Elizabeth Adams
Our ancestor Elizabeth Adams emigrated from England to Massachusetts as a very young child with her parents. The precise date is unavailable, but it was no doubt during the decade of the Great Migration (the 1630s).
Elizabeth, her six older siblings, her husband, and her eldest child, Elizabeth, were part of the reactive, nomadic Cavalier Generation. Her parents were part of the idealistic, puritanical Righteous Generation. The rest of her siblings and the rest of her children were part of the heroic, civic-minded Glorious Generation.
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| Birth of Elizabeth Adams | |
| Born: | 1627 |
| Birthplace: | Probably England |
| Parents | |
| Father: | Robert Adams, 1602-1682 (our ancestor) |
| Mother: | Eleanor Wilmot, 1605-1677 (our ancestor) |
| Stepmother:
(from 1678) |
Sarah Glover, d. 1697 |
| Siblings | |
| Brother: | John Adams b. abt. 1632 d. after 1680 |
| Sister: | Joanna Adams b. abt. 1634 d. after 1701, possibly in Suffield, Massachusetts |
| Brother: | Abraham Adams b. 1639 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts d. 14 June 1714 in Newbury, Essex County, in Massachusetts buried in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts |
| Brother: | Robert Adams b. 1640 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts d. after 1651 |
| Sister: | Mary Adams b. 1643 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts d. after 1685 |
| Brother: | Isaac Adams b. 1647 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts d. after 1680 |
| Brother: | Jacob Adams (the first one) b. 23 April 1649 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts d. 12 August 1649 |
| Sister: | Hannah Adams b. 25 June 1650 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts d. after 1682 |
| Brother: | Jacob Adams (the second one) b. 13 April 1654 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts d. November 1717 in Boston, Massachusetts |
| Spouse and children | |
| Husband: | Edward Phelps, 1625-1689 (our ancestor),
son of Henry Phelps and Mrs. Elinor Phelps (d. 1655), our ancestors Married in Salem or Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts |
| Daughter: | Elizabeth Phelps b. abt. 1646 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts |
| Son: | Samuel Phelps I, 1650-1745 (our ancestor) |
| Son: | John Phelps b. 13 December 1657 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts d. 29 June 1677 in Black Point, Scarborough, Maine District, Massachusetts |
| Daughter: | Eleanor Phelps b. abt. 1660 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts m. 1687 in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, to William Chandler (1659-1729), who was the son of Thomas Chandler and Hannah Brewer Chandler (our ancestors) and the brother of Sarah (the wife of son Samuel, our ancestors) d. abt. 1728 in Massachusetts |
| Son: | Edward Phelps b. abt. 1663 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts d. 30 November 1747 in Lancaster, Massachusetts |
| Other information | |
| Occupation: | Probably housewife |
| Religion: | No information available |
| Death of Elizabeth Adams Phelps | |
| Died: | 4 May
1718 (age 91) |
| Deathplace: | Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts |
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