ADAMS

1. CHRISTOPHER-

m. MARGARET HUNKING
will 13 June 1686-21 Sept. 1687

Christopher signed a petition in Braintree in 1645 and is thought to have been the brother of Henry Adams,
ancestor of the presidents. He bought land in Kittery in 1668 and was then a mariner in Portsmouth. His
will is found in the Suffolk Co. records (Boston) and names his "cousin" Isaac Goodridge, his wife
Margaret and his children. The inventory amounted to £621/7 and mentions his farm of 170 acres, 70 of
which were bought from William Palmer and Peter Glanfield. Goodridge called Margaret "My aunt Mrs.
Margaret Adams."

Will of Christopher Adams 13 June 1685, proved 21 Sept. 1687: "Item- I give to my well beloved grand
children Margaret King, Mary Adams, Sarah Adams, Mary Dennet, Sarah Dennet, John Dennet, Thomas
Dennet, and Eleonor Dennet, to each of them five pounds in money.

Item- I Give to my well beloved grandson Thomas Adams, his heirs and Assignees forever, all the Land
that belongs to my homesteed or house lot bounded on the west by the Land which I formerly gave to my
Daughter Anne on the North and South by two Creeks or Coves of Salt water and on the East with the high
way together with my Dwelling house, barns, out houses and orchards that are thereon Excepting what fruit
trees I have in these presents given to my daughter Weeks during her natural life and after her Decease to
be the Said Thomas, his heirs and assignees forever I also give to my Said Grandson his Heirs and
assignees forever all that my pasture land called the lime kiln butted and bounded on the western side by
the land which I have in these presents given to Willm and Anne Hill on the Northern Side by the brook of
water that leads to Nathll Furnald his Land and then by the Said Nathll Furnald his Land and into ye woods
So far as my land is fenced including that percel of Land called Marks Swamp on the other Side it is
bounded by the Land that was formerly Robert Mendams Deced or however the Said Land is otherways
butted and bounded all which Land is Scituate and being in Kittery aforeSd. The Said Thomas Adams shall
be posest thereof when he Shall come to the age of Twenty one years. I also give to the Said Thomas free
Liberty to Cut and Carry of from my Land that Joyns to the above Said pasture what fire wood he Shall
need for his own burning during his Natural life if ye wood lasts so long.

Item-I give to my well beloved Son John Adams and the Male Heirs Lawfully begotten by his body and
their Heirs and Assignees for ever all the remainder of my lands Wheresoever and whatsoever not
heretofore nor in these Presents by me Disposed of with the free liberty of a way through the above."(1)

"In the Name of God Amen The thirtieth day of June Anno Domini one thousd Seven hundred and twenty I
Margaret Adams of Kittery in the County of York in the Province of the Massats Bay in New England
Widow being aged and weak in body, But of Sound Dispossing mind and memory thanks be given to God;
Therefore Calling unto mind the mortality of my body do make and ordain this my Last Will and
Testament that is to Say Principally and first of all I give and Recommend my Soul into the hands of God
that gave it And my body I Recommend to the earth to be buried in a Christian like and Decent manner at
the Discretion of my Executor And as Touching Such worldly Estate Wherewith it hath Pleased God to
Bless me in this Life I give Demise and dispose of the Same in the Following manner and Form.

Imprs I give to my well beloved Daughter Anne Weeks Dureing her Natural Life all the fruit that Shall
grow upon the peices of Rows of Apple trees that are in my Orchard next to the Stone wall that is by the
high way with the Liberty of Ingress Egress and regress to gather and Carry away the Said fruit during the
above Said term I also give to my Said Daughter two Cows & ten Sheep and the one halfe part of my
wareing Apparrell both linnen and Woolen.

Item I give to my well beloved Daughter Mary Dennet two Cows and ten Sheep and the one half part of my
Wareing Apparrell both linnen and woolen.

