Capt. William, son of Lt. Joseph and Rachel (Allen) Adams, b. in Menotomy, Jan. 12, 1725; m. June 14, 1750, Sarah Hill; she d. 11 Nov. 1805, age 74 years.
He was an Ensign of the precinct train band in 1771, and was a Captain in the Revolution, in Col. Thatcher's Regiment, marched to Dorchester heights on Washington's orders; was a selectman in West Cambridge, Mass., 1779; d. 10 Sept. 1787, age 63. (A genealogical history of Henry Adams, of Braintree, Mass., and his descendants : also John Adams, of Cambridge, Mass., 1632-1897)
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Cambridge births: ADAMS, William, s. Joseph and Rachel, Jan. 12, 1724-5.
Arlington marriages: ADAMS, William of Cambridge, and Sarah Hill, June 14, 1750.* PR
Arlington deaths: ADAMS, William, Capt., Sept. 10, 1787, a. 63. G.R.
He was an Ensign of the precinct train band in 1771, and was a Captain in the Revolution, in Col. Thatcher's Regiment, marched to Dorchester heights on Washington's orders; was a selectman in West Cambridge, Mass., 1779; d. 10 Sept. 1787, age 63. (A genealogical history of Henry Adams, of Braintree, Mass., and his descendants : also John Adams, of Cambridge, Mass., 1632-1897)
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Cambridge births: ADAMS, William, s. Joseph and Rachel, Jan. 12, 1724-5.
Arlington marriages: ADAMS, William of Cambridge, and Sarah Hill, June 14, 1750.* PR
Arlington deaths: ADAMS, William, Capt., Sept. 10, 1787, a. 63. G.R.
Capt. William, son of Lt. Joseph and Rachel (Allen) Adams, b. in Menotomy, Jan. 12, 1725; m. June 14, 1750, Sarah Hill; she d. 11 Nov. 1805, age 74 years.
He was an Ensign of the precinct train band in 1771, and was a Captain in the Revolution, in Col. Thatcher's Regiment, marched to Dorchester heights on Washington's orders; was a selectman in West Cambridge, Mass., 1779; d. 10 Sept. 1787, age 63. (A genealogical history of Henry Adams, of Braintree, Mass., and his descendants : also John Adams, of Cambridge, Mass., 1632-1897)
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Cambridge births: ADAMS, William, s. Joseph and Rachel, Jan. 12, 1724-5.
Arlington marriages: ADAMS, William of Cambridge, and Sarah Hill, June 14, 1750.* PR
Arlington deaths: ADAMS, William, Capt., Sept. 10, 1787, a. 63. G.R.
He was an Ensign of the precinct train band in 1771, and was a Captain in the Revolution, in Col. Thatcher's Regiment, marched to Dorchester heights on Washington's orders; was a selectman in West Cambridge, Mass., 1779; d. 10 Sept. 1787, age 63. (A genealogical history of Henry Adams, of Braintree, Mass., and his descendants : also John Adams, of Cambridge, Mass., 1632-1897)
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Cambridge births: ADAMS, William, s. Joseph and Rachel, Jan. 12, 1724-5.
Arlington marriages: ADAMS, William of Cambridge, and Sarah Hill, June 14, 1750.* PR
Arlington deaths: ADAMS, William, Capt., Sept. 10, 1787, a. 63. G.R.
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