Adams Family Bible
The Adams Family likely arrived in Bronte Village, Canada West with this 1846 family Bible published in Connecticut. Entries were made by subsequent generations of Adams family members. The pages have been transcribed from the original with corrections appearing in [] square brackets.
The first page of the Family Record notes the marriage of Samuel Adams and Martha E. Hill on 21 November 1843 by John W. Harris, an elder in the Quaker church in the Baltimore conference at Sandy Springs, Maryland.
The second page of the Family Record pages records the following information:
Births:
Rachel Adams the wife of John Adams Born Nov 25 1787
Julia Ann Adams born June 30 1806
Benjaman [Benjamin] Adams Born April 7, 1808?
Carline Adams born April 25 1810
Mary Jane Adams born Feby 26 1812
Elvina Ann Adams born Oct 19, 1814
John C. Adams born Nove 20 1816
Died:
Rachel Adams died Noven 13 1843
Margaret Hill died April 12 the Mother of Martha Adams, 1860
Christopher R Johnson died December 12, 1895
Stella Elizebath Johnson died August 23 1896
The third page records additional births and deaths
Births:
Samuel Adams born Nove 24 1818
Martha Ellen Adams, the wife of Samuel Adams born Dec 1 1822
Margaret ??? [ink blot] Adams born August ?? [ink blot] 1844
Rachel Eller [Ellen] Adams born July 7 1846
John Wesly Adams born June 4 1848
Jarmiah [Jeremiah] Bewly [Adams] Born Oct 8 1851
Elizer [Eliza?] Jane Adams born June 18, 1854
Josephine Adams born July 2, 1856 in Bronte
Samuel James Adams born May 30 1859
Deaths:
Henson Sylvester died December 6 1861
Rachel Esther died December 18 1861
Eliza Jane Adams departed this life Feb 13, 1875 at Bronte Ontario
[Father] Samuel Adams died May 24, 1896
Samuel James Adams daide [died] Dec 14 1859, 6 months & 2 weeks old.
The final pages record the last details of the lives of the Adams Family.
Births
Henson Sylvester born March 19, 1861
Martha Ellen Adams deceased April 3, 1863
Margary Anna Adams deceased January 21, 1864
Elizar Adams [Eliza Davis], second wife of Samuel Adams died December the 5, 1904
Deaths
Martha Elen Adams Deceac April the 3 1863
Marga Annie Adams Deceased January 21 1864
Eli?? Davis departed this life June 21 1874 in the 97th year of his life in Hamilton
Mrs. Jane Davis departed this life June 18, 1884 in Bronte
Seymour Smith was drowned on January 10, 1891
Samuel Adams deceased May 24 1895
