↑ "Records of the Society of Friends of the City of New York and Vicinity, from 1640 to 1800", in The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. (New York, New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society) vol. 3, p. 187.
The children of John and Joane Adams, born ... Rebeckah Adams was borne ye 13th of ye 12th mo., 1661 [Note: In old-styles dates, the twelfth month is February. For comparison to the modern calendar, it corresponds to the following year. More info may be found here.] [Note: birth probably occurred in Marshfield as John was appointed constable of Marshfield 5 Jun 1660 (see here), and granted land in Marshfield on 3 Jun 1662 (see here).]
Issue of John and Jane (James) Adams: Rebecca, m. Henry Clifton. In 1691 John Adams sold his place at Bayside and bought 500 acres of land in Chester township, Burlington county, New Jersey, and moved there with most of his family.
