The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for William Adams
Generation No. 1
  1. William Adams He was born c 1655
  He married Susanna Harmer on 13th Nov 1673 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex. She was born c 1655. They had the following children:
2 iWilliam who was born 1677 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 6th May 1677 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
   
Generation No. 2
  2. William Adams was the son of William Adams and Susanna Adams [Harmer]. He was born 1677 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 6th May 1677 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  He married Elizabeth Foster on 4th Apr 1703 at St. Giles Church, Dallington, Sussex. She was born c 1680. They had the following children:
3 iJohn who was born 1704 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 4th Jun 1704 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  iiElizabeth who was born 1707 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 11th May 1707 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  iiiWilliam who was born 1712 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 28th Jun 1712 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  ivSusan who was born 1713/14 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 14th Feb 1713/14 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
   
Generation No. 3
  3. John Adams was the son of William Adams and Elizabeth Adams [Foster]. He was born 1704 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 4th Jun 1704 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  He married Sarah Whiteman on 7th Nov 1723 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex. She was born c 1700. They had the following children:
4 iJohn who was born 1724 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 16th Aug 1724 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
5 iiThomas who was born 1727 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 23rd Apr 1727 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  iiiMary who was born 1732 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 8th Oct 1732 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
   
Generation No. 4
  4. John Adams was the daughter of John Adams and Sarah Adams [Whiteman]. She was born 1724 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 16th Aug 1724 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  She married Mary Collins on 15th Apr 1746 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex. He was born c 1725. They had the following children:
6 iJohn who was born 1746/47 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 1st Mar 1747 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  iiJames who was born 1751 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 30th Jun 1751 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  iiiWilliam who was born 1753 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 2nd Sep 1753 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
7 ivHenry who was born 1754 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 15th Dec 1754 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  vSarah who was born 1758 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 26th Feb 1758 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  viAnn who was born 1760 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 8th Jun 1760 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
   
  5. Thomas Adams was the daughter of John Adams and Sarah Adams [Whiteman]. She was born 1727 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 23rd Apr 1727 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  She married Sarah King on 10th Feb 1752 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex. He was born c 1730. They had the following children:
  iThomas who was born 1754 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 5th May 1754 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
8 iiStephen who was born 1755 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 14th Dec 1755 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  iiiJohn who was born 1757 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 16th Feb 1757 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  ivWilliam who was born 1758 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 2nd Apr 1758 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
9 vSamuel who was born 1761 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 1st Feb 1761 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  viJohn who was born 1763 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 27th Feb 1763 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  viiSarah who was born 1765 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 16th Jun 1765 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
10 viiiJames who was born 1770 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 1st Apr 1770 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
11 ixGeorge who was born 1770 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 5th Jun 1770 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  xElizabeth who was born 1772 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 4th Oct 1772 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
   
Generation No. 5
  6. John Adams was the son of John Adams and Mary Adams [Collins]. He was born 1746/47 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 1st Mar 1747 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  He married Hannah Reeve on 18th May 1779 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex. She was born c 1755. They had the following children:
  iHannah who was born 1783 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 19th Jan 1783 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  iiThomas who was born 1786 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 27th Aug 1786 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
12 iiiMary who was born 1790 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 4th Apr 1790 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
   
  7. Henry Adams was the son of John Adams and Mary Adams [Collins]. He was born 1754 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 15th Dec 1754 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  He married Martha (Mary) Munn on 7th May 1781 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex. She was born c 1760. They had the following children:
  iAnne who was born 1784 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 9th Oct 1784 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
13 iiHenry Williams who was born 1790 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 11th Dec 1790 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  iiiJames who was born 1793 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 17th Jan 1793 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  ivSarah who was born 1795 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 31st May 1795 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
   
  8. Stephen Adams was the son of Thomas Adams and Sarah Adams [King]. He was born 1755 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 14th Dec 1755 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  He married Frances Fuller on 19th Aug 1782 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex. She was born c 1760. They had the following children:
  iThomas who was born 1783 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 1st Jun 1783 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  iiFrances who was born 1785 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 30th Jul 1785 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  iiiSarah who was born 1787 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 5th Aug 1787 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  ivStephen who was born 1789 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 19th Apr 1789 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  vPeter who was born 1791 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 20th Feb 1791 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  viEdward who was born 1792 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 6th May 1792 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  viiMary Anne who was born 1794 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 25th May 1794 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  viiiJames who was born 1797 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 26th Nov 1797 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  ixHarriett who was born 1802 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 16th May 1802 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  xHenry who was born 1804 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 23rd Feb 1804 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  xiUnknown who was born 1805 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 18th Sep 1805 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  xiiWilliam who was born 1807 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened after 30th Aug 1807 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
   
