Person:Robert Adams (75)

"The tenth of eleven known children born to Robert & Mourning (Lewis) Adams of Henrico Co (now Goochland) VA, Robert Jr married Penelope Flournoy Lynch on 15 Oct 1748 in Albemarle Co VA, the daughter of Charles & Sarah (Clark) Lynch of Albemarle Co VA.

Children [known so far] with Penelope: 1) Charles Lynch Adams (b: 1752), m: unkn. 2) Captain Robert Adams (1754-aft 1790), m: Mary Terrell. 3) Penelope Adams (b. c1758), m: John Shackleford. 4) Elizabeth Adams, m: James Dearing. 5) Margaret Adams, m: John Rice Smith. 6) Mildred Adams, m: William Ward. 7) James Adams, m: Mary Irvine. Please note: Until vital dates are located, this is not the correct order of their births.

In 1780 Robert was a member of a Vigilance Committee that helped clear the region of outlaws and Tories.

According to his DAR# A000533, Robert performed a Civil Service during the Revolutionary War [no rank]: "Bedford Co VA, Court Orders, 1774-1783, pp 54, 118" Member of the Grand Jury. First Justice of Bedford Co VA.

Robert's father willed to him "...all my land on the Creek where I live and the mill...".

Family Lineage Investigations 2004: "Robert Sr had property involving at least 800 acres on a branch of Licking Hole Creek in Goochland Co VA. VA was under British rule at this time. Robert Jr was the namesake of his father and was born two years prior to the ascent of King George II to the throne, in 1727."

USGenWeb Bio Excerpt: "...Henrico was one of the Original Shires in Virginia, formed in 1634, just a little way up river from Martins Hundred, which was the site of one of the first settlements. " The area was explored many times by the men of Martins Hundred, who built a palisades and named it "Henrico". This, too, was where they started the first silkworms, brought by Capt. Robert Adams (Sr). They put them in the mulberry trees in Henrico." " (S3)

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Edmund West (compiler). Family Data Collection - Individual Records (not a reliable source). (Ancestry.com Operations Inc).

   Family Data Collection - Individual Records
   Name: Robert Adams
   Spouse: Penelope Lynch
   Parents: Robert Adams, Mourning Lewis
   Birth Place: Goochland Co, VA
   Birth Date: 1725
   Death Place: Campbell Co, VA
   Death Date: 1785

2. ↑ Lineage Book - National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolutioin
   Volume 12, p 35.

   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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   [Note of Caution: No sources provided. For reference only.]

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Find A Grave.

   Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 December 2017), memorial page for Robert “Old Robin” Adams (1727–1785), Find A Grave Memorial no. 45124825, citing Adams-Ward Cemetery, Brights, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Bonnie's Daughter (contributor 47137929) .