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John Adam II

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John Adam II

Birth
Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
28 Sep 1826 (aged 71)
Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Burial
Falls Village, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map
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3rd child of John & Sarah. Age 71 yrs. 6 mos. 24 days.

p.40: In 1779 John Adams Jr., son of a Massachusetts forge master, visited Samuel Forbes to buy rolls for his father's slitting mill. John got his rolls and also found that Samuel had an attractive daughter, Abigail. The next year John and Abigail married. At the same time, John formed a partnership with Samuel to run the Canaan forge, which then employed fifty hands. Adam brought technical knowledge of iron metallurgy and rolling mills along with sales ability to the Keenan enterprise.
p. 41
With the deaths of John Adam Jr. in 1826 and Samuel Forbes in 1828 (at age 98), management of their forges, gristmill, and farms in Canaan passed to two of John's sons, Samuel Forbes Adam, a graduate in the Yale class of 1803, and Leonard Adam.
[R.B. Gordon. 2001. A Landscape Transformed: The Ironmaking District of Salisbury, Connecticut. Pp. 40-41]
3rd child of John & Sarah. Age 71 yrs. 6 mos. 24 days.

p.40: In 1779 John Adams Jr., son of a Massachusetts forge master, visited Samuel Forbes to buy rolls for his father's slitting mill. John got his rolls and also found that Samuel had an attractive daughter, Abigail. The next year John and Abigail married. At the same time, John formed a partnership with Samuel to run the Canaan forge, which then employed fifty hands. Adam brought technical knowledge of iron metallurgy and rolling mills along with sales ability to the Keenan enterprise.
p. 41
With the deaths of John Adam Jr. in 1826 and Samuel Forbes in 1828 (at age 98), management of their forges, gristmill, and farms in Canaan passed to two of John's sons, Samuel Forbes Adam, a graduate in the Yale class of 1803, and Leonard Adam.
[R.B. Gordon. 2001. A Landscape Transformed: The Ironmaking District of Salisbury, Connecticut. Pp. 40-41]

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  • Created by: Linda Mac
  • Added: Jul 9, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54726039/john-adam: accessed ), memorial page for John Adam II (4 Mar 1755–28 Sep 1826), Find a Grave Memorial ID 54726039, citing Grassy Hill Cemetery, Falls Village, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by Linda Mac (contributor 47062703).