I am going to post some notes I found in Frankfort, some time ago that might help someone researching this Adams family. If you would be so kind to help me with any corrections I would appreciate the help. Marsha Kentucky Adams. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Adams Family After the items of the Adams Family were completed, the following data was received from J.R. Handrick, Sr. of Fort Worth, Texas. It seems valuable to add it to the record. (1) Robert Adams, from Island of Anglesea, North Wales. Member of the First House of Burgesses 1620, Colonial Virginia. Register says he was Burgess 1623-24 He came to America on the "Bona Nova" in 1620. Was Burgess from Martin's Hundred, (21V55) his wife applied to the Court January 21, 1628, for permission to administer his Estate, (30V273). His Nuncupative Will proved at James City Court, April 9, 1629 by Oath of John Lyford, Minister (31V214. The (21V55), (30V273) (31V214 refers to Swenn's Index. There are also references in Records of the London Company, who colonized Virginia. (2) William Adams, - Ref: D.A.R. Magazine, June 1926, pp 364-365. (3) Robert Adams, b ca 1680 d ca 1740. His "WILL" dated Feb 22, 1738 and proved June 17, 1740, Goochland. Co.Va Other references: The Irvine's, and Their Kin The Adams Family, Book II The Cabell's and Their Kin Our Quaker Friends, by Bell, pub. 19-5-pp 258-259 Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy by Henshaw 6 vol. James Clark - Mansfield and Christopher Clark and Allied Families by Helen Fairfax McNaught Seary pp 252-56 Campbell Chronicles and Family Sketches by R.H. Early p 338 History of Albermarle Co. VA by Edgar Woods. pp 252-56 Henning's Statures at Large of Virginia - Regarding Robert Adams settler in Virginia 1620, etc William Richmond and Timothy Terreee - Colonial Virgnian's by Celeste Jane Terrell Barnhill Doyle's Official Baronage of England under Marriages Historical Register D.A. R. Magazine Oct 1890 and Oct 1894 Whitmore's History of the Adams Family It is said Robert Adams was a brother of Henry Adams of Braintree, Massachusetts (ancestor of John Quincy Adams From the Family Tree of Henry Adams the name was first Ap Adams and the first ancestor as Lord Ap Adams, called to Parliament by Edward I, as "Baron of the Realm" from A.D. 1296 to 1307