Adams (Y-DNA)
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Status summary
Completed as of December 18, 2021:
- Recruiting additional direct male-line Joseph Adams II descendants for NGS/WGS SNP testing - anyone interested in submitting their DNA for testing should contact MayflowerDNA1620@gmail.com
Still to do as of December 18, 2021
- NGS/WGS test multiple Joseph Adams II descendants to firmly place family clade as well as discover any subclades unique to descendants lines
Biography
For more information see: Woodworth-Barnes, Esther Littleford (ed. by Alicia Crane Williams), Mayflower Family Through Five Generations, Vol. 16 Alden General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA part 1 (first four generations) 1999; part 4 (fifth generation of daughter Ruth) 2015;
First Generation
(Dea.) Joseph Adams (II) was born Braintree (now Quincy) 24 Dec 1654 son of Joseph Adams (who was son of immigrant Henry Adams) and Abigail Baxter. Joseph (II) died there 12 Feb 1736/7. He married three times (all at Braintree), first 1682 Mary Chapin (two daughters, no Mayflower link); second 20 Feb 1687/8 Hannah Bass; and third abt 1708 Elizabeth Hobart (one son, no Mayflower link). By his second wife, Hannah, Joseph had eight children (Braintree, now Quincy): Joseph (1688/9), John (1690/1), Samuel (1693/4), Josiah (1695/6), Hannah (1697/8), Ruth (1700), Bethiah (1702) and Ebenezer (1704)
Second Generation
(Rev.) Joseph Adams (III) was born Braintree (now Quincy) 4 Jan 1688/9 and died Newington, NH 26 May 1783. He married twice, first Portsmouth, NH 13 Oct 1720 Elizabeth Knight and second Greenland, NH 3 Jan 1760 Elizabeth Pickering (no children by this second marriage). By his first marriage Rev. Joseph had (Newington) Elizabeth (1721), Joseph (1723), Hannah (1725), Ebenezer (1726) and Benjamin (1728).
(Dea.) John Adams was born Braintree (now Quincy) 8 Feb 1690/1 and died there 25 May 1761. He married 31 Oct 1734 Susannah Boylston[1] and they had three children (Braintree, now Quincy): (Pres.) John (1735), Peter Boylston (1738) and Elihu (1741).
Samuel Adams was born Braintree (now Quincy) 28 Jan 1693/4 and died there 17 Jul 1751. He married Braintree 6 Oct 1720 Sarah Paine and they had eight children (Braintree, now Quincy): Samuel (1723), Sarah (1725), Mary (1728-1730), Joseph (1730), Moses (1732), Aaron (1736-1739), Elijah (1738) and Nathaniel (1745).
Josiah Adams was born Braintree (now Quincy) 18 Feb 1695/6 and died Mendon 25 Mar 1749. He married Braintree 20 Nov 1718 Bethiah Thompson and they had five children (Braintree, now Quincy): Bethiah (c1720), Josiah (1722-1722/3), Josiah (1727), Joseph (1729-1729) and Edward (1731-1734).
Ebenezer Adams was born Braintree (now Quincy) 30 Dec 1704 and died there 6 Aug 1769. He married Anne Boylston and they had six children (Braintree, now Quincy): Peter (1730-1730), Anne (1731), Boylston (1734), Ebenezer (1737), Zabdiel Boylston (son 1739) and Micajah (1741).
Third Generation
Joseph Adams (IV)
Ebenezer Adams
Benjamin Adams
(Pres.) John Adams
Peter Boylston Adams
Elihu Adams
Samuel Adams
Joseph Adams
Moses Adams
Elijah Adams
Nathaniel Adams
Josiah Adams
Boylston Adams
Ebenezer Adams
Zabdiel Boylston Adams
Micajah Adams
- ↑ after Dea. John Adams death, Susannah married John Hall.
DNA results R1b-Z4471
Previous Y-DNA testing
The Adams Y-DNA Study was started in 2002. This was a STR-based study, and only compared 37 Y-STRs. This was not enough resolution to go beyond the R-M269 predicted haplogroup FTDNA has assigned to this family.
NGS/WGS testing
FTDNA's Adams Surname Y-DNA Project (first family group) documents two patrilineal (direct male line) descendants of Henry Adams (grandfather of Dea. Joseph Adams) have taken a Big Y test and have been confirmed to fall under: R-L23>L51>P310>L151>S1194>CTS4528>S14328>A8469>S1196>S6868>FGC23894>FGC23887>Z4471
Further needed testing
We need direct male-line descendants of (Dea.) Joseph Adams (II) to WGS/NGS test to discover any subclades which they may fall under.
