husband of Priscilla Ramsdell ( 1640-1718)
Every attempt has been made to ensure accuracy; please independently verify all data. Published: 02 Dec 2014. Updated: 14 Nov 2016
Scots' Charitable Society:
1657 – Founding Member, James Adams.
"James is believed to be a Scottish prisoner of war from the Battle of Dunbar at Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland on 3 Sep 1650, arriving at Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony on the ketch, Unity, in late December 1650."
The Battle of Dunbar took place in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland. The Scottish army commanded by David Leslie fought against the English Parliamentarian forces under Oliver Cromwell. The Scots were defeated and thousands of Scottish soldiers were taken as prisoners of war. They were forced to march to Durham Cathedral in England where they arrived on 11 Sep 1650.
In November 1650 approximately 150 of the survivors were deported from Gravesend, England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony, arriving in Charlestown (now incorporated into Boston) in late December 1650. There they were indentured into hard labor for approximately six to eight years.
Most of the men survived their indenture period and bought land, married, and settled down to rear families. They now have thousands of descendants living throughout the United States of America.
For years it was believed that many died and were buried in mass graves while at Durham Cathedral, but until recently there had been no proof. In 2015, archaeological finds near Durham Cathedral confirmed that Scottish prisoners of war were buried there in mass graves.
First Generation in the New World
1. JAMES ADAMS, was born possibly at Sterlingshire, Scotland about 1633 and died at Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts on 2 Dec 1707. He married at Concord on 7 May 1662, PRISCILLA RAMSDELL/RAMSDEN, daughter of JOHN RAMSDELL and PRISCILLA CHASE. She was born at Concord about 1640.
Biographical Notes:
Children of James and Priscilla (Ramsden) Adams, all born in Concord:
2. i. PRISCILLA² ADAMS b. 9 Feb 1662/63
2. ii. ELIZABETH² ADAMS b. Feb 1664/65 m., JOSEPH LAMSON.
2. iii. JAMES² ADAMS b. 29 Mar 1668 m., PRISCILLAH SHORE.
2. iv. HANNAH² ADAMS b. 25 Jul 1670 d. 20 Sep 1727 m.,
WILLIAM RUSSELL.
2. v. JOHN² ADAMS b. 30 Aug 1672 m., ESTHER FORD.
2. vi. NATHANIEL² ADAMS b. Feb 1673/74
2. vii. DORCAS² ADAMS b. 1 Feb 1676/77 m., BENJAMIN
BAYBROOK.
Second Generation
2. i. PRISCILLA² ADAMS, (James¹), was born at Concord, on 9 Feb 1662/63. She married, WILLIAM HARDY.
Children of William and Priscilla (Adams) Hardy:
3. i. ISABEL³ HARDY, (Priscilla², James¹), born in Massachusetts. She married, EDWARD AUSTIN.
2. iv. HANNAH² ADAMS, (James¹), was born at Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts in 1670 and died in 1726. She married, WILLIAM RUSSELL.
Children of William and Hannah² (Adams) Russell:
3. i. HANNAH³ RUSSELL, (Hannah², James¹), born in Massachusetts. She married, JONATHAN WHEELER.
TIMELINE:
1653: Iron-worker at Lynn, Mass. "ox team manager" "farming"
1657: Made a donation to the Scots Charitable Society [Boston] on 6 Jan 1657.
1662: Married Priscilla Ramsdell
"About 17 Scots were subcontracted to the colliers (charcoal makers) and other plant workers. Accounting records show that a few of the Scots received wages from the Company for skilled work. For example, James Adams was paid for managing ox teams" also, "…Scots James Adams, George Darling, Malcolm Maccallum, John Mackshane, and John Pardee ran the ironworks farming operation." From: Regan, Janet and White, Curtis. Hammersmith Through the Historical Texts
"In 1662, Scottish ironworker James Adams married Priscilla Ramsdell, the daughter of John Ramsdell, a part-time employee of Saugus and a man later connected to the Rowley Village ironworks." From: Hamilton, Marsha L.. Social and Economic Networks in Early Massachusetts: Atlantic Connections, 49.
