Adams Family of Groton, Connecticut 1700 - 1800

Here is more information I have found for the presumed children of Simeon Adams Sr. and Lydia Brown (Widow of Simeon Sparhawk):

1. Hannah Adams:

1.1:  "The Compendium of American Genealogy", Vol. 5, Pg. 221, by Frederick Adams Virkus, states that Hannah Adams, who married Jonathan Rathbun, was the daughter of Simeon and Lydia (Brown-Sparhawk) Adams. The Compendium also states that Simeon served during the Revolutionary War.

1.2:  "The Rathbone Genealogy", Vol. 1, Pg. 90, by John C. Cooley, 1898, states that Hannah Adams married Jonathan Rathbun.

2. William Adams:

2.1:  The Rathbone Genealogy cited above states that Hannah was the sister of William Adams and half-sister of Lydia Sparhawk, who married Samuel Rathbun.

2.2:  William Adams is buried in Menands, Albany, NY, along with his second wife, Delia Olmstead.

3. Nathaniel Adams:

3.1:  I have a copy of a land record that shows Nathaniel Adams sold property to Samuel Rathbun, spouse of Lydia Sparhawk.

3.2:  Nathaniel is documented to have married Clarissa Yeomans in the 1803 Connecticut Centinel.

3.3:  Nathaniel and Clarissa are buried in Gouverneur, St. Lawrence, New York.

4.  Simeon Adams Jr. and Wealthy Adams:

4.1:  The 1800 federal census for New London County, Connecticut suggests that Simeon Adams Jr. is the son of Simeon and Lydia (Brown-Sparhawk) Adams.

4.2:  The Indian and Colonial Reseach Center in Old Mystic, CT, has an original 1793 school bill for Simeon Adams Jr. and Wealthy Adams documenting their parents as Simeon Adams Sr.

4.3:  “The Ransom Family of America”, by Willys C. Ransom, documents that Simeon Adams married Esther Ransom.  Esther’s brother, Bliss Ransom, married Wealthy Adams.

4.4:  An 1803 tax assessment form for Stephentown, Rensselaer, New York lists Simeon Adams and Bliss Ransom as owning acreage and livestock together.  I assume this is Simeon Adams Jr. and Bliss Ransom Jr.

I continue to search for vital records linking Simeon Adams to his children.