Christie, There are Adams among the Bradfords also. They, at least mine, are descendants of Henry Adams. Perhaps your library can get this book: Henry Adams of Somersetshire, England and Braintree, Ma His English Ancestry and Some of His Descendants by <http://www.alibris.com/search/books/author/Bartlett%2C%20J%20Gardner>Bartlett, J. Gardner or here http://www.alibris.com/booksearch.detail?S=R&bid=9154969517&cm_mmc=shopcompare-_-base-_-anonisbn-_-na Randy At 06:11 PM 4/5/2008, you wrote: >I'm going through the Kingston, MA VR's to check for birth, marriages >and deaths and have a bit of a stallout on which Francis Adams married >Mercy/Marcy Adams/Adames. > >On my first pass through these VRs I had Francis, b. Nov. 10, 1750 >married to Mercy Adams 30 Nov. 1784. > >On my second pass through these VRs I then came across the marriage >record for Marcy Adames marrying a Francies Adames on the same date >with the entry above being the reverse. > >For the 1750 Francis I have no parents because the VRs don't indicate, >just says he was the husband of Mercy Adams and also gives his name as >Francis Jr. > >On the second pass I found a Francies Adams, s. of Francis and Rebeckah >(Cooke), born Dec. 14, 1769. > >Obviously we're talking two different Francis' because of the spread of >the birth dates. but there is only two marriage records and one of >them is for Francis and Rebeckah (Cooke) Adams; therefore, we're left >with only the entries under Adames for both Francies/Francis and Marcy >Adames. > >Does anyone know if Marcy/Mercy Adams, who was born 7 July 1753 married >the Francis born 1750 or the Francies born 1764? I suspect it is >probably the 1750 one given the fact that if she did marry the one born >1764 that she was a whole lot older than he was given the time period. >She was the daughter of John Adams and Thankful Washburn. A Billington >descendant. > >I checked the Billington silver and Mercy is a 6th generation with no >indication of any marriage. Darn!! > >I checked the Cooke silver and unfortunately the Francies born 1769 is >6th generation and it doesn't cite marriage either! Darn!!! The >silver also changes the spelling of Francies to Francis. > >The 1750 Francis Adams is not mentioned in the Cooke silver, so he is >not, as far as I can tell, a descendant of Francis Cooke of the >Mayflower, but the 1769 one is. > >Christie Trapp >Frequently-asked questions may often be answered by visiting the FAQ page for this list at: http://www.craigrich.net/mayfaq.htm >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAYFLOWER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 3004 (20080405) __________ > >The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > >http://www.eset.com