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John Adams, Loyalist, CT & New Brunswick, Canada: Generation 5 – 2X Great Grandchildren, Part 5

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NOTE: First and foremost, this is still a work in progress. It’s been at least 20 years since I did a major revision on this family. Many records have been found in that time that tidy up a lot of dates and places, many of which came from family records.

The descendants are listed in ahnentafel order (in birth order of the children of John and Sarah.)

If you are a descendant of John Adams and Sarah Coley and can fill in any more of the question marks, please leave a comment.

These are the known 2X great grandchildren of Loyalists John and Sarah (Coley) Adams through their son Thomas.

James Adams (John3, Thomas2, John1) was born 1829, probably New Brunswick, Canada; married Ann (MNU), c1853. She was born 1834. They probably had other children. This family is listed in Barto’s Passamaquoddy, with no sources and has not been found in any U.S. or Canadian census or any other record.

Children of James and Ann (MNU) Adams:

  1. Laura, born 1855
  2. Alberta, born 1860
  3. Ardella, born 1868

 Ambrose Adams (John3, Thomas2, John1) was born 28 October 1831/32, Deer Island, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada, New Brunswick, Canada; died 30 September 1902, Brewer, Penobscot, Maine married Sarah Jane Conley, 16 September 1852, New Brunswick, Canada. She was born March 1831, New Brunswick, Canada. His aunt, Elizabeth Adams, lived with him in 1880. She was 65, born 1815, New Brunswick, Canada. Her father was reportedly born in Connecticut and her mother in Vermont.

Children of Ambrose and Sarah Jane (Conley) Adams:

  1. Helen Jane, born 1853, New Brunswick Canada; died 11 July 1927,Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts; married Franklin Deering, 25 December 1872, Brewer, Penobscot, Maine
  2. George W., born April 1855, New Brunswick, Canada; died after 1900, when they lived in Holden, Penobscot, Maine; married Augusta A. Kidder, c1889. They had no surviving children.
  3. Louisa, born 1857, New Brunswick Canada; died after 1870 when she was at home in Brewer, Penobscot, Maine
  4. Kate May, born 1859, New Brunswick, Canada; died about 6 October 1942, when her obituary was published, Brewer, Penobscot, Maine; married Wilfred Barker Turner, 30 October 1886, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts. They had no children.
  5. John, born 1863, New Brunswick, Canada; died after 1880. He may have returned to New Brunswick, Canada to live.
  6. Maude Lillian, born c1868, Maine; died after 1940, probably Brewer, Penobscot, Maine where she lived with her daughter and son-in-law; married Benjamin E. Eldridge, c1885
  7. Alexander, born December 1870, Brewer, Penobscot, Maine; died about 1 May 1937 when his obituary was published, Brewer, Penobscot, Maine; married Ellen M. Lawson, 3 August 1899, Brewer, Penobscot, Maine.

Edwin Albert Greenlaw (Elizabeth3, Thomas2, John1) was born February 1830, New Brunswick, Canada; died 24 January 1882, Eastport, Washington, Maine; married Seretha Lucretia Ossinger, 7 January 1864, Eastport, Washington, Maine. Three is an error in the 1880 census. By 1900, Seretha reported that the had 4/4 living children. In 1880, there is a son Samuel, born 1873, but found in no other records. In 1900, there is daughter Mary Etta, born January 1873 at home. It seems the census taker made a mistake.

Children of Edwin Albert and Seretha Lucretia (Ossinger) Greenlaw:

  1. Lillian Jane, born 12 April 1865, Eastport, Washington, Maine; died 4 July 1943, Eastport, Washington, Maine; married David Forsythe, 29 December 1891, Eastport, Washington, Maine
  2. James Albert, born 30 October 1867, Eastport, Washington Maine; died 5 June 1943, Eastport, Washington, Maine; married Louise Kenney, 14 February 1895, Auburn, Androscoggin, MaineThomas Fletcher, born 16 June 1870, Eastport, Washington, Maine; died 7 February 1906, Monterey County, California, recorded in Eastport, Washington, Maine; unmarried
  3. Mary Etta, born 12 January 1873, Eastport, Washington, Maine; died 19 March 1914, Eastport, Washington, Maine; unmarried

Daniel Greenlaw (Elizabeth3, Thomas2, John1) married his cousin, Lydia Ann Greenlaw. See page 44 for this family.

