Family:James Adams and Mary Irvine (1)

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Parents: Robert Adams and Penelope Lynch
Corp. James Adams
b. Abt 1754 Albemarle County, Virginia
d. Orange County, Texas
Parents: David Irvine and Jane Kyle
Mary Irvine
b. 15 Sep 1757 poss. Bedford County, Virginia
d. 22 Feb 1803
m. 4 Mar 1776 Bedford (county), Virginia
Facts and Events
Marriage[1] 4 Mar 1776 Bedford (county), Virginia
Children
BirthDeath
1.
Robert Adams
Abt 1776 Virginia, United States
(young) Virginia, United States
2.
Christopher Irvine Adams
Abt 1780 Virginia, United States
Iberville, Louisiana, United States
3.
Penelope Lynch Adams
Abt 1782 Virginia, United States
 
4.
William Irvine Adams
10 Dec 1784 Virginia, United States
 
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References
  1. ↑ "Sketch of the Irvine Family of Madison County, Kentucky" by Sophie Fox Sea, 3 (May 1905):87-93., in Genealogies of Kentucky Families: from the Register of the Kentucky Historical Society. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981)
    1:570.

    "... Mary [Irvine] married James Adams, of Lynchburg, Virginia, 1776.

    Their eldest son, Robert was drowned in boyhood.

    Their second son, Christopher Irvine Adams, married Susanne Johnson, of Lexington, Ky. He moved to Iberville Parish, Louisiana, where he built three magnificent homes, the Alhambra, Belle Grove and White Castle. His only child, Penelope Lynch Adams, married John Andrews, of Norfolk, Va., and their daughter, Penelope Lynch Adams Andrews, married Paul Herbert, Governor of Louisiana and Major-General in the Confederate army.

    Wm. Irvine Adams, son of James and Mary Adams, married Nancy Chinn, daughter of Christopher Chinn, of Nelson county, Ky.

    Penelope Lynch Adams married James Terrell, and was the ancestress of men of note, among them Robert Irvine Adams Terrell, for whom the town of Terrell, Tex., was named, and George Whitefield Terrell, some time Attorney-General of Texas. ..."

  2.   .

    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.]

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