Family A124

Daniel Adams (1740-1814)

This family is represented by Stephen Adams and Steve’s oldest know ancestors are Daniel Adams and his (first son) William Adams. Daniel Adams originated in VA and migrated to KY. Daniel’s son William originated in TN and ended up in KY. Future generations migrated to TX, MO, and CA.

Data taken from personal family file: Adams, Bateman, Hunsaker, Thompson, Venable, Young on Ancestry.com (you must be a member to access file).

http://trees.ancestry.com/fhs/home.aspx?tid=873426&pg=0

Contact: Steve Adams > to contact Steve please leave comment below.

Generation 1 – Daniel Adams (b. 1740 Fauquier, VA – d. 1814 Pulaski, KY)

Married: Hannah ? (b. ? – d. 1815 KY)

William Adams (abt. 1780 TN – 1821 KY) Married: Elizabeth Thompson

Generation 2 – William Adams (b. abt. 1780 TN – d. 1821 Rockcastle, KY)

Married: Elizabeth Thompson (b. ? – d. abt. 1823 Rockcastle, KY)

William Adams (1821 KY – abt. 1889 IN)

Generation 3 – William Adams (b. 1821 KY – d. abt. 1889 IN)

Married: Unknown

Benjamin N. Adams (b. abt. 1850 KY) Married: Rebecca B.?

Generation 4 – Benjamin N. Adams (b. abt. 1850 KY)

Married: Rebecca B.? (b. 1859 MO)

Steven Ross Adams (b. 12 Sep 1880 TX – d. 1918) Married: Esther Bateman

Generation 5 – Steven Ross Adams (b. 12 Sep 1880 – d. 1918)

Married: Esther Bateman (b. abt.1884 TX)

Hilma Adams (b. 1895 MO)
Alvin Benjamin Adams (b. 27 May 1914 El Paso, TX – d. 18 Oct 1996 CA) Married: Ella Mae Venable

Generation 6 – Alvin Benjamin Adams (b. May 1914 El Paso, TX – d. 18 Oct 1971 CA)

Married: Ella Mae Venable (b. 27 May 1914 Bonham, Fannin,TX – d. 18 Oct 1996 San Rafael, CA)

Carole Faye Adams (b. Feb 1936 – d. 16 May 1994
Mary Sue Adams (b. 5 Mar 1942 Modesto, Stanislaus, CA – d. Dec 1945 Modesto, CA
Stephen Robert Adams (b. 31 Dec 1945, CA) Married: Sharon Hunsaker

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Notes from David Scifres added 12/18/2012

Will of Daniel Adams (1740-1814) Pulaski Kentucky

Contributed by Valerie J. Davis, Mar 2001from LDS Film 0598753: Pulaski County (Kentucky) Wills 1801-1838; filmed in 1969. Original records held in the County Clerk’s Office

The Will of Daniel Adams1814, Pulaski County, Kentucky Will Book 1, pp 132-133 Adams, Daniel’s Will Pulaski St of Kentucky I Daniel Adams being Very sick and low in body tho in Perfect mind do Constitute and make this my Last Will and Testament. I first bequeath my soul to God who first gave it me and my body to be buried in a Christian Like manner and as for my worldly Estate it is my Will that my wife Hannah Adams shall have $100. In Cash and have the Negro woman Hannah, as long as she lives and the Plantation and the Vegatables and four sheep also the Grey Horse and Sorrel mare for her Own use and her part of the Insuing Crop Also the Negro Woman at her death to be sold and the money Equally divided among the Heirs also one Hundred and fifty Dollars in the hands of Asa W. Kinzey, and some notes to be divided among and all the Ballance of the property that I have not left to the use of my wife to be sold and equally divided among the heirs and it is my will that my wife Injoy the Plantation and farming tools and household furneture two Cows and as many hogs as will be sufficient for her support during her Natural life and then to be sold and equally divided among the heirs also it is my Will that fifty Dollars out of Silvester Adams part go to the heirs of Ephraim Adams deceased, and also it is my Will that Ralph Williams, John Preston, and Joseph Thompson Shall be my Executors Sign’d Seal Febuary 15th 1814. Daniel Adams B. Williams Elizabeth C_th__ing Elijah Barnes ExaminedAt a County Court held for Pulaski County at the Courthouse thereof in Somerset On Monday the 28th day of Febuary 1814 This will was proven to be the last Will & testament of Daniel Adams Deceased by the Oath of Bailes Williams & Elijah Barns Witnesses thereto and Ordered to be Recorded and the same is done Accordingly.Teste Will Fox

