This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Adams Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CI.2ADEB/9200 Message Board Post: according to town of chesterfield, MA book: he was born in 1831 in lenox,ma - but lenox has no records moved to chesterfield in 1872 was a miller and owned a flowering mill in pittsfield - Osceola River Flowering Mill in 1869 married in 1854 to Sarah Jane Vary (b. stephentown, Rensselaer, NY abt. 1842) she d. in 1861 he remarried in 1863 to Ellen Louise Cleaveland she d.apr 2, 1922 had 4 children with second wife: Mary, Louise, Clara, James. had 2 children with 1st wife - george henry and Clark benjamin Moved west - in 1880 he was living in Jackson, Michigan. the chesterfield book says that he may have had a brother named William Henry Adams b. in pittsfield. wife martha benton adams married in Lee, MA. Looking for information on his parents....census data says his mom is from NY and dad from MA. I will not have this account come sunday, oct 23, 2005. but you can email me at mcchase(at)hotmail(dot)com I have a lot of other data in their children which i would be happy to exchange.