Lt. Henry Adams Jr

Personal and Family Information

Lt. was born in 1609 in Barton St. David, Somerset UK, the son of Henry Adams and Edith 'Rosamund' Squire.

He died on 21 FEB 1675 in Medfield, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

His wife was Elizabeth Paine, who he married in 17 NOV 1643 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, British Colonial America. They had no known children.

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)

Events

Notes

Note 1

My 10x Great Uncle.

Lieutenant Henry, killed by the Indians at his own doorway, February 21, 1675. Killed during King Philip's War while protecting his home and mill. Opened front door to see mill being set afire and was shot in the throat.

His wife Elizabeth, daughter of Moses Paine, was accidentally shot the same day and died eight days later, February 29; Lieutenant Henry was the first town clerk of Braintree, Massachusetts, and representative of the town in the general court, 1659-65-74-75.

Note 2

He was the father of eleven children:

Elizabeth born 1632, Eleazer, Joseph, Jasper, Elizabeth born November 11, 1649, Henry born July 14, 1652, John born July 14, 1652, Moses, John born February 18, 1656, Henry and Samuel

He was Massacred at his own front door by Indians

A Lieutenant of the Training Band, Clerk of the writs, and Representative to the General Court in 1659, 1665, 1674, and 1675

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He was killed, at the door of his house, 21 Feb 1675/76, during the Indian attack on Medfield, Norfolk Co., MA,& was probably buried nearby. His wife, Elizabeth, was accidentally killed the same day in Medfield & was probably buried near the house of Rev. Wilson in which she was killed. Their deaths are recounted in numerous histories of King Philip's War, George Madison Bodge's Soldiers in King Philip's War, p. 284, being one. Henry was the oldest brother of my paternal ancestor, Samuel. bio by Darrel Salisbury