One of his paternal ancestors, Robert Adams, came from Oxfordshire, England, shortly after the conveyance of 500 acres of land to him by William Penn, by deed dated Dec. 22, 1681, and located in what is now the city of Philadelphia.
The name Addams was originally spelled with one d, as is customary, but Richard Adams, in order to distinguish the
family, added a second d. and this mode of spelling the name has been followed for nearly a century.
This would explain the spelling of Samuel's name, Adams, and that of his wife and Children's of "Addams" on their gravestones.
Samuel Adams owned a farm about 2 miles west of Hogestown, at a place called Roarington, on the bank of the Conodoguinet, where there was a fine spring. It was this place during the Indian wars, from 1753 to 1758, where on 13 May 1757 William Walker and another man were killed, near McCormick's Fort at the Conodoguinet.
The name Addams was originally spelled with one d, as is customary, but Richard Adams, in order to distinguish the
family, added a second d. and this mode of spelling the name has been followed for nearly a century.
This would explain the spelling of Samuel's name, Adams, and that of his wife and Children's of "Addams" on their gravestones.
Samuel Adams owned a farm about 2 miles west of Hogestown, at a place called Roarington, on the bank of the Conodoguinet, where there was a fine spring. It was this place during the Indian wars, from 1753 to 1758, where on 13 May 1757 William Walker and another man were killed, near McCormick's Fort at the Conodoguinet.
One of his paternal ancestors, Robert Adams, came from Oxfordshire, England, shortly after the conveyance of 500 acres of land to him by William Penn, by deed dated Dec. 22, 1681, and located in what is now the city of Philadelphia.
The name Addams was originally spelled with one d, as is customary, but Richard Adams, in order to distinguish the
family, added a second d. and this mode of spelling the name has been followed for nearly a century.
This would explain the spelling of Samuel's name, Adams, and that of his wife and Children's of "Addams" on their gravestones.
Samuel Adams owned a farm about 2 miles west of Hogestown, at a place called Roarington, on the bank of the Conodoguinet, where there was a fine spring. It was this place during the Indian wars, from 1753 to 1758, where on 13 May 1757 William Walker and another man were killed, near McCormick's Fort at the Conodoguinet.
The name Addams was originally spelled with one d, as is customary, but Richard Adams, in order to distinguish the
family, added a second d. and this mode of spelling the name has been followed for nearly a century.
This would explain the spelling of Samuel's name, Adams, and that of his wife and Children's of "Addams" on their gravestones.
Samuel Adams owned a farm about 2 miles west of Hogestown, at a place called Roarington, on the bank of the Conodoguinet, where there was a fine spring. It was this place during the Indian wars, from 1753 to 1758, where on 13 May 1757 William Walker and another man were killed, near McCormick's Fort at the Conodoguinet.
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In Memory of
Samuel Adams
who departed this life
February 26 1825
Aged 48 Years
5 MONTHS & 6 Days
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