• BIRTH: ABT. 1436, of Stratford, Suffolk, England
• DEATH:

• MARRIAGE: ABT. 1451

1. +John MORSE

• MARRIAGE: ABT. 1451

1. +John MORSE

• BIRTH: 21 JAN 1581/82, Barton, St. David, Somerset, England
• DEATH: 6 OCT 1646, Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA
• BURIAL: 8 OCT 1646, ?Braintree, MA
• IMMIGRATION: London to Boston (arr. 16 Sept)
• EVENT: Will proved: 8 JUN 1647, Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA

• MARRIAGE: 19 OCT 1609, Charlton, Somerset, England

1. +Jonathan ADAMS

Person Notes:
[NI0943]
[Holbrook.ged] That Henry Adams came from Devonshire on the south coast of England, has become a current and fixed belief, from the fact that his great, great grandson, President John Adams, erected a monument to his memory in the old church yard at Quincy with the inscription, "In memory of Henry Adams who took his flight from the Dragon persecution in Devonshire, England, and alighted with eight sons near Mt. Wollaston. One of the sons returned to England; and after taking time to explore the country, four removed to Medfield, and two to Chelmsford. One only, Joseph, who lies here at his left hand, remained here,--an original proprietor in the township of Braintree." The monument commemorates "the piety, h??mility, simplicity, prudence, patience, temperance, frugality, industry and perseverance" of the Adams ancestors. President John Quincy Adams dissented from this opinion of his father, that Henry Adams came from Devonshire. After giving the matter particular and thorough investigation, both in this country and in England, he published it as his conviction that Henry Adams was from Braintree in the county of Essex, on the east coast of England. "The statement in the Alden Collection," he says, "that the first Henry came from Devonshire was received by the collector of Epitaphs from my father; but I believe it was not from Devonshire but from Braintree in the county of Essex, that he came. * * * * * My father supposed that he formed part of the company that came with Gov. Winthrop in 1630, most of whom were from Devonshire. But at the time my father formed this opinion Gov. Winthrop's Journal had not been published." Winthrop's Journal, I. 37, says, "1632: 14 Aug; The Braintree Company which had begun to settle down at Mt. Wollaston by order of Court, removed to Newtown. These were Mr. Hooker's Company." [See Family Memorial by Elisha Thayer; Note p. 38.] Hooker himself arrived in Sept., 1633, but his Company, which was mostly made up from Chelmsford (???) perhaps also from Braintree and other neighboring villages of Essex county,--had arrived the year before. Hence it appears highly probable that Henry Adams from Braintree in Essex joined Hooker's Company and arrived in Boston in 1632. Dr. James Savage, author of the Genealogical Dictionary of the early first-comers of New England, concurs in the opinion of President John Quincy Adams. The brothers Adams [sons] were among the active citizens of Chelmsford, in England. Moreover, there may have been other persons of the Adams name who came in Hooker's company, and removed with him from Newtown to Hartford and vicinity. They may have been kindred of Henry Adams. It is a matter of regret that so little has been preserved, and is positively known of the ancestry, life and character of the noted progenitor of the Adams family of Quincy. It is known that he was a malster as well as yeoman, or farmer, and a plain, unassuming man of tact and ability, who came to America for a better opportunity for his large family. There is nothing to show that he bore any titles, or assumed any rank among nobility. While there were many different styles of insignia in use--as many as twenty-eight different coats-of-arms, it is said upon good authority, in the Adams family,--there is nothing to indicate which, if any at all, were ever made use of by Henry Adams. THE AP ADAM PEDIGREE. It has been assumed that Henry Adams was of Welsh origin, the sixteenth generation from Ap Adam, the father of John, or Lord Ap Adam, who was called to Parliament by Edward I., as "Baron of the Realm," from A. D. 1296 to 1307, and that he came out of the Marches or Borders of Wales into Devonshire. This ancient pedigree was furnished by William Downing Bruce, Esq., F. S. A., who says, "It is copied from an ancient parchment roll, with arms, of the time of Charles I., which I discovered among the papers of the late Hamlin Adams, Esq., of Middleton Hall, M. P. from the county of Carmarthen." It was first published in this country in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Jan., 1853, Vol. VII., p. 39-40, and is as follows: AP ADAM; Sir John Ap Adam2, Kt., Lord Ap. Adam; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Sir John Gourney of Beverstone and Tedenham, Gloucester. Residence several generations at Charlton, Gloucester. Sir Thomas Ap Adam3, and others; Sir William Ap Adam4. Sir John Ap Adam5. Thomas Ap Adam6. Sir John Ap Adam7, Kt., m. Milicent, dau. of Sir Matt. Bisylls. Sir John Ap Adam8, alias Adams; m. Clara, dau. of Mr. Roger Powell. Roger Adams9, m. Jane, dau. of (???) Ellyott. Thomas Adams10, m. Marie, dau. of Mr. Upton. John Adams11, m. Jane, dau. of Mr. Rennelegh. John Adams12, m. Catherine, dau. of Mr. Stebbing. Nicholas13, m. and had no issue; John13, m. Margerye, dau. of Mr. Squier. George13, m. and had issue. Richard14, (son of John13) m. Margaret, dau. of Mr. Armager. Robert15, m. Elizabeth Sharlon. George16; Henry16; Ambrose16; John16. This pedigree is thought by good judges to be correct, and genuine, as far as Nicholas13,--"a mere transcript of the record made by the Heralds in their Visitation of Devonshire, 1564." "This Visitation Pedigree, however, ends with Nicholas13, who married and had no issue. No brothers of this Nicholas13 are given. . . The rest of the Pedigree beginning with John, brother of Nicholas13, is an addition by somebody." Col. Joseph L. Chester, LL. D., an American genealogist of high rank, resident in London, wrote [See New Eng. Historical and Genealogical Register, July, 1877; Vol. XXXI., p. 333], "I have no hesitation in pronouncing the portion connecting the English family with the Braintree Adamses utterly incorrect." "First, my will is that my sonne Peter and John, and my daughter Ursula, shall have the grounde in the neck, both upland and meadow during the term I was to enjoy it, until it returne into the towne's hands againe, from whom I had it; also the aker in the mill fields: my will is that my bookes shall be divided amongst all my children, that my wife shall have and enjoy all my other goods so long as shee live unmarried, and if shee marry, then my will is y't Joseph, Edward and my daughter Ursula should enjoy all my ground in the fielde y't lieth on the way to Weymouth Ferry, and my house lott, with all the houses and fruit trees and all my movables at the death or marriage of my wife, provided they and their mother shall pay to my sonne Samuel that which is due to him for the ground I bought of him, to be paid in convenient tyme; but in case God soe deal with my wife that she bee constrained to make use of something by way of sale, shee may:--finally, for movables, my will is that my sonne Peter and John shall have an equal share with my sonne Joseph and Edward, and my daughter Ursula." [See N. E. Hist. and Gene. Register, Vol. VII., p. 35 (1853)].