There is a

Daniel Adams in Polaski County Kentuck in 1800 census – 7/29/1800
Daniel Adams in Lincoln County Kentucky also in 1800 Census – 8/23/1800
1800 census listing showing all Adams in KY in 1800.
- Zachariah Adams – Pulaski 7/29/1800
- Sylvester Adams – Pulaski 7/29/1800
- Robert Adams – 7/28/1800
- Daniel Adams – 7/29/1800
Daniel Adams married Hannah Cummins – 28 Jan 1805 in Garrard County Kentucky – may not be the same people but who knows. Interesting anyway.

Information on William Adams (1780-1821) in Rockcastle Kentucky.

The following information was pulled from this tree – http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/21636047/person/1115419794/media/1?pgnum=1&pg=0&pgpl=pid|pgNum

WILLIAM ADAMS[1] Daniel and Hannah’s son William was born in Tennessee around 1780. He moved from Eastern Tennessee to Pulaski County, Kentucky. Around 1815 they had moved to Bee Lick, six miles west of Mt. Vernon, Rockcastle Co., and had 200 acres of land1 . On May 29, 1800, in Rockcastle Co., William married Elizabeth Thompson (see Thompson family)[2] . According to Henry Adams she was about the same age as him. William is not listed in the 1810 census. However, they are listed in the 1820 census. In 1820 a William Adams was exempted from taxes due to his age and imbecility (senility). At the early age of 40, can this be our William? According to Henry Adams his grandparents died between 1819 and 1822 in Rockcastle Co., Kentucky. Their youngest child could not have been born earlier than early 1822. So he could have died shortly before the birth and her shortly after that. I wonder who raised the children? By virtue of the Adams and Thompson family inter-marriages I would guess that uncles and aunts all pitched in. The Rockcastle Co. courthouse unfortunately burned, which destroyed many early records that would have helped more in researching this family. William and Elizabeth’s children (this list of children was provided by Daniel Adams to his daughter Irene Griffith in the late 1890’s):

1. Absalom was born in 1803 in Kentucky, he married October 11, 1824, Cynthia Evans2 , they moved in 1842 to escape delinquent taxes, to Stewardville, De Kalb Co., Missouri, he died May 12, 1861, had issue- Cyrenus, James, George, William, Margaret md. John Brooks (Henry), Rachel.

2. Noah was born around 1805 in Kentucky, he lived near Burksville, Cumberland Co., Kentucky, and he was still there as of 1863.

3. Nancy is unaccounted for

4. Sarah “Sallie” was born in 1805, she married William Cummins, he worked as a blacksmith in Rockcastle, she died in 1860, had issue- Clary B. md. George Logan deBoard, Stephen, Syntha, George, Mary F., William md. Nancy Sowder, Absalum md. Mary Francis Brown[3] .

5. John Quincy married January 19, 1826, Phoebe Preston2 , they moved to Columbus, Bartholomew Co., Indiana, where he died in 1843, had issue- Matthew md. Serrena Sutherlin, William Washington md. Sarah Kincaid[4] , Ephraim C. md. Serelda Youngman, George Tyler md. Phoebe Preston & Clementine Mershon.

