Rev Ezra Adams (1788-1871) - Find a Grave Memorial

Rev Ezra Adams

Birth

12 Jul 1788

Cambridge, Washington County, New York, USA

Death

29 Nov 1871 (aged 83)

Perth County, Ontario, Canada

Burial

Drayton Methodist Church and Cemetery

Drayton, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada Add to Map

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Rev. Ezra Adams was the son of Eliphalet and Patience (Rice) Adams. Isa (Proctor) Adams was his 1st wife. They were married June 1814. Isa died September 29, 1832. Amy (Edmonds) Curtis Adams was his 2nd wife. They were married August 8, 1833. Amy died April 23, 1864. Rev. John Gennings Curtis was her 1st husband. Rev. Curtis was a Local Preacher and died October 20, 1827. Elizabeth "Betsy" (Edmonds) Griffin Adams was the 3rd wife of Ezra. They were married in Toronto, Canada in 1867. Elizabeth died December 6, 1881. Smith Griffin was her 1st husband. They were married about 1824 and he died July 24, 1859. Rev. Ezra Adams was a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church: Genesee (Western New York/now Upper New York) Conference 1815 Discontinued 1816 Genesee Conference 1817 F 1819 To Canada at organization 1824 Located 1824 Readmitted Methodist Episcopal Church of Canada 1830 To Wesleyan Church of Canada at organization 1833.

Mulvany, Charles Pelham
History Of Toronto And County Of York, Ontario, c1885, Page 530
"Rev. Ezra Adams was a U. E. Loyalist and Methodist minister, whose first Circuit, in 1814, extended from Rama, on Lake Simcoe, down Yonge Street to York, and west to St. Catharines and Newark (now Niagara), thence to Queenston and on to Long Point, taking six weeks for the trip."

Canadian Methodist Ministers, 1800-1825.
Rev. Ezra C. Adams

Sanderson, Joseph Edward
The First Century Of Methodism In Canada: 1840-1883, c1872, Page 218
The forty-ninth Annual Conference of the Wesleyan Methodist Church met in Great St. James Street Methodist Church, Montreal, on the 6th of June, 1872.
Died: Rev. Ezra Adams, November 30th, 1871, years aged 84 years.

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Rev. EZRA ADAMS/Wesleyan Minister/Born Cambridge, State of Connecticut/ 17 July 1788/ Departed this life the first day of December 1871/ In the full assurance of the Gospel hope which he had preached to others for over 57 years. (left side) AMY EDWARDS/ Wife of Rev. EZRA ADAMS/ Died at Drayton April 23, 1861/ Aged 67 years & 4 mos./Rejoicing in the conscious presence of her Redeemer who sustained her to the last.
(left side)MARY CURTIS/ Wife of Rev. B. JONES/ And stepdaughter of Rev. E. ADAMS/ Died July 2, 1850/ Aged 30 years/ Saying if this be death, I soon shall be/ From every sin and sorrow free./ All is well. All is well.
(right side) ISA PROCTOR/ Wife of/ Rev. EZRA ADAMS/ was born in Montpelier, Vermont State/ May 1, 1797/ Died at Muncy Town Mission/ Sept. 29, 1832.
ALMIRA ADAMS/ Wife of Rev. THOS.HURLBURT/ And eldest daughter of ISA ADAMS/ Died Dec. 31, 1868/ Aged 48 years/ A missionary to the heathen for 30 years/ I stand at the hand of God/ His image stamps my brow/ Through shades of death my feet have trod/ I reign in glory now/ G. Watson