  9. Samuel Adams was the son of Thomas Adams and Sarah Adams [King]. He was born 1761 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 1st Feb 1761 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  He married Elizabeth French on 5th Nov 1787 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex. She was born c 1765. They had the following children:
  iSarah who was born 1788 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 17th Aug 1788 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
14 iiThomas who was born 1793 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 11th Aug 1793 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
15 iiiSamuel who was born 1795 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 4th Oct 1795 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
   
  10. James Adams was the son of Thomas Adams and Sarah Adams [King]. He was born 1770 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 1st Apr 1770 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  He married Susannah Chapman on 18th Jan 1790 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex. She was born c 1770. They had the following children:
  iHannah who was born c Oct 1790 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 23rd Oct 1790 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  iiSusannah who was born 1792 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 11th Jul 1792 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
   
  11. George Adams was the son of Thomas Adams and Sarah Adams [King]. He was born 1770 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 5th Jun 1770 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  He married Amy (Naomi) Winder on 23rd Sep 1788 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex. She was born c 1765. They had the following children:
  iJames who was born 1789 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 1st Feb 1789 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  iiElizabeth who was born 1791 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 23rd Apr 1791 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  iiiSarah who was born 1792 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 25th Nov 1792 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  ivAnne who was born 1794 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 21st Jun 1794 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
16 vHannah who was born 1796 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 9th Oct 1796 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
17 viThomas who was born 1798 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 5th Sep 1798 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
18 viiGeorge who was born 1800 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 13th Dec 1800 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  viiiEdward who was born 1803 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 5th Feb 1803 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
   
Generation No. 6
  12. Mary Adams was the daughter of John Adams and Hannah Adams [Reeve]. She was born 1790 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 4th Apr 1790 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  iEdward who was born 1814 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 3rd Jul 1814 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  iiWilliam who was born 15th Dec 1819 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 27th Feb 1820 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
   
  13. Henry Williams Adams was the son of Henry Adams and Martha (Mary) Adams [Munn]. He was born 1790 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 11th Dec 1790 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  He married Esther Relfe on 23rd Jan 1818 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex. She was born c 1795. They had the following children:
  iHester who was born c Apr 1818 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 19th Apr 1818 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  iiMartha Anne who was born 1820 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 11th Jun 1820 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
19 iiiElizabeth Jane who was born 15th Aug 1823 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 16th Nov 1823 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
   
  14. Thomas Adams was the son of Samuel Adams and Elizabeth Adams [French]. He was born 1793 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 11th Aug 1793 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  He married Elizabeth Sinden on 31st Jul 1828 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex. She was born 1808 at Catsfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iWilliam who was born 1829 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 29th Mar 1829 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  iiThomas who was born 1834 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 12th Jan 1834 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  iiiHenry John who was born 1837 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 19th Feb 1837 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  ivJames who was born 1838 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 28th Oct 1838 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  vGeorge who was born 1844 at Salehurst, Sussex
   
  15. Samuel Adams was the son of Samuel Adams and Elizabeth Adams [French]. He was born 1795 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 4th Oct 1795 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  He married Sarah Selms on 8th Sep 1817 at AllSaints, Hastings, Sussex. She was born c 1795. They had the following children:
20 iThomas who was born 5th Mar 1818 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 12th Apr 1818 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  iiMary Anne who was born 1820 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 30th Jan 1820 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  iiiStephen who was born 1822 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 6th Oct 1822 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
   
  16. Hannah Adams was the daughter of George Adams and Amy (Naomi) Adams [Winder]. She was born 1796 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 9th Oct 1796 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  iJames who was born 1823 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 25th May 1823 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
   
  17. Thomas Adams was the son of George Adams and Amy (Naomi) Adams [Winder]. He was born 1798 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 5th Sep 1798 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  He married Ann Hoadley on 3rd Jan 1820 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex. She was born c 1800. They had the following children:
21 iAnne who was born 22nd Oct 1821 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 20th Nov 1821 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  iiThomas who was born 1824 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 8th Feb 1824 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
   