In the 18th century, the people in the northern part of Concord found it hard to get to church in winter and in the time of the "flud". They petitioned the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony to make their area a separate district so that the taxes that they had to pay for the support of a church could be used to provide a minister and meetinghouse closer to their farms. The General Court complied; it established the First District of Carlisle in 1754. The town was named after Carlisle, England, because the first settler in the district, JAMES ADAMS, came from there to settle on South Street. (JAMES ADAMS was the first white settler of the district, who was banished from England by Oliver Cromwell in 1640) The local people supported a minister for two years, but when they could not agree on the location of the meetinghouse they successfully petitioned the General Court to restore the district to its original status as part of Concord.
Scottish Prisoners of War Society- Battle of Dunbar
https://spows.org/battle-of-dunbar/battle-of-dunbar-prisoners-of-war/battle-of-dunbar-prisoner-profiles/james-adams-1/
Source: Family Search profile LZ2N-XPF
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZ2N-XPF
Every attempt has been made to ensure accuracy; please independently verify all data. Published: 02 Dec 2014. Updated: 14 Nov 2016
Scots' Charitable Society:
1657 – Founding Member, James Adams.
"James is believed to be a Scottish prisoner of war from the Battle of Dunbar at Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland on 3 Sep 1650, arriving at Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony on the ketch, Unity, in late December 1650."
The Battle of Dunbar took place in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland. The Scottish army commanded by David Leslie fought against the English Parliamentarian forces under Oliver Cromwell. The Scots were defeated and thousands of Scottish soldiers were taken as prisoners of war. They were forced to march to Durham Cathedral in England where they arrived on 11 Sep 1650.
In November 1650 approximately 150 of the survivors were deported from Gravesend, England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony, arriving in Charlestown (now incorporated into Boston) in late December 1650. There they were indentured into hard labor for approximately six to eight years.
Most of the men survived their indenture period and bought land, married, and settled down to rear families. They now have thousands of descendants living throughout the United States of America.
For years it was believed that many died and were buried in mass graves while at Durham Cathedral, but until recently there had been no proof. In 2015, archaeological finds near Durham Cathedral confirmed that Scottish prisoners of war were buried there in mass graves.
First Generation in the New World
1. JAMES ADAMS, was born possibly at Sterlingshire, Scotland about 1633 and died at Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts on 2 Dec 1707. He married at Concord on 7 May 1662, PRISCILLA RAMSDELL/RAMSDEN, daughter of JOHN RAMSDELL and PRISCILLA CHASE. She was born at Concord about 1640.
Biographical Notes:
Children of James and Priscilla (Ramsden) Adams, all born in Concord:
2. i. PRISCILLA² ADAMS b. 9 Feb 1662/63
2. ii. ELIZABETH² ADAMS b. Feb 1664/65 m., JOSEPH LAMSON.
2. iii. JAMES² ADAMS b. 29 Mar 1668 m., PRISCILLAH SHORE.
2. iv. HANNAH² ADAMS b. 25 Jul 1670 d. 20 Sep 1727 m.,
WILLIAM RUSSELL.
2. v. JOHN² ADAMS b. 30 Aug 1672 m., ESTHER FORD.
2. vi. NATHANIEL² ADAMS b. Feb 1673/74
2. vii. DORCAS² ADAMS b. 1 Feb 1676/77 m., BENJAMIN
BAYBROOK.
Second Generation
2. i. PRISCILLA² ADAMS, (James¹), was born at Concord, on 9 Feb 1662/63. She married, WILLIAM HARDY.
Children of William and Priscilla (Adams) Hardy:
3. i. ISABEL³ HARDY, (Priscilla², James¹), born in Massachusetts. She married, EDWARD AUSTIN.
2. iv. HANNAH² ADAMS, (James¹), was born at Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts in 1670 and died in 1726. She married, WILLIAM RUSSELL.