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Item I give unto William Hill Son in Law to my Daughter Anne Weeks and to my Grandaughter Anne Hill
their Heirs and Assignes forever a Certain peice or percel of my Land Called by the Name of the little Lime
kiln which Said Land takes its beginning at the bridge that is at the gate which goes into my pasture & then
running by the road as the fence now is to the Bridge that is in my pasture and then running as the brooks
run Untill the Said Brooks meet in the Creek or Cove which Land Contained within these boundrays the
Said Willm and Anne Hill Shall be possest thereof when they come to Lawfull age and have it equally
Divided betwene then but if either the Said William or Anne Should Depart this life before they come of
Lawfull age to Inherit what I give to them the Surviver Shall Inherit the whole and if they Shall See cause
to Dispose of the Said Land my Grandson Thomas Adams or his Heirs and assignes Shall have the offer of
it Provided he will pay for it to each of them ten pounds in money & they Shall not demand more of them
then twenty pounds for the whole tract that is to Say ten pounds apeace but if the Said Thomas his Heirs or
Assignes Shall not Se cause to give the above Said Sum for the Said Land they have then by these presents
liberty to alienate and Dispose of it to whomsoever they Shall Se meetItem I give to my well beloved grand
children Margaret King Mary Adams Sarah Adams Mary Dennet Sarah Dennet John Dennet Thomas
Dennet & Eleonor Dennet to each of them five pounds in money

Item I Give to my well beloved Grandson Thomas Adams his heirs and assignes forever all the Land that
belongs to my homsteed or house lot bounded on the west by the Land which I formerly gave to my
Daughter Anne on the North & South by two Creeks or Coves of Salt water and on the East with the high
way togather with my Dwelling house barns out houses & orchards that are thereon Excepting what fruit
trees I have in these presents given to my Daughter Weeks during her natural life and after her Decease to
be the Said Thomas his Heirs and assignes for ever I also give to my Said Grandson his Heirs and assignes
forever all that my pasture land Called the lime kiln butted and bounded on the western Side by the land
which I have in these presents given to Willm and Anne Hill on the Northern Side by the brook of water
that leads to Nathll Furnald his Land and then by the Said Nathll Furnald his Land and Into ye woods So far
as my land is fenced Including that percel of Land called Marks Swamp on the other Side it is bounded by
the Land that was formerly Robert Mendams Deced or however the Said Land is otherways butted and
bounded all which Land is Scituate and being in Kittery aforeSd. The Said Thomas Adams Shall be posest
thereof when he Shall come to the age of Twenty one years.

I also give to the Said Thomas free Liberty to Cut & Carry of from my Land that Joyns to the above Said
pasture what fire wood he Shall need for his own burning during his Natural life if ye wood lasts So long.

Item I give to my well beloved Son John Adams and the Male Heirs Lawfully begotten by his body & their
Heirs & assignes for ever all the remainder of my lands Wheresoever and whatsoever not heretofore nor In
these Presents by me Disposed of with the free liberty of a way through the above Said pasture called the
lime kiln unto the Land which I have in these presents given him that lyes on the further Side of the Said
Pasture I also give to my Said Son John Adams all my Stock of Cattle and other Creatures & all ye Residue
of my Personal Estate of every Sort

Lastly I Constitute make and ordain my beloved Son John Adams abovesd my only & Sole Executor of this
my Last Will and Testament And I Do hereby utterly revoke dissallow & Disanul all and every other
former Testamts Wills Legacies bequests and Executors by me in any ways before named Willed and
bequeathed Ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my last will and Testament. In Wittness
whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal ye day & year above written

Signed Sealed Published Pronounced & Declared by the Said Margaret Adams as her last Will &
Testament In the Presence of us the SubscribersJohn NewmarchPaul WentworthJohn Newmarch
TertsMargaret AdamsProbated 23 Jan. 172 2/3 Inventory returned 30 June 1723, at oe818, by Richard Rice,
Nathl Fernald and Paul Wentworth, appraisers."(2)

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Map of Kittery- Lower Parish- from Stackpole's Old Kittery and Her Families

Issue-

 I. Mark- b.c.1667, d.s.p. before 1722

 I. John- b.c.1674, m.1. Anne _____, 2. c.1698 Amy Dennett (b. 9 Apr. 1679 Portsmouth, d. between
1750 & 1760), d. June 1735 Kittery
 II. Anne-b.c.1676, m.1. Joseph Couch Jr., 2. 25 Oct. 1710 Portsmouth, David Hill, 3. 6 Nov. 1718
Kittery, Nicholas Weeks (m.1. 8 May 1700 Priscilla Gunnison) , d. before 14 Aug. 1742 Kittery
 2III. MARY- m.1. Jan. 1699 Kittery, Alexander Shapleigh (b.c.1674, d.s.p. c.1701), 2. 5 Feb. 1701/2
Kittery, JOHN DENNETT (b. 15 Dec. 1675 Portsmouth, NH), d. 1763 Kittery

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Ref:

(1) Suffolk County Registry of Probate- Vol. X, p. 105

(2) York County Registry of Probate

"Old Kittery and Her Families"- p.272

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