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  1. Tabitha Adams1756 - 1828
  2. Elizabeth Pressin Adams1757 - 1832
  3. Thomas Bowler Adams1759 - 1794
  4. Col. Richard Adams, Jr.1760 - 1817
  5. Anne Adams1762 - 1820
  6. William Adams1764 - 1787
  7. Sarah Adams1766 - 1806
  8. Alice Adams1768 - 1802
  9. Ebenezer AdamsAbt 1770 - Abt 1775
  10. Dr. John Adams, Mayor of Richmond, VA1773 - 1825
  11. Jeremiah Adams1776 -
  12. Samuel Griffin Adams1776 - 1821
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Name[1] William Adams
Gender Male
Birth[2] 8 Jun 1764 Essex, Virginia, United States
Other[1] 14 Oct 1785 Essex, Virginia, United Statesmentioned in Will of Thomas Adams, his uncle
Death[2] 15 Jun 1787 Essex, Virginia, United Statesage 23 - died unmarried
Other[1] 22 Oct 1788 Essex, Virginia, United Statesnamed as dec'd in probate of Will of Thomas Adams
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Will Abstract of Thomas Adams, in Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish settlement in Virginia: Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County, 1745-1800. (Rosslyn, Virginia: The Commonwealth Printing Company, 1912-1913 in Three Volumes).

    p 99 -
    14th October, 1785. Thomas Adams' will, of the Calfpasture, being about to take a perilous journey to the Ohio River; to wife, Elizabeth, lands in Augusta and Amherst; to only brother, Richard Adams; to nephew William Adams Fry, all lands on Western Waters; to William Smith, son of my highly esteemed and much lamented nephew, William Smith, lately of County of Essex, deceased; to nephew, William Adams; to friend, John Blair, Chancellor, lands he purchased of testator in Albemarle County known by name of Mountain Plains; to Ralph Wanlass, lands whereon Ralph lives and to support Ralph's mother while she lives; to niece, Tabitha Epps; to slave, Joe, freedom --"As there is no man to whom I consider myself under Greater obligations than to my slave Joe." Executors, Maj. Thos. Massie, of Frederick, nephews Wm. Adams and Wm. Adams Fry. Written with own hand.
    Proved, 22d October, 1788. Executors Massie and Fry qualify; other executor is dead. Handwriting is proved by Thomas Hughart and Archibald Stuart.
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    [Sources his death occurring before 22 Oct 1788.]

  2. 2.0 2.1 William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine. (Omohundro Institute).

    Vol V (1897), pp 159-164.
    GENEALOGY OF THE ADAMS FAMILY OF NEW KENT AND HENRICO COUNTIES, VA.
    Compiled by C.W. Coleman.

    ... 6. William, b. 8 June, 1764 ; d. unmarried, 15 June, 1787. ...