Children of William and Hannah² (Adams) Russell:
3. i. HANNAH³ RUSSELL, (Hannah², James¹), born in Massachusetts. She married, JONATHAN WHEELER.
TIMELINE:
1653: Iron-worker at Lynn, Mass. "ox team manager" "farming"
1657: Made a donation to the Scots Charitable Society [Boston] on 6 Jan 1657.
1662: Married Priscilla Ramsdell
"About 17 Scots were subcontracted to the colliers (charcoal makers) and other plant workers. Accounting records show that a few of the Scots received wages from the Company for skilled work. For example, James Adams was paid for managing ox teams" also, "…Scots James Adams, George Darling, Malcolm Maccallum, John Mackshane, and John Pardee ran the ironworks farming operation." From: Regan, Janet and White, Curtis. Hammersmith Through the Historical Texts
"In 1662, Scottish ironworker James Adams married Priscilla Ramsdell, the daughter of John Ramsdell, a part-time employee of Saugus and a man later connected to the Rowley Village ironworks." From: Hamilton, Marsha L.. Social and Economic Networks in Early Massachusetts: Atlantic Connections, 49.
In the 18th century, the people in the northern part of Concord found it hard to get to church in winter and in the time of the "flud". They petitioned the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony to make their area a separate district so that the taxes that they had to pay for the support of a church could be used to provide a minister and meetinghouse closer to their farms. The General Court complied; it established the First District of Carlisle in 1754. The town was named after Carlisle, England, because the first settler in the district, JAMES ADAMS, came from there to settle on South Street. (JAMES ADAMS was the first white settler of the district, who was banished from England by Oliver Cromwell in 1640) The local people supported a minister for two years, but when they could not agree on the location of the meetinghouse they successfully petitioned the General Court to restore the district to its original status as part of Concord.
Scottish Prisoners of War Society- Battle of Dunbar
https://spows.org/battle-of-dunbar/battle-of-dunbar-prisoners-of-war/battle-of-dunbar-prisoner-profiles/james-adams-1/
Source: Family Search profile LZ2N-XPF
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZ2N-XPF
husband of Priscilla Ramsdell ( 1640-1718)
Every attempt has been made to ensure accuracy; please independently verify all data. Published: 02 Dec 2014. Updated: 14 Nov 2016
Scots' Charitable Society:
1657 – Founding Member, James Adams.
"James is believed to be a Scottish prisoner of war from the Battle of Dunbar at Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland on 3 Sep 1650, arriving at Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony on the ketch, Unity, in late December 1650."
The Battle of Dunbar took place in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland. The Scottish army commanded by David Leslie fought against the English Parliamentarian forces under Oliver Cromwell. The Scots were defeated and thousands of Scottish soldiers were taken as prisoners of war. They were forced to march to Durham Cathedral in England where they arrived on 11 Sep 1650.
In November 1650 approximately 150 of the survivors were deported from Gravesend, England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony, arriving in Charlestown (now incorporated into Boston) in late December 1650. There they were indentured into hard labor for approximately six to eight years.
Most of the men survived their indenture period and bought land, married, and settled down to rear families. They now have thousands of descendants living throughout the United States of America.
For years it was believed that many died and were buried in mass graves while at Durham Cathedral, but until recently there had been no proof. In 2015, archaeological finds near Durham Cathedral confirmed that Scottish prisoners of war were buried there in mass graves.
First Generation in the New World
1. JAMES ADAMS, was born possibly at Sterlingshire, Scotland about 1633 and died at Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts on 2 Dec 1707. He married at Concord on 7 May 1662, PRISCILLA RAMSDELL/RAMSDEN, daughter of JOHN RAMSDELL and PRISCILLA CHASE. She was born at Concord about 1640.
Biographical Notes:
Children of James and Priscilla (Ramsden) Adams, all born in Concord:
2. i. PRISCILLA² ADAMS b. 9 Feb 1662/63
2. ii. ELIZABETH² ADAMS b. Feb 1664/65 m., JOSEPH LAMSON.
2. iii. JAMES² ADAMS b. 29 Mar 1668 m., PRISCILLAH SHORE.
