Benjamin Adams

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Husband Benjamin Adams ¹

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1 F Mary Ann Adams ¹

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           Born: Abt 1830 - Liverpool, England
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         Spouse: Capt. William Dunshee (1820-1905) 1

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General Notes: Husband - Benjamin Adams

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He brought his family from England to the United States about 1832, and settled in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was a designer and cutter of glassware, and was induced to come to America by Thomas Bakewell who desired him to take charge of his cut-glass branch of industry. In consequence of a law then in force in England prohibiting the emigration of skilled labor, Mr. Adams was forced to depart secretly from his native country, and concealed himself in a large cask in which he was conveyed on board the vessel on which he was to sail.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 132.