent of the governed.” The Mayflower Compact specified basic laws and social rules for the new colony and served as a foundation for the democratic structure of the settlers. The significance of the Mayflower Compact is that it contains extremely important concepts that helped to shape the History of America.

Fact 1: The significance of the Mayflower Compact is illustrated as it was based on the concept of majority rule
Fact 2: The significance of the Mayflower Compact is illustrated as it was the first known document that provided self-government in America
Fact 3: The significance of the Mayflower Compact is illustrated as it was the first democratic government to be established in the colonies - The colonists agreed to choose their leaders and make their own laws which they agreed to follow
Fact 4: The significance of the Mayflower Compact is illustrated because it stated that the adult males, not including servants, who settled at Plymouth, would have the right to vote on issues
Fact 5: The significance of the Mayflower Compact is illustrated by its democratic concept of law made by and for the people
Fact 6: The significance of the Mayflower Compact is illustrated as it expressed mutual regard for one another as equals in the sight of God
Fact 7: The significance of the Mayflower Compact is because it is often cited as one of the foundations of the US Constitution setting a precedent as the foundational document for the Plymouth Colony

The Mayflower Compact set a precedent and was an influential document for the Founding Fathers as they created the US Constitution. The Mayflower Compact made a significant contribution to the creation of a new democratic nation which would become the United States of America.

Immediately after agreeing to the Mayflower Compact, the signers elected John Carver (one of the Pilgrim leaders) as governor of their colony. They called it Plymouth Plantation. When Governor Carver died in less than a year, William Bradford, age 31, replaced him. Each year thereafter the "Civil Body Politic," consisting of all adult males except indentured servants, assembled to elect the governor and a small number of assistants. Bradford was re-elected 30 times between 1621 and 1656.

In the early years Governor Bradford pretty much decided how the colony should be run. Few objected to his one-man rule. As the colony's population grew due to immigration, several new towns came into existence. The roving and increasingly scattered population found it difficult to attend the General Court, as the governing meetings at Plymouth came to be called. By 1639, deputies were sent to represent each town at the other General Court sessions. Not only self-rule, but representative government had taken root on American soil.

The English Magna Carta, written more than 400 years before the Mayflower Compact, established the principle of the rule of law. In England this still mostly meant the king's law. The Mayflower Compact continued the idea of law made by the people. This idea lies at the heart of democracy.

From its crude beginning in Plymouth, self-government evolved into the town meetings of New England and larger local governments in colonial America. By the time of the Constitutional Convention, the Mayflower Compact had been nearly forgotten, but the powerful idea of self-government had not. Born out of necessity on the Mayflower, the Compact made a significant contribution to the creation of a new democratic nation.


Died:
Age: 87

John married MULLINS, Priscilla Sarah on 12 May 1622 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. Priscilla (daughter of MULLINS, William and UNKNOWN, Alice) was born on 5 Feb 1602 in Dorking, Surrey, England; died before 1687 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Differentiator: Mayflower passenger
• Mayflower: Yes
• Web Address: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priscilla_Alden
• Web Address: https://www.familysearch.org/en/blog/john-alden-priscilla-mullin
• Name: Priscilla Sara MULLINS
• Possessions: Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; www.alden.org/our_house/househistory.htm
• Residence: USA
• Arrival: 1620, Massachusetts, USA
• Misc: 1620, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; Mayflower Pilgrim
• Residence: 1640, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; The Alden home was built here
• Death: 5 Feb 1688, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; Age at Death: 83