Henry Adams of Braintree & His Descendants

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Many descendants of Henry Adams of Braintree participated in the Civil War. Here are a few who either survived or perished in the Confederate prisons located at Andersonville, GA and Florence,SC.


Child of Henry7, (1810) [500] (Hezekiah6, Ebenezer5, James4, Lieut. James3, Ens. Edward2, Henry1) and Catherine (Underdonk) Adams; res. Sharon, N. Y., and Troy, Wis

Peter8, b. in Sharon, Aug. 24, 1839; d. in Andersonville Prison, 13 Oct., 1863.

Child of Dexter8, (1806) [687] (Asa7, Asa6, Ens. Thomas5, Daniel4, John3, Ens. Edward2, Henry1) and Amanda M. (McCoy) Adams; res. Cambridge, Vt.

Daniel Asa9, b. in Cambridge, Aug., 1846. He was a soldier in the army; d. a prisoner at Andersonville, 2 Aug., 1864.

Children of Oren W8, (1810) [810] (Joel7, Silas6, Obadiah5, Jr., Obadiah4, John3, Ens. Edward2, Henry1) and Hannah (Dawley) Adams; res. Franklin, Mass.

Alvin B.9, b. in Franklin. Nov. 13, 1837; m. Lydia Dawley, dau. of Horatio Dawley. He enlisted as a member of Co. G. 16th Mass. Vols.; taken prisoner at Gettyaburg, July 5, 1863; confined at Richmond and Bell Isle; d. in Andersonville, Oct., 1864.

Henry C.9, b. in Franklin, Oct. 6, 1840; m. 1866-7, Mrs. Lydia Dawley Adams, widow of brother Alvin B. He was a member of Co. C, 3d U. S. Inf.; taken prisoner at Mine Run., Va., Dec. 1, 1863; confined at Pemberton, Andersonville, Savannah, etc.; paroled at Galesburg, N. C.; discharged at Annapolis, Md., May 5, 1865.

Child of Obed8, (1814) [848] (Issachar7, Issachar6, Nathan5, Obadiah4, John3, Ens. Edward2, Henry1) and Arabella E. (Churchill) Adams; res. Barnard, Vt.

Willis C.9, b. in Pomfret, Vt., May 18, 1845; m. July 10, 1883, Olive Alger Norcross, dau. of Orren N. and Almeda Wyman Norcross of Winchendon, Mass., b. April 13, 1851. He enlisted, Dec. 11, 1863, in Company H, 11th Vermont Regiment; engaged at Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, and Weldon; was taken prisoner June 23, 1864; [went to Andersonville Prison] paroled Dec. 11, 1864; mustered out June 29, 1865; carpenter; no issue; res. Winchendon, Mass.

Child of Joel8, Jr., ( ) [811] (Joel7, Silas6, Obadiah5, Jr., Obadiah4, John3, Ens. Edward2, Henry1) and Charlotte (Blood) Adams; res. Oxford, Mass.

Leonard9, who d. in Andersonville prison.

Child of Alvin T7., (1812) [76] (Isaac6, Jr., Isaac5, Benoni4, Moses3, Lieut. Henry2, Henry1) and Bethia L. (Beal) Adams; res. Westboro, Mass.

Minot C.8, b. in Upton, Mass., Sept. 24, 1842. He enlisted July 15, 1862, in Co. C, 34th Reg. Mass. Vols., and was mustered in at Worcester for 3 years; was taken prisoner at Martinsburg, Va., May, 1864, while on his way from Harper's Ferry to join his regiment, and d. in prison at Florence, Ala., 1 Nov., 1864.

Timothy3, Lieut. Thomas2, Henry1) and Nancy (Pingrey) Adams; res. Ludlow, Vt., and Andover, NY

Thomas R.8, b. in Andover, Jan. 9, 1837; enlisted Sept. 3, 1861, Co. H, 85th NY Vols.; taken prisoner April, 1864; d. in Anderson prison, 12 July, 1864.

Child of Chauncey S.8, (1818) [770] (William7, Joel6, John5, Eleazer4, John3, Ens. Edward2, Henry1) and Jane M. (Vanderbogart) Adams; res. Williamsville, Erie Co., NY, and Redlands, Cal.

William H.9, b. in Aurora, NY, July 23, 1844; m. April 25, 1868, Margaret M. Trimball, of Latrobe, Pa. He enlisted at Buffalo, NY, Sept., 1861, in Co. C, 100th NY Vols.; was with Gen. McClellan in his first campaign; was at the capture of Fort Wagner, taken prisoner at battle of Drury's Bluff, May 16, confined at Andersonville, paroled in Dec., was with Gen. Grant at Lee's surrender; never wounded, but health undermined. He settled in Fort Wayne, Ind.; removed, 1878, to Bloomington, Ill., and thence in 1885 to Joliet, Ill., where he d. 10 Jan., 1894.

Child of Emma Verona8, (1814) [363] (Joshua Knight7, James6, Lieut. Joseph5, Capt. Joseph4, Samuel3, Lieut. Thomas2, Henry1) and Benjamin Barton; res. Cherry Valley, NY

James Barton, b. (???), a soldier; d. unm., in 1864, in Andersonville prison.

Child of Capt. Boylston6, (1771) [58] (Peter Boylston5, Dea. John4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Henry1) and Elizabeth Ann (Crosby) Adams; res. Quincy, Mass.

Susanna Boylston7, b. in Quincy, April 15, 1808; m. March 23, 1842, Theo. H. Lunt, a veteran soldier and prisoner at Andersonville, whod. at Annapolis, Md. She d. July, 1877.

Child of George Bemis8, (1816) [295] (Levi7, Jr., Levi6, Stephen5, Thomas4, Timothy3, Lieut. Thomas2, Henry1) and Hannah (Taylor) Adams; res. Marengo, Ill.

Nellie9, b. in Ludlow, 1852; m. 1870, Rev. Thomas F. Borchers, a soldier who was confined a prisoner in Libby and Andersonville prisons; d. in Los. Angeles, Cal., April, 1888; res. Oakland, Cal.

Child of Capt. Harvey8, (1808) and Nancy Dustin (Rowell) Adams.

vi. Sadie Blaisdell9, b. in Lancaster, Aug. 23, 1842; m. Oct. 1, 1865, Capt LeRoy Sunderland Smith, a cavalry officer in the Civil War, from New Hampshire, who was two years in Libby prison. She resides in New York, and is historian for the Daughters of the Revolution; no issue.



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Souces:
Adams Chiles Genealogy, Myra Adams Chiles
A Genealogical History of Henry Adams of Braintree Massachusetts and His Descendants; also John Adams of Cambridge Massachusetts 1632-1897., Adams, Andrew N (1898)
Vital Records of Massachusetts to 1850

I've been researching my Adams' ancestors for 15 years. I try to relate what I've found as accurately as possible, but as we all know, there will be errors. The above is just a small portion of information that I've collected. I am still working on ways to best present these findings so it will benefit anyone interested in this family. Come back soon as I will be adding more about the descendants of Henry Adams of Braintree. Myra Adams Chiles

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