~ THOMAS ADAMS ~
Member of the Adams Family

Father: Thomas Adams (Birth: 21 May 1688, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA - Death: 31 Mar 1763, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA) S/o Henry Adams & Prudence Frairy

Mother: Mary Ellis (Birth: 1691 - Death: 1778)

Siblings:
Mary Adams (Birth: 1714, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA - Death: 1769, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA);
Hannah Adams (Birth: 1716, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA) Married: David Lovell (Birth: 1712)

First Married (13 Feb 1749, Medfield, Norfolk, MA): Elizabeth Clark (Birth: 1734, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA - Death: 4 Oct 1767, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA; Burial: Lot 246, Grave 1, Vine Lake Cemetery, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA)

Children (7):
1. Hannah Adams (Birth: 1751, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA - Death: (died young), Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA);
2. Betty Adams (Birth: 1753, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA - Death: 1851, Medfield, Norfolk, MA);
3. Hannah Adams (Birth: 2 Oct 1755, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA - Death: 5 Nov 1831, Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA; Buried: Mt Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA)
Note Abt Hannah: Writer and Author, first Female US Author to write for a living, first person buried in Mt Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; Mentioned in New Jerusalem Church, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA, Records: Visited Meeting of the New Jerusalem Church (In its pioneer days);
4. Lucy Adams (Birth: 1 Aug 1757, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA - Death: 18 Dec 1836, Surry, NH) married: Moses Hill - children: Cyrus Hill, Elizabeth Clark Hill, James Maverick Hill, Thomas Adams Hill, Lucy Adams Hill, Clement Hill, Hannah Adams Hill I, Moses Hill, Isaac Watts Hill, Amelia Sophia Hill, Harriet Byron Hill and Hannah Adams Hill II. Lucy Adams was the sister of the authoress, Hannah Adams, b. 1755 in Medfield and was a distant cousin of John Quincy Adams. She was admitted to the Surry Church from the Peru, Vermont church on April 15, 1815;
5. Lewis Adams (Birth: 1761, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA - Death: 1808);
6. George Whitefield Adams (Birth: 1766, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA);
7. Newton Adams (Birth: 1864, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA - Death: 1844); Died: 04 Oct 1767, Medfield, Norfolk, MA

Second Married (27 Sep 1769, Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA): Sarah Harris (Birth: 8 Aug 1749, Walpole, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA - Death: 4 Jan 1826, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA; Burial: Lot 246, Grave 2, Vine Lake Cemetery, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA)

Children (3):
1. John Wickliff Adams(Birth: 16 Jul 1773, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA - Death: 6 Feb 1870, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA; Burial: Lot 246, Grave 2, Vine Lake Cemetery, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA)
2. James Harvey Adams (Birth: 1775, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA);
3. Mary Adams (Birth: 1784, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA)

Burial: Old Town Cemetery (Vine Lake Cemetery), Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Note from Rob, President, Vine Lake Preservation Trust: Hello Glenn, Medfield's cemetery, which dates from 1651, was first known as the burying ground and later as Vine Lake Cemetery. I have never heard of it referenced as The Old Town Cemetery. I fully expect Thomas Adams is buried there in an unmarked grave, joining hundreds in the same category. Buried in Lot 246 are his wife Elizabeth (Grave 1), his son John Wickliff Adams (Grave 2), Amy Ballou Adams (Grave 3), Mary Ann Adams and James Munroe Adams (Grave 4), John J. Adams (Grave 5). Elizabeth is the only person buried in the cemetery with two slate gravestones, both different.

Thomas Adams is my 6th cousin eight times removed.
Rob, President, Vine Lake Preservation Trust