6. Daniel, see below.

7. Phoebe was born around 1810 in Kentucky; she married John Cummins who like his brother William (above) worked as blacksmith in Rockcastle, had issue- Stephen, Mary, Elizabeth, William md. Nancy Elder, Flemingtine md. Emeline Thompson[5] , Claricey, Cyntha Margaret md. James Logan Brown, John F., Delilai .

8. Anderson Johnson was born March 4, 1811, in Kentucky, he married January 29, 1843[6] , Violet “Polly” Gilstrap[7] , they lived in Rockcastle, he died December 20, 1854, Violet md. second Mr. Wray, she died in 1896, had issue- Mary md. Ben Lawrence, Elizabeth md. John Gilstrap, Richard md. Sara Lankford, Johnson md. Tenny Albert Buzzard & Nell Gates, Sarah md. Jesse Gilstrap

9. Thomas was born in 1813 in Kentucky, he lived in Rockcastle, and he was killed on August 22, 1856, by a falling tree.

10. Squire died in 1840 of yellow fever on a Mississippi River flatboat, while on his way to New Orleans.

11. Jenny married George Terra or Tena, they moved to Darkville in south-eastern Iowa between 1845 and 1850.

12. William was born January 1, 1821 in Kentucky, he married his cousin Nancy Brown, around 1862 they moved to Salem Co., Indiana, where he died October 5, 1882, she died January 31, 1902, had issue-

John md. his cousin Zerilda Adams,

James md. Mary C. Boling, Absalom,

Jane md. her cousin Montgomery,

Marion,

William,

Logan,

Nancy,

Cyrus.

13. Elizabeth “Bettie” married a Mr. Hicks and resided possibly in Illinois or Knobnoster, Johnson Co., Missouri, had issue- Jasper (there is a David Hicks who married an Elizabeth born around this time, who in the 1860 Blount, Vermilion Co., Illinois census had a son named Jas. M., another son Samuel md. Eliza) ———————————————————————— ——–[1]

http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2166075&id=I14416Henry S. Adams : We have an old letter from Henry S. Adams written 1n 1922 when he was 87. He tells of his ancestors at Jamestown, Virginia and they came from Virginia to Tennessee to Kentucky. He mentions his grandfather William Adams and grandmother Elizabeth Thompson. They first went to Pulaski County Kentucky and then to Rockcastle Co., Ky. Their home was a 200 acre farm 6 miles west of Mt. Vernon, Ky. William Adams was a Whig and Henry S. Adams says he thinks he was a Revolutionary Soldier. He says he always had drills even in Daniels time evidently a hangover from war times. William Adams had a brother, Sylvester. He went from Kentucky to visit his Indiana relatives in 1841 on horseback 300 miles. Sylvester was at this time 103 years old and lived 4 years after his visit.William And Sylvester had a brother Nathaniel who lived to be very old.1 [2]Pulaski Co. marriage records[3] 1850 Rockcastle census[4] Arliene Adams FGS[5] Thelma Cummins Gamble[6] http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:534255&id=I8464[7] http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3160451& id=I4312Patricia Jane Stuff family Tree

An investigation of Daniel Adams (1740-1814) brothers Sylvester and Nathaniel would be interesting. Is it possible Daniel may have also had a son named Daniel who married Hannah Cummins? I’d also chase down Zac and Robert Adams in the 1800 census – they too could be related to this family.

No Benjamin is listed in Family 12 above? That is a bummer. Doesn’t mean this is a dead end though.

