Capt. Benjamin Adams and Mary Harriman

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Husband Capt. Benjamin Adams ¹

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           Born: 20 Nov 1735 - Georgetown, Essex Co, MA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1817 2
         Buried: 

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         Father: William Adams (1706-      ) 2
         Mother: Elizabeth Dorman (      -      ) 2

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Mary Harriman ¹

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           Born: 
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         Father: Jonathan Harriman (      -      ) 2
         Mother: 

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Children

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1 M Dr. Samuel Adams ²

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           Born: 5 Sep 1767 - Rowley, Essex Co, MA 2
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           Died: 6 Mar 1832 - Beaver Falls, Beaver Co, PA 2
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Elizabeth Plumer (1769-      ) 2

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2 F Patty Adams ^{3 4 5 6}

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           Born: 15 Aug 1770 - Rowley, Essex Co, MA 1
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           Died: 2 Oct 1847 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 1 3
         Buried:  - Old Pioneer Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA 3

         Spouse: Samuel Plumer (1772-1820) 4 5 6 7
           Marr: 4 Feb 1796 1

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General Notes: Husband - Capt. Benjamin Adams

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He was a captain in the Continental army, was a member of the famous Boston Tea Party, and was present at the surrender at Yorktown. He died while returning from a visit to his son, Dr. Samuel Adams, in Washington.

He and his wife had ten children.

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 697.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 364.

3 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 458.

4 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 750.

5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 407, 697.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 466.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 656.