Birth: 1799 Selborne, Hampshire, UK
Father: James Adams 1764-a1799
Mother: Mary King b1773-a1799
Christening: 8 February 1799 Selborne, Hampshire, UK
Marriage: 13 July 1818 St John the Baptist, Putttenham, Surrey, UK
Wife: Jane Manard (Maynard) 1797-1858
Death: February 1872 Farnham, Surrey, UK
Burial: 8 February 1872 Section G No 43 St Andrew, Farnham, Surrey, UK
William Adams 1818-1886
Jane Adams [Beal] 1820-1901
Frances Adams1821-a1851
Elizabeth Adams1823-1875
Mary Adams1837-1882
Christening of William Adams in the IGI on 8 February 1799 in Selborne, Hampshire, parents James and Mary Adams. The same information is in Ancestry All England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975.
Entry in West Surrey Family History Society Surrey Marriage Index for William Adam and Jane Maynard on 13 June 1818 in Puttenham by banns.
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 for William Adams and Jane Maynard on 30 (sic - in the index) July 1818 in Puttenham. "William Adams, a Taylor and Jane Maynard, a Spinster, both of this Parish, were married in this Church by banns, with consent of Parents, this Thirteenth Day of July in the Year One Thousand, eight hundred. & eighteen, by me W Williams Curate. This marriage was solemnized between one William Adams and Jane Maynard in the Presence of Frances Maynard, & James Bridger. No 18".
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Marriages, 1754-1937 for William Adams and Jane Maynard on 13 July 1818 in Puttenham, St John the Baptist. "William Adams, a Taylor and Jane Maynard, a Spinster, both of this Parish, were married in this Church by banns, with consent of Parents, this Tenth Day of July in the Year One Thousand, eight hundred. & eighteen, by me W Williams Curate. This marriage was solemnized between one William Adams and Jane Maynard in the Presence of Frances Maynard, & James Bridger. No 18".
His children were christened in Farnham in 1818 to 1837 where he is stated to be a tailor.
In the 1841 census as William Adams aged 41, not born in Surrey, a tailor, and living with Jane (wife?), and Elizabeth and Mary (daughters?) in East Street, Farnham, Surrey.
In the 1851 census as William Adams aged 57, born in Felborne (sic - in the index, Selborne on the original), Hampshire, a tailor and living with his wife (Jane) and three daughters (Elizabeth, Fanny and Mary) in East Street, Farnham, Surrey.
His wife died in Farnham in 1858.
In the 1861 census as William Adams aged 62, born in Selbourne, Hampshire, widowed, a tailor, and living with his two daughters (Elizabeth and Mary) and granddaughter (Fanny E ) in East Street, Farnham, Surrey.
There are two entries in 1871 census for William Adams aged 72, born in Sibbourne, Hampshire in one and Sebbourne, Hampshire in the other, widowed, no stated employment in one, Inmate of Adams House formerly Tailor in the other, and living with his two daughters (Elizabeth and Mary) in both, in West Street (Pearseys?) Yard, West Street, Farnham, Surrey in one, in Adams House, (near 53) Castle Street, Farnham, Surrey in the other.
Death of William Adams in FreeBMD in January-March 1872 aged 74 in Farnham (2 63).
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Burials, 1813-1987 for William Adams on 8 February 1872 aged 74 at Farnham, St Andrew. " Register of Burials in the Burial Ground of Farnham, Surrey Established under the Burials (beyond the Metropolis) Act, 16 and 17 Vict. c. 134. [...] 1442 William Adams Tailor 74 years of Farnham on 8 February in Section G No 43 in Unconsecrated Ground."
William Adams was the first cousin once removed of Mary Ann Carpenter Adams, wife of Edward Fullick, my first cousin four times removed.
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