William Adams Married Elizabeth Thompson – 29 May 1800 – Pulaski County

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Email from David to Steve on 8/18/2012

Steven, you may have seen this before but there is a Benjamin Adams born in Rock castle 1852 with a father named William Adams. May not be related to your line but I noticed Rockcastle in your tree.

http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/13936348/person/811934140

1860 census – mother is dead probably with the last child birth 5 months prior to the census.

http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=39717652&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt&ssrc=pt_t13936348_p811934140_kpidz0q3d811934140z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid

12 Responses to "Family A124"

Jay Kimmel says:

February 18, 2014 at 4:59 pm

I have traced my wife’s descent from a Moses Adams and Nancy Delaney. Here is what I know
about them.
Moses Adams – Born ca. February __, 1800 at ________, Kentucky. He was
married in Lincoln County, Kentucky on August 3, 1829 to Nancy Delaney, born
ca. 1813 at ________, Kentucky. They moved not long after to Parke County,
Indiana where he farmed in Jackson Township. Moses died September 12, 1883 at
Pontiac, Clay County, Indiana. Nancy died ca. 1884.
I had reason, prior to finding this page, to suspect that Moses was descended
from the Sylvester Adams mentioned above.
Would love to correspond.

Jay

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Valerie Thompson says:

August 10, 2014 at 12:51 am

Please email me. I am a descendant of Daniel Adams who died in Pulaski county, KY in 1814. Your DNA results may be unique only to you, because you have several Adams families mixed up. I am also a professional genealogist.

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1. admin says:
  
  September 6, 2014 at 4:41 pm
  
  Valeria, sorry it has taken me so long to get back to you.
  
  I’m the admin of the website which represents all 16 families who have been genetically tested and associated as a close family subgroup. We are trying to figure out our connections and using this site as a means to do so.
  
  Family A124 was represented by Steven Adams whom I have not been able to make contact with for the last year or two. He rarely responded. I have no idea how solid his data may or may not be and I don’t have a copy of his entire tree with records in order to give an opinion. It is entirely possible some of the oldest generations may be speculation rather than fact.
  
  The will I posted of Daniel Adams from Valerie J Davis, is a transcript from a record in Pulaski County so I would imagine that data is correct. Ephriam Adams is a family name that is associated with a group of Adams who originate Toboyne due to an adoption of three Adams orphans by Ephriam Blaine (later town of Blaine in Perry Co. PA).
  
  One way you could help is by finding a direct male Adams descendant that you know 100% is from your line, and have them participate in the test. If they match us, I’ll add them to the puzzle and see if we can figure out how they fit.
  
  I also emailed you with this response and my contact information if you want to discuss.
  
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  1. Arvil V. Adams says:
    
    July 3, 2015 at 5:01 pm
    
    I am unfamiliar with Family A124. A member brought it to my attention. I submitted my 46 marker DNA test results from Ancestry to the Adams surname project some years ago that then classified me in Family 23. This family has members with proven ancestors going back to Daniel Adams of Pulaski County. I am wondering what is the relationship of Family 124 to the Adams surname project and my Family 23?
    
    My oldest proven ancestor is John Adams born about 1788 in NC (we think) who moved into Knox County KY by 1810 and soon thereafter to Rockcastle County KY where he remained until 1827 when he moved his family to Grayson County KY. He lived there until 1843 when the family of 7 boys and 4 girls moved to Scott County MO. He died in 1850 leaving a Will in Scott County MO. He is buried on a hill east of Benton, MO.
    
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    1. admin says:
      
      May 21, 2017 at 4:51 pm
      
      Arvil – I think what we have on this family is an instance where both descendants in Family Group 23 (you) and the person who researched Family A124 (in Family Group 33) both are claiming the same people as ancestors. But, yDNA tells us the ancestors in question cannot be related to both. In this case its really handy to have the yDNA because it tells us one group or the other is off. Great directional information but doesn’t make it any easier to sort out.
      
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  2. Steven Adams says:
    
    June 14, 2016 at 4:39 pm
    
    Do members of this family have Y-DNA results? I am another “Steven Adams” (not the one listed above) that believes I may be distantly related to this line. I have conducted a good deal of Y testing for my line that can be solidly connected to ~1770. I would have great interest in knowing if such testing has been done for the descendents of this family cited here and which family in the Adams Project this is for comparison. Thank you.
    