  18. George Adams, butcher was the son of George Adams and Amy (Naomi) Adams [Winder]. He was born 1800 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 13th Dec 1800 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  He married Mary Alcock on 21st May 1830 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent. She was born 1801 at Pembury, Kent. They had the following children:
  iMary Ann who was born 1832 at Tonbridge, Kent
  iiAlfred who was born 1833 at Tonbridge, Kent
  iiiSusan who was born 1834 at Tonbridge, Kent
  ivClara who was born 1836 at Tonbridge, Kent
  vEmily who was born Jan to Mar 1838 at Tonbridge, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1838 Q1 Vol 5 Page 453
  viGeorge T. who was born July to Sep 1839 at Tonbridge, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1839 Q3 Vol 5 Page 425
   
Generation No. 7
  19. Elizabeth Jane Adams, general servant was the daughter of Henry Williams Adams and Esther Adams [Relfe]. She was born 15th Aug 1823 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 16th Nov 1823 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  iHenry James who was born 1842 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 18th Dec 1842 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  iiJohn Croft who was born Oct to Dec 1846 at Ticehurst Union House, Ticehurst, Sussex, registered at Ticehurst District, Sussex, ref: 1846 Q4 Vol 7 Page 504; christened 16th Apr 1850 St. Augustine's, Flimwell District Church, Ticehurst, Sussex
  iiiMary Jane who was born 1853 at Ticehurst Union House, Ticehurst, Sussex; christened 4th Jan 1853 St. Augustine's, Flimwell District Church, Ticehurst, Sussex
   
  20. Thomas Adams, bricklayer was the son of Samuel Adams and Sarah Adams [Selms]. He was born 5th Mar 1818 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 12th Apr 1818 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  He married (1) Mary Stevens on Apr to June 1841, registered at Battle District, Sussex, ref: 1841 Q2 Vol 7 Page 343. She was born 1818 at Catsfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iGeorge Thomas who was born 1842 at Mountfield, Sussex; christened 18th Dec 1842 All Saints Church, Mountfield, Sussex
  iiAnn who was born 1844 at Mountfield, Sussex; christened 9th Jun 1844 All Saints Church, Mountfield, Sussex
  iiiEmily who was born 1846 at Mountfield, Sussex; christened 23rd Aug 1846 All Saints Church, Mountfield, Sussex
  ivClara who was born 1850 at Sedlescombe, Sussex; christened 8th Sep 1850 St. John the Baptist, Sedlescombe, Sussex
  vCharles William who was born 1852 at Sedlescombe, Sussex; christened 23rd May 1852 St. John the Baptist, Sedlescombe, Sussex
22 viHenry who was born 1854 at Sedlescombe, Sussex; christened 13th Aug 1854 St. John the Baptist, Sedlescombe, Sussex
  viiSarah Elizabeth who was born 1856 at Sedlescombe, Sussex; christened 30th Nov 1856 All Saints Church, Mountfield, Sussex
  He married (2) Sarah Ann Sales on 28th Oct 1874 at St. Paul, Thornton Heath, Surrey. She was born 1833 at Westerham, Kent
   
  21. Anne Adams [Adams] was the daughter of Thomas Adams and Ann Adams [Hoadley]. She was born 22nd Oct 1821 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 20th Nov 1821 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  She married Thomas Adams on Oct to Dec 1850, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1850 Q4 Vol 5 Page 767. He was born 1821 at Whatlington, Sussex; christened 5th Aug 1821 at St. Mary Magdalene, Whatlington, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iAnn Sophia who was born 1861 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 30th Jun 1861 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  iiEmily who was born 1866 at Salehurst, Sussex; christened 29th Jul 1866 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
   
Generation No. 8
  22. Henry Adams, innkeeper was the son of Thomas Adams, bricklayer and Mary Adams [Stevens]. He was born 1854 at Sedlescombe, Sussex; christened 13th Aug 1854 at St. John the Baptist, Sedlescombe, Sussex
  He married Elizabeth Sarah A. Halifax on Apr to June 1874, registered at Thanet District, Kent, ref: 1874 Q2 Vol 2a Page 1233. She was born 1854 at Hounslow, Middlesex. They had the following children:
  iFrederick William H. H. who was born July to Sep 1875 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1875 Q3 Vol 2a Page 571
  iiAlice Margaret who was born July to Sep 1877 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1877 Q3 Vol 2a Page 580
  iiiIsabel who was born July to Sep 1879 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1879 Q3 Vol 2a Page 614
  ivGeorge Thomas who was born Jan to Mar 1881 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1881 Q1 Vol 2a Page 658
   

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