Sandy, Please keep me apprised of anything you find on the Wilhelm (William) Adams line. If the New Jerusalem baptism records are any indication of relation, there seems to be many Adams connected including Wilhelm. His son George and daughter Elizabeth moved to Muskingum Co., OH and remained in the Lutheran faith which seems to be the only way so far to distinguish them from the other lines. There is also another Adams line from Fauquier Co., VA that also migrated to Muskingum Co., OH. They also had some forays into Loudoun Co. I have many records on this family trying to connect them to mine but there is no connection. This is the Littleton Adams line. Denny Shirer - drdx@neo.rr.com - North Canton, OH Shirer Family Genealogy - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mysong Muskingum County, OHGenWeb - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohmuskin/ > > Subject: Re: [VALOUDOU-L] Adams > Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 16:16:01 -0400 > From: ADAMS & WEBB <mtnlaurl@erols.com> > To: VALOUDOU-L@rootsweb.com > > Carol and other Loudoun ADAMS hunters: > > Carol, we've corresponded numerous times in the past and I have not forgotten > your William ADAMS. I still have all the data you sent me and I'm still keeping > my eyes open for him but I've just not found him. And, in the interim, my entire > ADAMS line took a major left turn. Some of it turned square into Loudoun County. > > I have a copy of the ADAMS data from the Tavenner Collection at Balch Library. > Much of the ADAMS portion in the Tavenner Collection does not have parental > info. Of course, this Collection is not a sure-fire source for 100% > documentation but is useful for hopefully steering one in the right direction. > > Regarding William and Nancy, it reads: > Wm. A[dams] m. 1816 Nancy Robertson. > That's it. No parental info on either one. > > With reference to McGaha, the entry states: > > Henry A[dams] - then unreadable text - m. 1836 Mary McGaha [1817?-1842] dau. to > David M[cGaha] m. Priscilla [1806-34] > > There is no indication of parents for Henry Adams or David McGaha. > > >From what I'm seeing, there must be at least three distinct lines of ADAMS in > Loudoun County. My line descends from Abendengo ADAMS of Fairfax Co., originally > from Charles Co., MD. who's sons move into Loudoun. There is also a Gabriel > ADAMS line that is also from Fairfax but I've not yet been able to connect them > to the Abendengo line. Then there is the Wilhelm ADAMS line. > > Carol, let me know when you come to Leesburg. I'd love to meet you at Balch and > maybe we could make some headway on these early ADAMS and figure out who begat > who. > > Take Care, > > Sandy Adams >