John ADAMS

Abt 1674 - Bef 1737  (~ 63 years)

• Name	John ADAMS
  Born	Abt 1674	Kittery, York, Maine
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Shipwright
  Died	Bef 15 Jun 1737	Kittery, York, Maine
  Person ID	I33450	Main
  Last Modified	6 Nov 2016

  
  

  Father	Christopher ADAMS,   b. Bef 1630,   d. Bef 21 Sep 1687, Kittery, York, Maine  (Age < 57 years)
  Mother	Margaret HUNKING,   b. Bef 1655,   d. Bef 9 Dec 1722, Kittery, York, Maine  (Age < 67 years)
  Married	Bef 1668	Braintree, Massachusetts, or Kittery, York, Maine
  Family ID	F11464	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Anna,   b. Abt 1677,   d. Abt 1699  (Age ~ 22 years)
  Married	Abt 1697	Kittery, York County, Maine
  Children	+ 1. Mary ADAMS,   b. 17 Feb 1700, Kittery, York, Maine
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2019
  Family ID	F11445	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Amy DENNETT,   b. 9 Apr 1679, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire ,   d. 1755, Kittery, York, Maine  (Age 75 years)
  Married	Abt 1698	Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire
  Children	1. Margaret ADAMS,   b. 12 Jun 1699 + 2. Sarah ADAMS,   b. 13 Oct 1703 + 3. John ADAMS,   b. 29 Aug 1706, Kittery Point, York, Maine ,   d. ?   4. Mark ADAMS,   b. 29 Aug 1714   5. Thomas ADAMS,   b. 25 Oct 1716   6. John ADAMS,   b. 1720,   d. ?
  Last Modified	4 Oct 2023
  Family ID	F11463	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Abt 1674 - Kittery, York, Maine Married - Abt 1698 - Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire Died - Bef 15 Jun 1737 - Kittery, York, Maine  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  John's Will 2-15 June 1737, names wife Amy (Dennett) and 6 children."(Sons Mark and John -- there were two sons named John -- were not mentioned in this will.) Seven children appear to have been born to John and Amy, two of which were named John. —— JOHN ADAMS -- LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT From: Maine Wills 1640-1760: 1640-1760. OFFICIAL CERTIFICATES. SourcePage: Probate Office, 5, 79. Name: John Adams Will Text: In the Name of God Amen I John Adams of the Town of Kittery in ye County of York in the Province of ye Massa Bay Shipwright being of a sound mind & perfect memory and knowing that it is appointed for all menOnce to Die Do make & Ordain this to be my last Will & Testament And after recomending my soul to God ye Father of Spirits & my Body to aDecent Interment hoping for a glorious Resurrection thrì the merrits ofJesus Christ. That Worldly Estate wherewith God has blessed me I giveDevise & bequeath in the form & manner following Vizt Imprimis I Order &my Will is that all my Just Debts of all sorts & my Funeral Charges be paid by my Execrs hereafter Named Equally as soon as they canConveniently Do ye same or within A Reasonable time after my Decease &what Debts are due to me I give to my Execrs to be Equally Divided between them as they shall Collect & Recover the same I Likewise give to them what Ready money I have by me to be Divided in the same manner.ItemI give & bequeath unto my well beloved Wife Amy the Use and Improvement of one full third part of all my Lands during her natural Life & half myHouse where I usually Dwell (vizt) that half which we Commonly call the old End & I give her what fire wood she shall have Occasion to Use to betaken off her third part of my Lands and to be haled & brot home to herDoor & fitted for her use by my two sons herein hereafter named whom I hereby Order to Do the same joyntly at their Equal Expence. I also giveu nto my said Wife all my household Goods of any kind whatsoever withinDoors and one third part of all my live stock to have & hold unto her herHeirs & assigns for ever.Item I Give Divise & bequeath unto my two sonsJohn & Thomas Adams all my Lands that I have in Kittery Berwick or any other place whatsoever in possession Reversion or Remainder or that I ought to have by any way or means whatsoever the one Moiety thereof untomy sd son John to have & to hold to him his heirs & assigns for ever with all my Buildings & Houses thereon standing, and the other moiety thereof unto my sd son Thomas his Heirs & assigns for ever with all ye buildings thereon and all my Lands at my home place which I usually improved myselfe & that which lays on yc southerly side thereof which my Honod Mother Decsd used to Improve in her Life time which we Commonly call yeold Farm I will & order shall be Divided Equally in two parts Lengthways of the said Lands & that my sd son John shall have ye Northerly half to hold as aforesd & his Brother Thomas aforesd to have ye southerly half tohold to him & his Heirs as aforesd. And my will further is that if eitherof my sd sons shall Loose any part of his half of ye sd Farms Divided asaforesd that then he shall have one halfe as many Acres as he Looses out of his Brothers part so as to make ye Loss Equal between them & that Each may bear an Equal part of such Loss but if either of them shall haveDisposed of his said part before any such Loss shall happen he shall makeg ood his part of such Loss to his Brother in money. I Likewise give unto my sd sons all my Cattle (Except what I have herein before given unto their Mother) and all tools utensels & Implements of Husbandry to beEqually Divided between them their heirs & assigns for ever.Item I givea nd bequeath unto my Daughter Margaret Clark, Mary Hammonds, & Sarah Peirce to Each of them their Heirs & assigns the sum of thirty pounds besides what I have already given them to be paid by my said Sons John &Thomas joyntly & Equally between them in Cattle or ye produce of theirFarms & Each of them to have six Years time after my Decease to pay theirrespective parts of said Legacies in & to pay ye same in Equal annual payments to Each of my said Daughters.Finally I Do hereby Constitute &appoint my sd sons To be Joynt Executrs of this my last Will & TestamentExhorting them to Brotherly Love & unity Charging them faithfully toDischarge this their Trust. I likewise hereby revoak Disannul & make void all other & former Wills & Testaments by me in any manner heretofore madeRatifying & Confirming this & no other to be my Last Will & Testament. In Wittness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal ye second Day of June Anno Domini 1737. and in ye tenth year of His Majesty's Reign. SignedSealed published & pronounced by ye sd John Adams as his Last Will &Testament in presence of us who subscribed Our names hereunto In the saidTestators presence.As Wittnesses of ye same. Ephm Dennet, Joseph Fernald, Benjamin Fernald/memo the words (the his) were interlined on ye otherside before signing & cJohn Adams (seal) Probated 15 June 1737.