John Adams (Y-DNA)
Contents
Status summary
As of February 28, 2025:
- Recruiting patrilineal (all male-line) descendants of John Adams for NGS/WGS testing. Folks who believe they are patrilineal (all male line) descendants should Read me First
IMPORTANT: Read me First
Paper trail
For more information see Wakefield, Robert S., "Men of the Fortune John Adams, TAG 55 (1979), pp. 12-14.
First Generation
John Adams' origins are unknown. He arrived as a single man and married Ellen/Eleanor Newton about 1625. He died at Plymouth between 1 Jul - 24 Oct 1633. John and Ellen had the following children: James (born by 1627), John (c 1630) and Susan (c 1630, no further record).
Second Generation
James Adams was born at New Plimoth sometime before the cattle division (22 May 1627) as he is the only child named in the family. James died at sea 19 Feb 1654. He was married Scituate about 16 Jun 1646[1] They had five children: William (1647), Anna (1649), Richard (1651), Mary (1652/3) and Margaret (1654).
John Adams was born at New Plimouth sometime after the cattle division of 1627 and died at Chester, New Jersey 19 Jan 1703/4. He married twice, first Marshfield 27 Dec 1654 Jane James of Hingham then Long Island City, NY 1663 Elizabeth Russell. By his first wife he had five children: Joseph (1655), Mary (1656), Margaret (1657-1657), Martha (1658) and Rebecca (1661). By his second wife he had fourteen more children: Joseph (c 1664), Thomas (c 1664), Eleanor (c1665), Elizabeth (1665), Jane (1666), Jane (1668), James (1671), Susannah (1674), Hannah (1676), Deborah (1678), John (1680), Marcy (1686), Abigail (1689) and Phoebe (1691).
Third Generation
- ↑ contemporary records gives various dates: 15 or 16 Jun 1646 or 16 Jul 1646.
DNA Results
Previous testing
The Adams DNA Project does not list anyone claiming descent from this family.
NGS/WGS testing
NGS/WGS testing is needed to fully refine the haplogroup.
References and External Resources
- Soule, W. Becket, Passengers of the Fortune (1621)" (Heritage Books 2023) pp. 3-5.
- Anderson, Robert Charles, The Pilgrim Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth Colony 1620-1633" (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 2004) pp. 1-2.
- Wakefield, Robert S., "Men of the Fortune John Adams, TAG 55 (1979), pp. 12-14.
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