Elijah Warren Greenlaw (Elizabeth3, Thomas2, John1) was born 18 November 1835, New Brunswick, Canada; died 29 November 1905, Millbridge, Washington, Maine; married Mary Elizabeth Collicutt, 20 September 1857, New Brunswick, Canada. The 1870 census calls Simonson “Susan” but both were born in 1863 and Susan is not at home in 1880.

Children of Elijah Warren and Mary Elizabeth (Collicutt) Greenlaw:

  1. Anna, born c1861, Washington County, Maine; died after 1870; no further record
  2. Simonson A., born c1863, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 1923, Duval County, Florida; married Laura Etta Church, 19 November 1893, Lubec, Washington, Maine
  3. Millie, born c1865, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 1912, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts but buried Millbridge, Washington, Maine; married Gilbert S. Kelley, c1890
  4. Alonzo Adams, born 9 January 1867, Eastport, Washington, Maine; died 28 July 1956, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, but buried Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts; married Margaret M. Berryman, c1889, probably New Brunswick, Canada
  5. Willard Cutts, born 23 July 1871, Washington County, Maine; died after1940, when he lived in Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts; married (1) Harriet Theobald, 27 October 1907, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts (2) Olive A. Hall, 13 May 1911, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts (3) Laura May Smith, between 1930-1940, probably Masssachusetts. It appears he had no children.
  6. Elmer M., born 17 July 1874, Washington County, Maine; married Julia Etta Leathers, 25 September 1892, Millbridge, Washington, Maine. Julia died 22 February 1900, Orrington, Penobscot, Maine. Elmer was enumerated there, boarding, and listed as widowed in 1900.
  7. Sidney Warren, born 11 May 1880, Washington County, Maine; died after 1950 census, probably Miami, Dade, Florida, where he was living with wife Eva; married (1) Ida M. Moffitt, 9 September 1901, Millbridge, Washington, Maine (2) Eva Oliva (MNU) Walters, May 1916, Miami, Dade, Florida

Thomas Greenlaw (Elizabeth3, Thomas2, John1) was born c1844, New Brunswick, Canada; died 5 January 1908, Eastport, Washington, Maine; married Mercy Jane Stokie, 1 July 1876, Eastport, Washington, Maine.

Children of Thomas and Mercy Jane (Stokie) Greenlaw:

  1. Edgar S., born April 1877, Eastport, Washington, Maine; died 22 November 1901, Eastport, Washington, Maine; unmarried
  2. Emma A., born 17 June 1880, Eastport, Washington, Maine; died 3 September 1956, Eastport, Washington, Maine; married Wilmot Elmer Camick, 6 February 1904, Eastport, Washington, Maine

George Albert Greenlaw (Elizabeth3, Thomas2, John1) was born c1846, New Brunswick, Canada; died 4 January 1931, Staten Island, Richmond, New York, but registered in Eastport, Washington, Maine; married (1) Maria Spear, 21 November 1868, Eastport, Washington, Maine (2) Margaret A. Black, before 1920.

Children of George Albert and Maria (Spear) Greenlaw:

  1. Robert Armstrong, born 11 July 1869/70, Eastport, Washington, Maine; died 7 December 1949, probably Washington County, Maine; apparently unmarried
  2. George, born 11 September 1871, Eastport, Washington, Maine; died 22 June 1940, Eastport, Washington, Maine; married Nellie Spears, 17 November 1899, Eastport, Washington, Maine. They had no children.
  3. Albert A., born 1 July 1874, Eastport, Washington, Maine; died 22 January 1959, Augusta, Kennebec, Maine; married Marietta Bridges, 5 April 1923, Augusta, Kennebec, Maine
  4. Walter Armstrong, born 22 April 1877, Eastport, Washington, Maine; died 26 September 1911, Eastport, Washington, Maine; married Mary Ellen Hevers, 29 December 1901, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

John A. Greenlaw (Elizabeth3, Thomas2, John1) was born 31 July 1847, New Brunswick, Canada; died 25 November 1913, Eastport, Washington, Maine; married Jeanette Prime, 18 March 1870, Eastport, Washington, Maine.

