Thomas Adams (b. Bet. 1780 - 1790, d. July 15, 1843)
Thomas Adams (son of John Adams) was born Bet. 1780 - 1790 in MD, and died July 15, 1843 in Caroline Co. MD. He married (2) Lillian Wright on September 17, 1836 in Caroline county, daughter of Caleb Wright.
Notes for Thomas Adams: 1820 Census of Caroline County, Maryland 3rd District Thomas Adams, 2 males 0-10, 1 male 26-45, 1 female 26-45. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Caroline County, Maryland Land Records Lib. O folio 30 dated 4 January 1823 recorded 18 February 1823 Bing Whiteley to Thomas Adams, William Whiteley, Isaac Nicols, Curtis Eaton and William Rowins, School Trustees in the neighborhood between Fowling Creek and Northwest Fork Bridge, appointed to purchase a lot for a school house, for $1, part of "Church Grove" on the road leading from Hunting Creek to Northwest Fork Bridge. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Caroline County, Maryland Land Records Lib. O folio 182 dated 6 October 1823 recorded 7 October 1823 Jeremiah Nicols, of Dorchester Co. to Thomas Adams, of Caroline Co., House Joiner, for $20 part of "Church Grove" and part of "Addition to Gray's Hope", cont. 2 acres, on the road from Northwest Fork Bridge to Hunting Creek. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1830 Census of Caroline County, Maryland 3rd District Thomas Adams, 1 male 5-10, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 40-50, 1 female 0-5, 1 female 30-40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Caroline County, Maryland Land Records Lib. Q folio 508 dated 25 December 1830 recorded 14 March 1831 Thomas Adams to Bing Whiteley, for $100 parts of "Church Grove" and "John's Beginning" on the north side of the road leading from Hunting Creek to Northwest Fork Bridge, cont. 9 3/4 acres. Thomas Adams and Sarah, his wife acknowledge before Jos. Douglas & Isaac Andrew ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1840 Census of Caroline County, Maryland 2nd District Thomis Addams, 1 male 0-5, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 15-20, 1 male 30-40, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 30-40, 1 female 60-70. (I think Thomas lied about his age on this census!) NOTE: The female aged 60-70 is probably Lilly's mother Deborah (Morgan) Wright. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Caroline County, Maryland Land Records Lib. V folio 122-124 dated 24 March 1841 recorded 27 July 1841 Elizabeth Wright, Peter Wright & Kitturah, his wife, John Wright & Mary, his wife, Caleb Wright & Elizabeth, his wife, William Todd & Mary, his wife, Thomas Adams & Lilly, his wife, heirs and representatives of Caleb Wright, dec'd to Horatio Wright & Elisha Wright, (of Caleb), for $468.25 parts of "Billiter's Beginning," "Lewis' Meadows," "Robinhood" and "Addition to Williams Desire" being the lands that Caleb Wright died seized of..., cont. 95 1/2 acres. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Caroline County, Maryland Land Records Lib. W fol. 58 dated 27 May 1843 recorded 8 Aug. 1843 Elijah Williamson to Thomas Adams, for $300 one-half of the tract of land that belonged to John Williamson, his father, purchased of Casy and John Pritchett and called "John's Venture" on the Long Branch and adj. "Combsberry", also one-half of the tract bought of William S. Douglas of the District of Columbia called "Hackett's Fortune" and part of "Burch Grove", cont. (in all) 147 acres on the road leading from Bloomery Mill to Collins' Crossroads.
He may have served in the war of 1812:
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842 LAWS OF MARYLAND. CHAPTER 432.
AN ACT granting to certain Soldiers and Wi- dows of Soldiers of the war of eighteen hun- dred and twelve (1812) a pension of eighty dollars per annum, to be paid in quarterly in- stallments.
Annual pen- sion. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the State Treasurer, upon the warrant of the Comptroller, be and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay an annual pension of eighty dollars, in four equal and quarterly in- stallments of twenty dollars each, to each one of the persons hereinafter named, during his or her natural life, to wit : To David Rohrer, George Frantz, Francis Reeder, Eli Castle, Jacob Green- valt, Daniel Loman, Judith Lizer, (widow of Jones Lizer,) Samuel Feigley, Elizabeth Heck, (widow of Christian Heck,) Rebecca May, Rebecca Her- bert, (widow of Steward Herbert,) and Joseph Graves, of Washington county ; to Richard Woot- ton, Thomas Weakley, Frederick Rider, George Marquest, Mary Ann Jackson, (widow of John Jackson,) and Benedict Green, of Frederick coun- ty ; to Thomas Deane, Walter Wilburn, George Knoyer, and Elizabeth Shyock, of Allegany county ; to Eliza Williams, (widow of John Wil- liams,) Elizabeth Osbourn, (widow of Francis Os- bourn,) Joseph Button, and Catharine Mudd, (widow of Joshua Mudd,) Mrs. Reeves, (widow of Upgate Reeves,) of Charles county ; to Ann Hall, William R. Thompson, Edward Stansbury, Sarah Wells, (widow of George Wells,) Catharine Hur- dle, (widow of Robert Hurdle,) of Anne Arundel county ; to Evelina Ayers, (widow of James Ayers,) Ellen Miller, (widow of James Miller,) and John Jennings, of Harford county; to Sarah Kerwin, Lovey Pritchett, Mary Phillips, Littleton Wroten, John Travers, Alexander Folly, John Keen, Thomas Adams, Newton Willey, Cain Hurley, Sarah Wolford, (widow of William Wolford,) Ezekiel Johnson, Julia A. Adams, (widow of Archibald Adams,) Parmelia Creighton, Elizabeth Ruark, Mary Parker, Mary Travers, Kiturak Johnson, (widow of Hambleton Johnson,) Lucin-
More About Thomas Adams and <Unnamed>: Marriage: June 25, 1816, Caroline Co. MD.
More About Thomas Adams and Lillian Wright: Marriage: September 17, 1836, Caroline county.