Person:Benjamin Adams (40)

Research notes

• Likely named after his maternal uncle "Benjamin Chinn".

1. ↑ Boyd, Lucinda Joan Rodgers. The Irvines and Their Kin (1898): A History of the Irvine Family and Their Descendants. (Louisville, Kentucky: Printed for the Author, 1898)
   84, 85.

   [Children of William Adams and Nancy Chinn]
   - Benjamin Chinn Adams, born October 2, 1814; ...
   
   ... Benjamin Chinn Adams (son of William and Nancy Chinn Adams) married Caroline Blanks, June 26, 1836, and had four children: Charles Lynch Adams, Benjamin Chinn Adams, Samuel Adams and Mary Fort Adams. ...

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   Lineage Book - National Society of the Daughters of the American ..., Volume 12, p 35
   By Daughters of the American Revolution
   
   MRS. MARY F. ADAMS HALL 11088
   Born in Mississippi.
   Wife of Harry H. Hall.
   Descendant of Capt. Robert Adams, Jr., and of Corp. James Adams, of Virginia.
   Daughter of Benjamin Chinn Adams and Caroline Blanks, his wife.
   Granddaughter of William Adams and Nancy Chinn, his wife.
   Gr-granddaughter of James Adams and Mary Irvine, his wife.
   Gr-gr-granddaughter of Robert Adams, Jr. and Penelope Fluornoy Lynch, his wife.
   
   Robert Adams, Jr., served in the militia. He was a member of the vigilance committee in 1780, with his brother-in-law as leader, who cleared the region of outlaws and Tories. This was the origin of the "Lynch Law," and their summary methods were later approved by the Assembly. In 1782 he was Justice of the Court of Campbell county.
   James Adams served as a drummer and corporal.
   Also No. 10974.
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