2. iv. HANNAH² ADAMS b. 25 Jul 1670 d. 20 Sep 1727 m.,
WILLIAM RUSSELL.
2. v. JOHN² ADAMS b. 30 Aug 1672 m., ESTHER FORD.
2. vi. NATHANIEL² ADAMS b. Feb 1673/74
2. vii. DORCAS² ADAMS b. 1 Feb 1676/77 m., BENJAMIN
BAYBROOK.
Second Generation
2. i. PRISCILLA² ADAMS, (James¹), was born at Concord, on 9 Feb 1662/63. She married, WILLIAM HARDY.
Children of William and Priscilla (Adams) Hardy:
3. i. ISABEL³ HARDY, (Priscilla², James¹), born in Massachusetts. She married, EDWARD AUSTIN.
2. iv. HANNAH² ADAMS, (James¹), was born at Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts in 1670 and died in 1726. She married, WILLIAM RUSSELL.
Children of William and Hannah² (Adams) Russell:
3. i. HANNAH³ RUSSELL, (Hannah², James¹), born in Massachusetts. She married, JONATHAN WHEELER.
TIMELINE:
1653: Iron-worker at Lynn, Mass. "ox team manager" "farming"
1657: Made a donation to the Scots Charitable Society [Boston] on 6 Jan 1657.
1662: Married Priscilla Ramsdell
"About 17 Scots were subcontracted to the colliers (charcoal makers) and other plant workers. Accounting records show that a few of the Scots received wages from the Company for skilled work. For example, James Adams was paid for managing ox teams" also, "…Scots James Adams, George Darling, Malcolm Maccallum, John Mackshane, and John Pardee ran the ironworks farming operation." From: Regan, Janet and White, Curtis. Hammersmith Through the Historical Texts
"In 1662, Scottish ironworker James Adams married Priscilla Ramsdell, the daughter of John Ramsdell, a part-time employee of Saugus and a man later connected to the Rowley Village ironworks." From: Hamilton, Marsha L.. Social and Economic Networks in Early Massachusetts: Atlantic Connections, 49.
In the 18th century, the people in the northern part of Concord found it hard to get to church in winter and in the time of the "flud". They petitioned the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony to make their area a separate district so that the taxes that they had to pay for the support of a church could be used to provide a minister and meetinghouse closer to their farms. The General Court complied; it established the First District of Carlisle in 1754. The town was named after Carlisle, England, because the first settler in the district, JAMES ADAMS, came from there to settle on South Street. (JAMES ADAMS was the first white settler of the district, who was banished from England by Oliver Cromwell in 1640) The local people supported a minister for two years, but when they could not agree on the location of the meetinghouse they successfully petitioned the General Court to restore the district to its original status as part of Concord.
Scottish Prisoners of War Society- Battle of Dunbar
https://spows.org/battle-of-dunbar/battle-of-dunbar-prisoners-of-war/battle-of-dunbar-prisoner-profiles/james-adams-1/
Source: Family Search profile LZ2N-XPF
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZ2N-XPF
Every attempt has been made to ensure accuracy; please independently verify all data. Published: 02 Dec 2014. Updated: 14 Nov 2016
Scots' Charitable Society:
1657 – Founding Member, James Adams.
"James is believed to be a Scottish prisoner of war from the Battle of Dunbar at Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland on 3 Sep 1650, arriving at Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony on the ketch, Unity, in late December 1650."
The Battle of Dunbar took place in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland. The Scottish army commanded by David Leslie fought against the English Parliamentarian forces under Oliver Cromwell. The Scots were defeated and thousands of Scottish soldiers were taken as prisoners of war. They were forced to march to Durham Cathedral in England where they arrived on 11 Sep 1650.
In November 1650 approximately 150 of the survivors were deported from Gravesend, England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony, arriving in Charlestown (now incorporated into Boston) in late December 1650. There they were indentured into hard labor for approximately six to eight years.
Most of the men survived their indenture period and bought land, married, and settled down to rear families. They now have thousands of descendants living throughout the United States of America.