• BIRTH: 17 JAN 1767, Uxbridge, MA
• DEATH: 18 JAN 1840

• MARRIAGE: 11 SEP 1787, ?Uxbridge, MA

1.  Rachel HOLBROOK
2.  Silvanus HOLBROOK
3.  Wilder HOLBROOK
4.  Willard HOLBROOK
5.  Chloe HOLBROOK
6.  Henry HOLBROOK
7. +Ellery HOLBROOK

• BIRTH: Private

• EVENT: Private-Begin: Private

1. +Jennifer Rae ARMSTRONG

• EVENT: Private-Begin: Private

1. +Melanie Hope ARMSTRONG
2. +Christine Dawn ARMSTRONG

• RESIDENCE: Uxbridge
• BIRTH: 16 JUN 1654, Weymouth, MA
• DEATH: 1718, Mendon, Worcester Co., MA

• MARRIAGE: 16 APR 1684

1. +Naomi COOK

• DEATH: 26 JUN 1620, Hereby, Lincolnshire, England

• MARRIAGE: 21 JUL 1603, Hereby, Lincolnshire, England

1. +Thomas WIGHT\WRIGHT

• BIRTH: 1565, of Wendover, Bucks., England
• DEATH: 2 DEC 1659, Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England

• MARRIAGE: ABT. 1583, of Wendover, Bucks., England

1. +Jonas HUMPHREY

• MARRIAGE: ABT. 1583, of Wendover, Bucks., England

1. +Jonas HUMPHREY

• BIRTH: 23 AUG 1705
• BIRTH: 23 AUG 1705, Providence, RI
• DEATH:

• MARRIAGE: 15 DEC 1728
• MARRIAGE: 16 DEC 1728, Providence, RI

1. +Jeremiah SCOTT

Person Notes:
[NI0367]
ID Number: A-SCOTT**-000069

• BIRTH: 1505, of Redgrave, Suffolk, England
• DEATH: 3 FEB 1559/60, Redgrave, Suffolk, England

• MARRIAGE: ABT. 1551, of Redgrave, Suffolk, England

1. +Rose SHEPHARD

• BIRTH: Private

• EVENT: Private-Begin: Private

1.  Alexander Armstrong VASQUEZ
2.  Kamryn Ilene VASQUEZ