William Weston Adams is the son of Joel Adams & Grace Weston. He married Sarah Epps Goodwyn on 6 Nov 1811 in Richland County SC.
Birth, death & burial from Family Tree, Huppe - 296127:
"William Weston Adams was a 'tall and very handsome man, possessing elegant manners.' He first graduated at Yale, then graduated in medicine and returning to his home enjoyed a fine country practice. He and his wife Sarah Epps Goodwyn are said to have been one of the most strikingly handsome couples of their day."
SOURCE: Lower Richland Planters by Laura Jervey Hopkins
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William Weston Adams was born 15 October 1786, the third son of Joel Adams (1750-1830) and Grace Weston (1752-1832). He was educated at Yale College and studied medicine. After returning to Richland District, he continued his father's planting activities in that part of lower Richland known as The Forks. According to the 1820 census Adams owned thirty-four slaves. By 1830 he had increased his slave holding to fifty-seven. Adams was elected to represent Richland district in the Twenty-second (1816-1817) General assembly and took his seat on 25 November 1816. during his single term in the General assembly, he served on the committees on claims (1816-1817), vacant offices (1816-1817), and, during the third session of the twenty-second General Assembly, was a member of an adhoc committee (1817) on a memorial of DAVID COALTER (1764-1821).
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On 4 November 1811 Adams married Sarah Epps Goodwyn, daughter of John Goodwyn and Sarah Taylor. Their children were: Martha Taylor Adams (b.1812; m. David F. Myers); John Goodwyn Adams (1814-1832; killed in a duel at South Carolina College); Henry Walker Adams (b.1816; m. Rebecca Swiginer Johnston); Joel Adams (b.1816; m. ? Roumillat); William Weston Adams, Jr. (b. 1818); Sarah Goodwyn Adams (b.1821; m. George Washington Lowe); and Grace Weston Adams (b.1823; m. James Hunt Taylor) . Two other children born in 1824 and 1826 died in infancy. William Weston Adams died 11 August 1831 and was buried at St. John's Congaree Episcopal Churchyard. An inventory of his estate on 17 November 1831 recorded his ownership of forty-seven slaves, plantation tools, and household items.∼Physician; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1816-17.
Birth, death & burial from Family Tree, Huppe - 296127:
"William Weston Adams was a 'tall and very handsome man, possessing elegant manners.' He first graduated at Yale, then graduated in medicine and returning to his home enjoyed a fine country practice. He and his wife Sarah Epps Goodwyn are said to have been one of the most strikingly handsome couples of their day."
SOURCE: Lower Richland Planters by Laura Jervey Hopkins
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William Weston Adams was born 15 October 1786, the third son of Joel Adams (1750-1830) and Grace Weston (1752-1832). He was educated at Yale College and studied medicine. After returning to Richland District, he continued his father's planting activities in that part of lower Richland known as The Forks. According to the 1820 census Adams owned thirty-four slaves. By 1830 he had increased his slave holding to fifty-seven. Adams was elected to represent Richland district in the Twenty-second (1816-1817) General assembly and took his seat on 25 November 1816. during his single term in the General assembly, he served on the committees on claims (1816-1817), vacant offices (1816-1817), and, during the third session of the twenty-second General Assembly, was a member of an adhoc committee (1817) on a memorial of DAVID COALTER (1764-1821).
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On 4 November 1811 Adams married Sarah Epps Goodwyn, daughter of John Goodwyn and Sarah Taylor. Their children were: Martha Taylor Adams (b.1812; m. David F. Myers); John Goodwyn Adams (1814-1832; killed in a duel at South Carolina College); Henry Walker Adams (b.1816; m. Rebecca Swiginer Johnston); Joel Adams (b.1816; m. ? Roumillat); William Weston Adams, Jr. (b. 1818); Sarah Goodwyn Adams (b.1821; m. George Washington Lowe); and Grace Weston Adams (b.1823; m. James Hunt Taylor) . Two other children born in 1824 and 1826 died in infancy. William Weston Adams died 11 August 1831 and was buried at St. John's Congaree Episcopal Churchyard. An inventory of his estate on 17 November 1831 recorded his ownership of forty-seven slaves, plantation tools, and household items.∼Physician; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1816-17.