Children of John A. and Jeanette (Prime) Greenlaw:

  1. Elizabeth Naomi, born December 1870, Eastport, Washington, Maine; died 26 August 1949, Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts; married Wallace Bruce Beckett, 3 January 1893, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts
  2. Charles Caswell, born 22 November 1875, Eastport, Washington, Maine; died 8 September 1959, Eastport, Washington, Maine;

Benjamin William Adams (Daniel3, Thomas2, John1) was born 1838, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada; died 2 June 1914, Lubec, Washington, Maine; married Mary Ellen Thayer, 21 January 1861, Calais, Washington, Maine. His grandson, Frank P. Adams died in the late 1970’s. Benjamin had four children, three of whom were living in 1910. He was at Lubec and reported in the census that his father was born in New York. He also said he came to the U.S. in 1855 and was naturalized. Benjamin was a boat builder and stated in 1870 and 1880 that he was born in the U.S.

Children of Benjamin W. and Mary Ellen (Thayer) Adams:

  1. Harland Page, born 21 December 1861, Portland, Cumberland Maine; died January 1946, Bangor, Penobscot, Maine; married Eva Allen, 2 April 1884, Lubec, Washington, Maine
  2. Charles Linden, born 16 February 1868, Lubec, Washington, Maine; died 1943, Lubec, Washington, Maine; married Vieva Bradford, daughter of Robert Mugford, 8 November 1894, Campobello Island, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada
  3. Mary Maud, born 29 April 1872, Lubec, Washington, Maine; died 3 November 1874, Lubec, Washington, Maine
  4. William Benjamin, born 6 July 1876, Lubec, Washington, Maine; died 12 May 1947, Bangor, Penobscot, Maine; unmarried

Emeline M. Adams (Daniel3, Thomas2, John1) was born 6 May 1840, Adams Island, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada; died 11 July 1917, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; married Loring Benoni Bill, 22 November 1866, Calais, Washington, Maine.

Children of Loring Benoni and Emeline M. (Adams) Bill:

  1. Charles Edwin, born 18 November 1867, Eastport, Washington, Maine; died 5 April 1954, Brighton, Suffolk, Massachusetts; married Martha H. Black, 10 September 1890, Eastport, Washington, Maine
  2. Sarah Arlena (Lina S.), born 10 March 1871, Calais, Washington, Maine; died 28 May 1947, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts; unmarried
  3. Horace, born c1873, Maine or New Brunswick, Canada; died between 1881 Canada census and 1900 when Emma reported she had given birth to 5 children, but only 3 were living
  4. Child, born c1875; died young
  5. William Harrison, born 15 July 1876, Deer Island, West Isles, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada; died 12 July 1941, Massachusetts; married (1) Mary A. Short, 15 March 1905, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts (2) Emma Florence Moore, 17 October 1920, Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts. Harrison was listed as single in 1910, so he may have divorced.

Calvin Segee  Adams (Daniel3, Thomas2, John1) was born 16 March 1843, Adams Island, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada; died 15 January 1921, St. Stephen, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada; married (1) Martha Maria Tillinghast, 12 December 1869, Bristol, Bristol, Rhode Island (2) Nellie F. Tarbox, 1 February 1875, Calais, Washington, Maine. Nellie was born 28 June 1856, Calais, Washington, Maine; died 23 December 1927, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Both are buried at Calais Cemetery.

Child of Calvin Segee and Martha (Tillinghast) Adams:

  1. Martha Luren (aka Lulu), born July 1871, Calais, Washington, Maine; died 14 April 1918, Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts; married Alton Lynwood Payne, 24 April 1900, Calais, Washington, Maine. This couple had no children by 1910, when they were living in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Alton was born 1866/8, Paris, Maine; died after 1930 when he was widowed and living at Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

 Children of Calvin Segee and Nellie F. (Tarbox) Adams:

  1. Charles Edwin, born 11 January 1877, Calais, Washington, Maine; died 24 January 1922, Calais, Washington, Maine; married Annie Maude Stuart, 21 September 1898, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts.
  2. Vera Pearl, born 18 September 1877, Calais, Washington, Maine; died 29 September 1973, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts; married Perce Chadwick, 21 June 1916, Calais, Washington, Maine.