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    1. admin says:
      
      May 20, 2017 at 5:01 pm
      
      Yes, the owner of Family A124’s tree, on which you commented, did do a yDNA test and that is in fact the only reason their Family A124 information is on this website. All of the 14 families represented on adamsfamilyDNA.com belong to the same genetic cluster of Adams. This is just one of hundreds of Adams Family yDNA clusters in existance. All of the descendants of these 14 families on adamsfamilydna.com share a common ancestor in the not so distant past 150-800 years – some more recent than others on the same tree. We are trying to sort out what the yDNA tells us by finding any supporting evidence make our common connection.
      
      That does not mean the descendant who was tested and that represents Family A124 has done perfect genealogical research. It means to the best of their knowledge they believe these are their ancestors via traditional research. As you know, some people are better than others at research and sometimes you are luckier than others and discover records and sometimes you don’t.
      
      But, we know for a fact the descendant is absolutely r1b1a2a1a1b4f just like every other person sampled in the 14 families represented on adamsfamilydna.com.
      
      Please review this page for details about the purpose of the website:
      http://adamsfamilydna.com/adams-y-dna-project/about-adams-y-dna-project/
      
      The 14 Adams families on this site are R1b Adams and more specifically r1b1a2a1a1b4f. More info about that here:
      http://adamsfamilydna.com/haplogroup-r1b-r1b1a2a1a1b4f-subclade-l21/
      
      Hopefully this helps you out!
      
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2. Stephen R. Adams says:
  
  January 14, 2016 at 8:13 pm
  
  I retired a year ago and forgot to change my email address. Please feel free to contact me.
  
  Steve Adams
  
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Nicholas Adams says:

November 13, 2015 at 8:07 pm

Hello,

I have recently begun tracing my lineage back and believe my family intersects the family tree here.

My great (x5) grandfather and grandmother are William Adams and Elizabeth Thompson. One of their children, a son named Daniel married a Mary Beauchamp, and one of their sons was named Henry S. Adams. I have a transcribed Journal of Henry S. Where he traces his lineage back to William and Elizabeth, and the places and dates he mentions are consistent with your information here. Henry is my 3x great grandfather

Henry married Mary L. Small, and had several children, one of which was Alvin L. Adams (my great great grandfather), his son Victor Claudius Adams (my great grandfather) had a son David M. Adams (my grandfather) who had my father Randall Adams.

If you would like, I have a lot of names down this Adams pathway, there are a lot of us! I am doing this as a hobby, and something to pass along to my son so he can see his family history. Please feel free to email me.

Nick

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1. admin says:
  
  May 21, 2017 at 4:43 pm
  
  Nick – the abslute best way to help connect the dots would be for you to participate in the Adams yDNA study. If you have not already done that go here to learn more:
  
  http://adamsfamilydna.com/adams-y-dna-project/about-adams-y-dna-project/
  
  If you have, just respond letting me know that you have and I’ll reach out privately to get your kit number. You want to make sure you associated your kit with the Adams study so they can place you in the Adams cluster to which you belong. Just read up on the link above.
  
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Paul McCarthy (Adams) says:

February 16, 2016 at 1:21 am

To the admin can you please email me as I would like to look at this line. I was adopted but reunited with birth family and I believe this line is related to me, all my DNA points my Adams family back to Kentucky and I have specifically looked at Thompson/Adams marriage above.

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1. admin says:
  
  May 21, 2017 at 4:34 pm
  
  Hey Paul have you done a yDNA test? Go to this page and read up and follow the links on the bottom.
  
  http://adamsfamilydna.com/adams-y-dna-project/about-adams-y-dna-project/
  
  If you have a kit at FamilyTreeDNA.com already just let me know and I’ll reach out to you privately to get your kit number. Hopefully you’ve already submitted your kit number to the Adams study at FTDNA and know which Adams Cluster you are in. If not, the info is on the link above.
  
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