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Noyes, James Atikins, "Adams Pedigree," NEHGR, vol. LIII (1899), pp. 214-216.

ROGER1ADAMS married Mary Baker, daughter of Thomas Baker of Roxbury, Mass., and Elizabeth his first wife. She was baptized 11 September, 1653, at Roxbury, and died 28 June, 1710 (Brookline, Mass., parish record). He died 2 March, 1714 (Boston record). His will made 14 December, 1713, proved 10 March, 1714. Inventory of estate was 686£.
Roger Adams removed to Brookline, Mass., where he was surveyor 8 March, 1685-6, tithingman 29 March, 1686, constable 24 June, 1689, fence-viewer 4 March, 1694-5, selectman 1697, and assessor 4 March, 1705.
Children, born in Roxbury:
  1. Thomas2, b. 19 Oct., 1675; d. soon.
  2. 2. Joseph, b. 13 Oct., 1676; m. Ruth Whitney.
  3. Marya (Mary), b. 22 May, 1678; m. 12 June, 1712-3 by Judge Sewall to James Shedd of Brookline.
  4. Sarah, b. 15 Mar., 1679; m. 26 May, 1713, Henry Smith.
  5. Roger, b. 3 July, 1681; d. 21 July, 1709, at Brookline.
  6. Abigail, b. 10 Apr., 1683; m. John Robbins.
  7. Daniel, b. 6 Nov., 1684.
  8. Hannah, b. 7 Apr., 1688; d. soon.
2. JOSEPH2 ADAMS (Roger1), son of Roger1 and Mary, was born 13 October, 1676, at Roxbury. He married, 22 April, 1701, Ruth Whitney, daughter of John Whitney and Elizabeth Harris of Roxbury. She was born 31 August, 1674, baptized 6 September at Roxbury, and died 19 November, 1762, at Brookline. He was surveyor of Brookline 27 April, 1708, constable 3 March, 1712, tithingman 8 May, 1722, and grand-juryman June, 1726.
Child, born in Brookline:
  1. 3. Joseph3, b. 1717; m. Mercy Fowle.
3. JOSEPH3 ADAMS (Joseph2, Roger1), son of Joseph2 and Ruth, was born in 1717 at Brookline. He married, 2 April, 1740, at Newton, Mass., Mercy Fowle, daughter of Edmund Fowle and Mercy his wife of Newton (town record). She was born in 1721 and died in 1782. He removed to Newton in 1750 and bought a house with fifty-three acres of land around it. The house is still standing on what is now Watertown Street, Newton, a photograph of which, made in 1887, is given herewith. Joseph3 Adams was one of the twelve founders of the Second Congregational Church in Newton, 21 October, 1781. He died in 1799.
Children, all except Mary born at Newton (town record):
  1. Mary4, bapt. 29 June, 1749, in First Parish Church at Brookline (church record).
  2. Joseph, b. 3 June, 1751; m. 1st, 1 June, 1775, Lydia Meade; 2d, 25 Nov., 1782, at Newton, Thankful Spring, widow of Samuel Spring and daughter of Philip and Sarah Norcross, b. 23 Aug., 1726, at Newton, and d. 1 May, 1801, at Newton. He m. 3d, 3 Dec., 1801, aat Newton, Lois White, who was b. 5 Apr., 1752, at Newton, and d. 1835. He was chosen deacon of the Second Congregational Church in Newton 22 Dec., 1806, and d. 24 Apr., 1813, at Newton.
  3. 4. Roger, b. 27 May, 1753; m. 1st, Hepseybeth Russell, and 2d, a Fillebrown.
  4. Rebecca, b. 29 June, 1755; m. 5 Oct., 1774, James Downing of Watertown, Mass.
  5. Smith, b. 13 Mar., 1757; m. 1st, 10 Sept., 1779, Lucy Warren, daughter of Samuel Warren and Abigail Wing of Watertown. She was bapt. 25 May, 1760. He m. 2d, 5 May, 1812, Susanna Rice. His house is still standing near that of his father.
  6. Mercy, b. 12 Nov., 1759.
  7. Sarah, b. 18 Oct., 1761.
  8. Mercy (Marcy), b. 9 Aug., 1765.
4. ROGER4 ADAMS (Joseph3, Joseph2, Roger1), son of Joseph3 and Mercy, was born 27 May, 1753, at Newton. He married 1st, 9 November, 1777, Hepseybeth Russell, daughter of Daniel Russell and Hannah Robbins of Menotomy (set off from Cambridge, Mass., 1732, called West Cambridge 1807 and Arlington 1867). She was born 27 April, 1755, baptized 25 May at Menotomy, and died 5 January, 1805, at Newton, buried now in Walnut Street cemetery. Roger4 Adams was a private in Captain Amariah Fuller's company, Colonel Thomas Gardner's regiment, 19 April 1775, and private in Captain Edward Fuller's company, Colonel Thatcher's regiment, 2 September, 1778. Later he was a lieutenant in the militia. He and his wife Hepseybeth were made members of the Second Congregational Church in Newton 19 July, 1795. He lived with his father after his marriage and all his children were born in the old house, where he resided till his death in 1811. He married 2d a Fillebrown, and died 10 April, 1811, at Newton, buried now in Walnut Street cemetery, Newton, in lot of his daughter Betsey Noyes, having been removed from the old cemetery at West Newton.
