James Adams, Sr. and Rachel Black
Husband James Adams, Sr. 1 2
Born: 30 Nov 1770 - West Fallowfield Twp, Chester Co, PA 3 Christened: Died: 8 Aug 1851 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 4 Buried: - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA
Father: Capt. James Adams (1734-1824) 5 6 7 Mother: Isabel Welden (1736-1825) 5
Marriage: 1793 8
Wife Rachel Black 1
Born: Abt 1775 Christened: Died: 30 Sep 1866 or 1868 - Frenchcreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 4 Buried: - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA
Children
1 M James Adams, Jr. 9
Born: 15 Aug 1795 Christened: Died: 20 Aug 1880 10 Buried: - Mill Creek Cemetery, Utica, Frenchcreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 11Spouse: Eliza McDonald (1799-1884) 10
2 F Elizabeth Adams 12
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3 F Isabella Adams 12
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4 M Henry Bowman Adams 12
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5 F Mary Ann Adams 13 14
Born: 1803 Christened: Died: 1838 13 Buried: - Mill Creek Cemetery, Utica, Frenchcreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 15Spouse: Charles H. Heydrick (1799-1883) 13 14 Marr: 1826 13
6 F Jane Adams 16 17
Born: Christened: Died: Aft 1890 Buried:Spouse: Benjamin Alexander (1802-1878) 16 17 Marr: 1852 16
7 F Matilda Adams 12
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8 F Rachel Adams 18
Born: Christened: Died: 6 Apr 1881 19 Buried:Spouse: Alfred Corey (1804-1891) 18 Marr: 25 Apr 1831 18
9 F Lydia Adams 12
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Moses Corey (1806- ) 18
10 F Jessie Adams 12
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11 M Samuel Adams 12
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12 M Josiah Adams 8 20
Born: 1807 or 1820 - Utica, Frenchcreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 8 20 Christened: Died: Oct 1889 20 Buried:Spouse: Ann Eliza Daft (1815-1899) 8 20 Marr: 1845 8
General Notes: Husband - James Adams, Sr.
The first settler on the site of Utica, Venango County, Pennsylvania, he located there about 1795.
He built the first woolen mill in the county, as well as the first carding machine. His grist and saw-mill, too, were among the first. His children were twelve in number, of whom eight were still living in 1879.
The borough of Utica is situated on French creek, part in Frenchcreek, and part in Canal township. James Adams was about the first settler. He came in 1804, built the first woolen factory in the county, and also built a grist mill in 1805 or 1806. The Adamses were the sole proprietors until 1830, when A. W. Raymond bought the land, and in 1832 or 1833, laid out the town. He intended to call it Troy, after his old home in New York, but finding that there was a postoffice by that name in the state, he concluded to name it Utica. [HVC 1879, 496]
He died in 1853 at age eighty-three. [HVC 1879, 492]
General Notes: Wife - Rachel Black
She died in 1868 at age eighty-three. [HVC 1879, 492]
1 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 487, 492.
2 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 765, 1012.
3 Cromlund, New, & Adams, The Descendants of William Adams (Self-published, 1999), Pg 3.
4 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 458, 492.
5 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1012.
6 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 450.
7 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 163, 276.
8 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 492.
9 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1011, 1012, 1014.
10 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1014.
11 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 6, Frenchcreek Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1998), Pg 18.
12 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 658.
13 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1008.
14 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 424.
15 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 6, Frenchcreek Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1998), Pg 21.
16 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 487.
17 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 765.
18 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 655.
19 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 656.
20
John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 302.
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