Nelson James Adams (Daniel3, Thomas2, John1) was born June 1850, New Brunswick, Canada; died 3 December 1918, Calais, Washington, Maine of influenza; buried at Calais Cemetery, King Lane, Block 3, Lot5; married (1) Annie M. Stickney, 6 September 1875, (intentions), Calais, Washington, Maine (2) Mrs. Hannah Elizabeth (? Graham) Olive, 21 September 1904, Charlotte, Washington, Maine. Annie died in 1892. Hannah was born 1867, Canada. Nelson and Annie lived in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts in 1880.In 1900, Nelson lived at 70 Lincoln St., Calais, Washington, Maine. He owned a box factory in the early 1900’s. Hannah had children Annie M., born 1891, William W., born 1893 and Helen T., born 1895. Nelson lived at 281 Main St. in 1910.

Children of Nelson James and Annie M. (Stickney) Adams:

  1. Bertha Gladys, born April 1881, Calais, Washington, Maine; died 27 February 1906, Calais, Washington, Maine; unmarried.
  2. Ellery D., born 26 September 1884, Calais, Washington, Maine; died 4 March 1917, Calais, Washington, Maine; married Florence Doone, 14 October 1909, St. Stephen, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada. He was a mailman in the 1910 census.

Child of Nelson James and Hannah (Graham?) (Olive) Adams:

  1. Elizabeth N., born 1906, Calais, Washington, Maine; married William Johnston, 23 June 1930, New York, New York. He was born c1903, Missouri, but this couple hasn’t been found after their marriage.

Lowell Robert Adams (Daniel3, Thomas2, John1) was born September 1861, Calais, Washington, Maine; died 23 March 1954, Everett, Middlesex, Massachusetts; married (1) Charlotte May Ward, 5 April 1885, St. Stephen, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada (2) Grace Lillian Barnes, 29 June 1908, Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire. Lowell and Grace had no children together.

Children of Lowell Robert and Charlotte May (Ward) Adams:

  1. Lowell Ralph F., born 12 January 1888, Maine; died 7 May 1910, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts; unmarried
  2. Sarah W., born January 1891, Maine; died 11 July 1964, Everett, Middlesex, Massachusetts; married Jerome Elwin Marsh, 2 July 1912, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

William H. Adams (Charles E.3, Thomas2, John1) was born 19 March 1842, Deer Island, West Isles, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada; died 19 April 1906, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts; married (1) Sarah I. Sloan, 6 October 1877, Eastport, Washington, Maine (2) Lucy A. Perkins, 5 April 1880, Eastport, Washington, Maine.

Child of William H. and Sarah I. (Sloan) Adams:

  1. Charles Edward, born 5 August 1878, Eastport, Washington, Maine; died before 10 December 1907, probably Massachusetts; married Flora M. Shattuck, 11 November 1901, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts

Olive Louisa Adams (Henry3, Thomas2, John1) was born c1846, New Brunswick, Canada; died 25 January 1917, Calais, Washington, Maine; married Sewall J. Hill, 5 November 1869, Calais, Washington, Maine.

Children of Sewall J. and Olive Louisa (Adams) Hill:

  1. Mabel E., born October 1871, Calais, Washington, Maine; died 19 September 1895, Calais, Washington, Maine, of tuberculosis; married Unknown Welch. She died at her parents’ house with no mention of children or her husband’s name.
  2. Eugene E., born 11 September 1873, Calais, Washington, Maine; died 21 November 1897, Calais, Washington, Maine, of tuberculosis; unmarried
  3. Franklin Benjamin, born 21 September 1875, Calais, Washington, Maine; died after 1950, possibly Portland, Cumberland, Maine; married Rebecca Sears, c1898, probably New Brunswick, Canada
  4. Ernest Sidney, born 12 December 1877, Calais, Washington, Maine; died 22 April 1966, Calais, Washington, Maine; married Edna May Perkins, 23 July 1902, Calais, Washington, Maine
  5. Annie, born January 1880,. Calais, Washington, Maine; died after 1930, when she and Charles lived in Calais, Washington, Maine married (1) George Wellington McPheters, 3 September 1912, Calais, Washington, Maine (2) Charles A. Wallis, 26 October 1922, probably Washington County, Maine

Benjamin Franklin Adams (Henry3, Thomas2, John1) was born 3 June 1855, Calais, Washington, Maine; died 19 January 1932, Calais, Washington, Maine; married Mary Jane Deacon, 30 August 1882, Calais, Washington, Maine. She was born 12 January 1860, Tower Hill, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada; died 12 December 1937, West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. The family lived at 5 Still St., Calais, Maine in 1910. Benjamin was an engineer.

