Short Biography of William Adams

WILLIAM ADAMS, of Ipswich, the ancestor of this branch of the family was born in England, Feb. 3d, 1594, came to America in the Spring of 1628; settled first in Cambridge, was made a freeman in 1639; removed to Ipswich, Mass. (now Hamilton), before 1642; was selectman in 1646, and died in 1661. He is said to have descended from Randall Adams, of an old Saxon family at Norwood, town of Wem, Shropshire. The name of William Adams' wife is not given. His children were: I, WILLIAM; II, JOHN; III, SAMUEL; IV, HANNAH; V, MARY; VI, NATHANIEL.

Source: "History of the Adams Family, with Biographical Sketches of Distinguished Descendants of the Several American Ancestors, Including Collateral Branches" ¹⁴⁹⁹