William Weston Adams is the son of Joel Adams & Grace Weston. He married Sarah Epps Goodwyn on 6 Nov 1811 in Richland County SC.
Birth, death & burial from Family Tree, Huppe - 296127:
"William Weston Adams was a 'tall and very handsome man, possessing elegant manners.' He first graduated at Yale, then graduated in medicine and returning to his home enjoyed a fine country practice. He and his wife Sarah Epps Goodwyn are said to have been one of the most strikingly handsome couples of their day."
SOURCE: Lower Richland Planters by Laura Jervey Hopkins
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William Weston Adams was born 15 October 1786, the third son of Joel Adams (1750-1830) and Grace Weston (1752-1832). He was educated at Yale College and studied medicine. After returning to Richland District, he continued his father's planting activities in that part of lower Richland known as The Forks. According to the 1820 census Adams owned thirty-four slaves. By 1830 he had increased his slave holding to fifty-seven. Adams was elected to represent Richland district in the Twenty-second (1816-1817) General assembly and took his seat on 25 November 1816. during his single term in the General assembly, he served on the committees on claims (1816-1817), vacant offices (1816-1817), and, during the third session of the twenty-second General Assembly, was a member of an adhoc committee (1817) on a memorial of DAVID COALTER (1764-1821).
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On 4 November 1811 Adams married Sarah Epps Goodwyn, daughter of John Goodwyn and Sarah Taylor. Their children were: Martha Taylor Adams (b.1812; m. David F. Myers); John Goodwyn Adams (1814-1832; killed in a duel at South Carolina College); Henry Walker Adams (b.1816; m. Rebecca Swiginer Johnston); Joel Adams (b.1816; m. ? Roumillat); William Weston Adams, Jr. (b. 1818); Sarah Goodwyn Adams (b.1821; m. George Washington Lowe); and Grace Weston Adams (b.1823; m. James Hunt Taylor) . Two other children born in 1824 and 1826 died in infancy. William Weston Adams died 11 August 1831 and was buried at St. John's Congaree Episcopal Churchyard. An inventory of his estate on 17 November 1831 recorded his ownership of forty-seven slaves, plantation tools, and household items.∼Physician; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1816-17.
Birth, death & burial from Family Tree, Huppe - 296127:
"William Weston Adams was a 'tall and very handsome man, possessing elegant manners.' He first graduated at Yale, then graduated in medicine and returning to his home enjoyed a fine country practice. He and his wife Sarah Epps Goodwyn are said to have been one of the most strikingly handsome couples of their day."
SOURCE: Lower Richland Planters by Laura Jervey Hopkins
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William Weston Adams was born 15 October 1786, the third son of Joel Adams (1750-1830) and Grace Weston (1752-1832). He was educated at Yale College and studied medicine. After returning to Richland District, he continued his father's planting activities in that part of lower Richland known as The Forks. According to the 1820 census Adams owned thirty-four slaves. By 1830 he had increased his slave holding to fifty-seven. Adams was elected to represent Richland district in the Twenty-second (1816-1817) General assembly and took his seat on 25 November 1816. during his single term in the General assembly, he served on the committees on claims (1816-1817), vacant offices (1816-1817), and, during the third session of the twenty-second General Assembly, was a member of an adhoc committee (1817) on a memorial of DAVID COALTER (1764-1821).
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On 4 November 1811 Adams married Sarah Epps Goodwyn, daughter of John Goodwyn and Sarah Taylor. Their children were: Martha Taylor Adams (b.1812; m. David F. Myers); John Goodwyn Adams (1814-1832; killed in a duel at South Carolina College); Henry Walker Adams (b.1816; m. Rebecca Swiginer Johnston); Joel Adams (b.1816; m. ? Roumillat); William Weston Adams, Jr. (b. 1818); Sarah Goodwyn Adams (b.1821; m. George Washington Lowe); and Grace Weston Adams (b.1823; m. James Hunt Taylor) . Two other children born in 1824 and 1826 died in infancy. William Weston Adams died 11 August 1831 and was buried at St. John's Congaree Episcopal Churchyard. An inventory of his estate on 17 November 1831 recorded his ownership of forty-seven slaves, plantation tools, and household items.∼Physician; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1816-17.
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