"Adams, William. … m. (1) Abigail Oviatt, dau. of Thomas, … On 23 Nov. 1708, Samuel Oviatt, soap boiler, Thomas Oviatt, weaver, William Adams, weaver, in right of his wife Abigail, and Josiah Whitmore, tailor, in right of his wife Dorothy, all of Milford, sued for property they claimed by descent from Thomas Oviatt dec'd."