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EDWARD ADAMS was of New Haven, 1640; Milford, 1646; Fairfield, 1650; died in 1671; married Mary, surname not known, but who married (second) Anthony Beers and died in 1687. Land was granted him at Milford, January 19, 1645-6; in 1653 and 1656, he entered for record several pieces of land in Fairfield.
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His will, dated August 7, 1671, inventoried November 11, 1671, named wife, Mary; sons Samuel, Abraham, daughter Mary Murwin and her son Luke Guire, sons Nathaniel, John, and Nathan.
Children of Edward and Mary Adams:
I--Samuel, m. Mary Meeker.
II--Mary, b. abt. 1647; d. abt. April, 1712; m. (first) Feb. 23, 1663, Luke Guire; m. (second) ..... Merwin; m. (third) Stephen Sherwood.
III--ABRAHAM, b. Sept. 9, 1650. (See following.)
IV--Nathaniel, b. bef. 1656; d. bef. 1693, unmarried.
V--John, b. after 1656; d. 1693.
VI--Nathan, b. after 1656; d. 1748-9; m. Mary James.
SOURCE: Bennett and Allied Families, Page 18
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