Children of Benjamin Franklin and Mary Jane (Deacon) Adams:

  1. Eva May, born 6 July 1883, Calais, Washington, Maine; died 1970, Calais, Washington, Maine; unmarried
  2. Clarence Franklin, born 29 June 1885, Calais, Washington, Maine; died December 1963, Rhode Island; married Geneva L. Cole, 12 July 1910, Calais, Washington, Maine – also recorded on the same date in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts
  3. Harold Edwin, born 24 January 1888, Calais, Washington, Maine; died 11 April 1972, according to his U.S. Navy file, possibly in South Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine; married Edith J. (MNU), c1920
  4. Percy Deacon, born 31 March 1890, Calais, Washington, Maine; died 7 July 1958, Calais, Washington, Maine; married (1) Leona Robinson, 23 November 1910, Calais, Washington, Maine (2) Ethel Brindle, 4 January 1941, St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada
  5. Ethel Louise, born 18 February 1895, Calais, Washington, Maine; died 6 February 1962, St. Stephen, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada; married Eric Max Sawyer, 25 March 1914, Calais, Washington, Maine
  6. Olive Marjorie, born 17 January 1900, Calais, Washington, Maine; about 2 November 1963 (obituary in the Bangor Daily News); married Myron Matthew Rogers, 4 September 1926, Nassau County, New York
  7. Lewis Clyde, born 14 November 1902, Calais, Washington, Maine; died 11 March 1920, Calais, Washington, Maine, of influenza and acute meningitis; unmarried.

Clarence Edwin Adams (Henry3, Thomas2, John1) was born 28 December 1857, Calais, Washington, Maine; died 27 October 1947, Portland, Cumberland, Maine; married Edna W. Wheeler, 2 June 1889, Portland, Cumberland, Maine.

Child of Clarence Edwin and Edna W. (Wheeler) Adams:

  1. Marion Tasca, born 12 August 1891, probably Portland, Cumberland, Maine; died 3 October 1966, Gorham, Cumberland, Maine; married Clement Everett Dunning, 2 June 1911, Portland, Cumberland, Maine

Gertrude Sophia Adams (Henry3, Thomas2, John1) was born 21 August 1860, Calais, Washington, Maine; died 1957, Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts; married George Thomas Dunham, 20 November 1889, Portland, Cumberland, Maine.

Children of George Thomas and Gertrude Sophia (Adams) Dunham:

  1. Bertha Louise, born 5 May 1891, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died 28 November 1971, Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts; married David Beers, 1923, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
  2. Albert Leslie, born 20 August 1893, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died 22 December 1970, Mason, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; married Frances Elizabeth Dunham, 16 June 1920, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
  3. Arthur Edward, born 30 May 1899, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died 30 October 1973, Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts; married (1) Adelaide Morton Leslie, 1924, Needham, Norfolk, Massachusetts; divorced before 1940 (2) Margaret (MNU) Gillespie, before 1940

Sumner B. Adams (Henry3, Thomas2, John1) was born August 1863, New Brunswick, Canada; died 19 December 1907, Portland, Cumberland, Maine; married (1) Unknown (MNU), c1886 (2) Mary A. Douglass, 14 January 1888, Portland, Cumberland, Maine. In 1900, Sumner is enumerated as married, but only his mother and son are at home with him. If his son Harry was really born in 1887, then Sumner likely had a previous marriage.

Child of Sumner B. and Unknown (MNU) Adams:

  1. Harry Edward, born 19 April 1887, Calais, Washington, Maine. In 1910, Harry was living at the city home. By 1917, he enlisted in the U.S. Army. He was honorably discharged on 14 March 1919, but not found after that time.

 William Leslie Adams (Henry3, Thomas2, John1) was born c1867, New Brunswick, Canada; died 1956, probably Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine; married Sarah Cady, 8 March 1886, Portland, Cumberland, Maine.

Child of William Leslie and Sarah (Cady) Adams:

1. William Lawrester, born 1886; died 1949, Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine; married Eva M. Barstow, 29 December 1909. Portland, Cumberland, Maine. They had no children.

Years ago, I would have ended the descendants with this generation. However, with the passage of time, it is unlikely that any of the 3X great grandchildren are still living, so the Adams lineage posts will continue to cover those descendants, starting in three weeks on 24 October 2023.

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