Ancestral Glimpses » Matthew Adams (1710-1767)

Personal data Matthew Adams 

  • He was born in the year 1710 in Bedminster Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, British America.
  • Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on May 13, 1972.
  • He died on November 24, 1767 in Bedminster Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, British America, he was 57 years old.
  • He is buried November 1767 in Lamington, New Jersey, British America.
  • A child of John Francis Gabriel Adams and Elizabeth Chambers
  • This information was last updated on August 22, 2015.

Household of Matthew Adams

He is married to Lydia Chambers.

They got married calculated around C 1746 at Of, Somerset County, New Jersey, he was 36 years old.

Birth/Marriage/Death: Richard W. Cook, pg. 156: "m. Lydia Chambers, dau. of John Chambers...John Chambers of Bernards Town, Somerset Co. in his will dated May 28, 1763 names, with others, his daughter Lydia. Matthew Adams of Hunterdon Co. in his will dated Sept. 11, 1867 and proved Mar. 16, 1768 names his wife Lydia who is to keep his mother, his wife's father John Chambers, dec'd., his daughter Elenor, and sons John James, Benjamin, Elijah & David. Executors included his friend John McDowell."

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Notes about Matthew Adams

Source: http://www.geocities.com/quosac/johnadams.txt
Matthew Adams 1710 - .............. +Lydia Chambers ..................
. 3 Eleanor Adams .................
.. 3 John Adams ......................... +Agnas ..........................
.... 4 Thomas Adams ......................................
... 5 William Adams ...........................
... 4 Daughter Adams .................................... +William Caldwell ................. .............
4 Mary Adams 1793 - .................................... +Hugh Gaston ...................... ........
4 John Adams .................................... +Jean King ..............................
4 William Adams ..............................
4 Samuel Adams 1749/50 - 1791 .................................... +Bethany ................ ...
3 James Adams ..................
. 3 Benjamin Adams .................
.. 3 Elijah Adams .................
.. 3 David Adams

6-8-02 not in IGI/ADD as a parent, not ss

FHL film 854108
mentioned in the will of Ephraim McDowell of Bedminster 1760, as a debtor
Matthew's will dated Sep 11, 1767-Mar 16, 1768 names wife Lydia, dau of John Chambers, dec'd , 6 children and his mother.

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Christening day May 13, 1972

  • The temperature on May 13, 1972 was between 5.9 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain during 14.0 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (7%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1972: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.3 million citizens.
    • June 8 » Vietnam War: Nine-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phúc is burned by napalm, an event captured by Associated Press photographer Nick Ut moments later while the young girl is seen running down a road, in what would become an iconic, Pulitzer Prize-winning photo.
    • July 11 » The first game of the World Chess Championship 1972 between challenger Bobby Fischer and defending champion Boris Spassky starts.
    • August 3 » The United States Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
    • September 6 » Munich massacre: Nine Israeli athletes die (along with a German policeman) at the hands of the Palestinian "Black September" terrorist group after being taken hostage at the Munich Olympic Games. Two other Israeli athletes were slain in the initial attack the previous day.
    • October 13 » Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashes in the Andes mountains. 28 survive the crash. All but 16 succumb before rescue on December 23.
    • December 19 » Apollo program: The last manned lunar flight, Apollo 17, crewed by Eugene Cernan, Ronald Evans, and Harrison Schmitt, returns to Earth.

Day of death November 24, 1767

  • The temperature on November 24, 1767 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by north. Weather type: donker. Special wheather fenomena: droog. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1767: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 7 » End of Burmese–Siamese War (1765–67).
    • June 17 » Samuel Wallis, a British sea captain, sights Tahiti and is considered the first European to reach the island.
    • July 3 » Norway's oldest newspaper still in print, Adresseavisen, is founded and the first edition is published.
    • July 3 » Pitcairn Island is discovered by Midshipman Robert Pitcairn on an expeditionary voyage commanded by Philip Carteret.
    • August 26 » Jesuits all over Chile are arrested as the Spanish Empire suppresses the Society of Jesus.
    • October 11 » Surveying for the Mason–Dixon line separating Maryland from Pennsylvania is completed.


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