Children, all by 1st wife and born in Newton (town record):
  1. Isaac5, b. 1778; bapt. 17 Dec., 1780; m. 2 Sept., 1806, Edith Winship, daughter of Stephen Winship and Edith Merriam of Lexington, Mass. She was b. 16 Jan., 1789, and d. 11 Nov., 1871. He died 18 Nov., 1841. They lived in Boston.
  2. Mary, b. 20 June, 1780; bapt. 17 Dec., 1780; m. 5 Jan., 1798, Enoch Patterson, son of David Patterson and Beulah Clark of Framingham, Mass. He was b. 30 Sept., 1772, and d. in Dedham, Mass., 17 Mar., 1858. She d. 19 May, 1858. They are buried in Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  3. Hepseybeth, b. 26 Oct., 1781; m. 2 Apr., 1807, Joseph Faxon, son of James Faxon and Mary Field of Braintree, Mass. He was b. 21 Jan., 1779, at Braintree, and d. 22 June, 1865. She d. 13 Mar., 1853. They lived in Quincy, Newton and Watertown, Mass.
  4. Mercy (Marcy), b. 27 Mar., 1783; bapt. 6 Apr., 1783; m. 5 Nov., 1806, John Blanchard. He was b. 23 Mar., 1783, at East Stoughton, Mass., and d. 26 Nov., 1812. She d. 11 Dec., 1862. They lived in Boston.
  5. Roger, b. 12 June, 1785; m. 1st, Mary Weir of Boston; m. 2d, 14 Oct., 1805, Mary Russell of Cambridge, Mass. He d. about 1819.
  6. Hannah, b. 28 Jan., 1787; m. 27 July, 1808, Joseph Wyman of Medford, Mass.
  7. Betsey, b. 13 Nov., 1788, bapt. 23d; m. 3 Oct., 1811, at Boston, by Rev. Charles Lowell of the West Church, to Samuel Noyes, son of Moses Noyes of Newbury and Wilmington, Mass., and Windham, N. H., and his 2d wife, Phebe Richardson of Billerica, Mass. He was born 15 Oct., 1782 (bible record made by himself), and d. 31 Mar., 1833, at Boston. They lived in Boston. She d. 31 Jan., 1881, at Brooklyn, N. Y. They are buried in Walnut Street cemetery, Newton, Mass.
  8. Martha (Patty), b. 14 Oct., 1790; m. 18 Feb., 1811, William Faxon, son of James Faxon and Mary Field of Braintree, Mass. He was b. 9 Feb., 1784-5, at Braintree, and d. 25 Dec., 1838. She d. 31 May, 1840. They lived in Boston.
  9. Walter, m. a Rice.
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References to authorities. -- New-Eng. Hist. and Gen. Register, vol. 5, p. 307; vol. 11, pp. 113, 117, 225; vol. 12, p. 215; vol. 53, page 35. Reports of the Record Commissioners of Boston, 1st Report, p. 128; 6th Report, pp. 65, 85, 96, 97, 120. Muddy River and Brookline records (1634 to 1838), pp. 56, 58, 60, 61, 86, 92, 94, 97, 121, 129. Ellis's Roxbury, p. 91. Amer. Quart. Reg., vol. 8, pp. 47, 54. Savage's Gen. Dict., vol. 1, pp. 15, 99; vol. 2, pp. 224, 363; vol. 4, p. 530. Bond's Watertown, pp. 621, 643, 964. John Pierce's Brookline Church discourses (1817), pp. 26, 30, 31; (1847), p. 21. Jackson's Newton, pp. 160, 162, 184, 201, 224, 231, 278, 372, 417. Wood's Historical Sketches of Brookline, pp. 241, 242, 332. Smith's Newton, pp. 224, 286, 334, 337, 378. Faxon Family by G. L. Faxon, pp. 190, 191, 193. Hudson's Lexington, p. 273 of Gen. Reg. Cutter's Arlington, pp. 189, 293. Robert Harris Gen. by L. M. Harris. John and Elinor Whitney by W. L. Whitney, p. 16. Hist. Second Congregational Church in Newton. Paige's Cambridge, p. 649. Wyman's Charlestown, p. 838. Rev. Rolls at State House, Boston, vol. 12, p. 57; vol. 19, p. 46.

Brown, David H., "Dea. Simon Stone of Watertown, Mass., and Some of His Descendants," NEHGR, vol. LIII (1899), pp. 345-350.

[pp. 349-350]

4. SIMON3 STONE (Simon2, Simon1) ... He married Sarah Farnsworth, daughter of Matthias Farnsworth of Groton, about 1683.
Children:
  1. Mary, b. about 1692; m. Abraham Whitney. They lived in Stowe.

Bernard C. Steiner, "The Descendants of John Parmalee," NEHGR, vol. LIII (1899), pp. 405-411.

[pp. 406-407]

4. SERGEANT JOHN3 PARMELEE (John2, John1) ... married June 29, 1681, Mary, daughter of Nicholas Mason ... Children of John and Mary Parmelee were:
  1. Rebecca, b. 1695; m. Benjamin Whitney of Wallingford.

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