For years it was believed that many died and were buried in mass graves while at Durham Cathedral, but until recently there had been no proof. In 2015, archaeological finds near Durham Cathedral confirmed that Scottish prisoners of war were buried there in mass graves.
First Generation in the New World
1. JAMES ADAMS, was born possibly at Sterlingshire, Scotland about 1633 and died at Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts on 2 Dec 1707. He married at Concord on 7 May 1662, PRISCILLA RAMSDELL/RAMSDEN, daughter of JOHN RAMSDELL and PRISCILLA CHASE. She was born at Concord about 1640.
Biographical Notes:
Children of James and Priscilla (Ramsden) Adams, all born in Concord:
2. i. PRISCILLA² ADAMS b. 9 Feb 1662/63
2. ii. ELIZABETH² ADAMS b. Feb 1664/65 m., JOSEPH LAMSON.
2. iii. JAMES² ADAMS b. 29 Mar 1668 m., PRISCILLAH SHORE.
2. iv. HANNAH² ADAMS b. 25 Jul 1670 d. 20 Sep 1727 m.,
WILLIAM RUSSELL.
2. v. JOHN² ADAMS b. 30 Aug 1672 m., ESTHER FORD.
2. vi. NATHANIEL² ADAMS b. Feb 1673/74
2. vii. DORCAS² ADAMS b. 1 Feb 1676/77 m., BENJAMIN
BAYBROOK.
Second Generation
2. i. PRISCILLA² ADAMS, (James¹), was born at Concord, on 9 Feb 1662/63. She married, WILLIAM HARDY.
Children of William and Priscilla (Adams) Hardy:
3. i. ISABEL³ HARDY, (Priscilla², James¹), born in Massachusetts. She married, EDWARD AUSTIN.
2. iv. HANNAH² ADAMS, (James¹), was born at Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts in 1670 and died in 1726. She married, WILLIAM RUSSELL.
Children of William and Hannah² (Adams) Russell:
3. i. HANNAH³ RUSSELL, (Hannah², James¹), born in Massachusetts. She married, JONATHAN WHEELER.
TIMELINE:
1653: Iron-worker at Lynn, Mass. "ox team manager" "farming"
1657: Made a donation to the Scots Charitable Society [Boston] on 6 Jan 1657.
1662: Married Priscilla Ramsdell
"About 17 Scots were subcontracted to the colliers (charcoal makers) and other plant workers. Accounting records show that a few of the Scots received wages from the Company for skilled work. For example, James Adams was paid for managing ox teams" also, "…Scots James Adams, George Darling, Malcolm Maccallum, John Mackshane, and John Pardee ran the ironworks farming operation." From: Regan, Janet and White, Curtis. Hammersmith Through the Historical Texts
"In 1662, Scottish ironworker James Adams married Priscilla Ramsdell, the daughter of John Ramsdell, a part-time employee of Saugus and a man later connected to the Rowley Village ironworks." From: Hamilton, Marsha L.. Social and Economic Networks in Early Massachusetts: Atlantic Connections, 49.
In the 18th century, the people in the northern part of Concord found it hard to get to church in winter and in the time of the "flud". They petitioned the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony to make their area a separate district so that the taxes that they had to pay for the support of a church could be used to provide a minister and meetinghouse closer to their farms. The General Court complied; it established the First District of Carlisle in 1754. The town was named after Carlisle, England, because the first settler in the district, JAMES ADAMS, came from there to settle on South Street. (JAMES ADAMS was the first white settler of the district, who was banished from England by Oliver Cromwell in 1640) The local people supported a minister for two years, but when they could not agree on the location of the meetinghouse they successfully petitioned the General Court to restore the district to its original status as part of Concord.
Scottish Prisoners of War Society- Battle of Dunbar
https://spows.org/battle-of-dunbar/battle-of-dunbar-prisoners-of-war/battle-of-dunbar-prisoner-profiles/james-adams-1/
Source: Family Search profile LZ2N-XPF
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZ2N-XPF
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