p.40: In 1779 John Adams Jr., son of a Massachusetts forge master, visited Samuel Forbes to buy rolls for his father's slitting mill. John got his rolls and also found that Samuel had an attractive daughter, Abigail. The next year John and Abigail married. At the same time, John formed a partnership with Samuel to run the Canaan forge, which then employed fifty hands. Adam brought technical knowledge of iron metallurgy and rolling mills along with sales ability to the Keenan enterprise.
p. 41
With the deaths of John Adam Jr. in 1826 and Samuel Forbes in 1828 (at age 98), management of their forges, gristmill, and farms in Canaan passed to two of John's sons, Samuel Forbes Adam, a graduate in the Yale class of 1803, and Leonard Adam.
[R.B. Gordon. 2001. A Landscape Transformed: The Ironmaking District of Salisbury, Connecticut. Pp. 40-41]
p.40: In 1779 John Adams Jr., son of a Massachusetts forge master, visited Samuel Forbes to buy rolls for his father's slitting mill. John got his rolls and also found that Samuel had an attractive daughter, Abigail. The next year John and Abigail married. At the same time, John formed a partnership with Samuel to run the Canaan forge, which then employed fifty hands. Adam brought technical knowledge of iron metallurgy and rolling mills along with sales ability to the Keenan enterprise.
p. 41
With the deaths of John Adam Jr. in 1826 and Samuel Forbes in 1828 (at age 98), management of their forges, gristmill, and farms in Canaan passed to two of John's sons, Samuel Forbes Adam, a graduate in the Yale class of 1803, and Leonard Adam.
[R.B. Gordon. 2001. A Landscape Transformed: The Ironmaking District of Salisbury, Connecticut. Pp. 40-41]
Family Members
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Abigail Adam
1779–1779
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Lucy Adam Walker
1781–1864
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Sarah "Sally" Adam Beckley
1782–1848
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Samuel Forbes Adam
1783–1854
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twin daughters Adam
1784–1784
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Twin Daughter "2" Adams
1784–1784
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John Adam III
1785–1871
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Wilham Adam
1786–1791
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William Adam
1786–1791
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Leonard Adam
1788–1835
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Abigail Adam
1790–1790
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Abigail Adam
1791–1791
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Polly Adam
1794–1796
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William Adam
1799–1884
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