Arthur Adams collection, 1896-1955.

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Arthur Adams collection, 1896-1955.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/66465301

The bulk of the collection represents Arthur Adams' life long research of his Adams ancestors that culminated in the 1955 publication, Jeremy Adams of Cambridge, Mass., and Hartford, Conn. and His Descendants. The collection consists primarily of source material used by Dr. Adams in his research as well as several compiled genealogies. This material consists of correspondence, deeds, probate, family bible records, county and town records, military records and newspaper clippings. These records are transcriptions and extracts taken from original documents. There is very little original source material in this collection. Most of the compiled genealogies relating to the Adams family were written by Dr. Adams. There are some compiled genealogies authored by others such as The Steelman and Adams Family written by Elizabeth B. Satterhwaite. Although Dr. Adams' immigrant ancestor, Jeremy Adams, settled in Cambridge, Mass. in 1632 and later Hartford, Conn., the collection focuses on the grandsons of Jeremy: John, Jeremiah and Jonathan and their descendants. These three brothers were part of a group of families that had come from Huntington, Long Island and settled in Great Egg Harbor, New Jersey. Therefore the bulk of the research material covers the Adams and other allied families of Southern New Jersey. There are over 100 allied families represented in ths collection. The primary families are Brush, Conover (Van Cowenhoven), English, Grant, Lake, Morrison, and Steelman. There is a separate collection of transcribed family bible records with some overlap with the allied family series. In addition to his personal papers, the collection also contains some professional papers. Of particular interest are the papers related to the formation of the american Society of Genealogists (ASG). Dr. Adams, along with two other noted genealogists, Meredith Colket and John Insley Coddington, founded the Society in 1940. Included in this collection are the Society's Article of Incorporation, its Constitution as well as agendas from its Annual Meetings (1943-1956). Dr. Adams was appointed chaplain in the Officer Reserve Corp of the U.S. Army in 1925. These and other documents pertaining to this appointment and subsequent promotion are also included in this collection. There are a few graphics in the collection, mostly postcards of churches in England and some photographs.

3 linear ft.

New England Historic Genealogical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7958157

New England Historic Genealogical Society

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American Society of Genealogists

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Grant family.

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Adams, Jonathan, 1668-1727.

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Adams, Jese, 1777-1860.

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Risley family.

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Adams, Jonas, 1710-1757.

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Bowditch, Harold, 1883-1964.

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Adams, Jeremy, fl. 1632.

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Adams, Daniel, 1773-1863

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Lake family.

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Adams, Thomas, 1780-1854.

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Brush family.

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Adams, Arthur, 1881-1960

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Arthur Adams was born 12 May 1881 in Pleasantville, N.J., the son of James R. and Marietta (English) Adams. He attended public schools in Ocean City, N.J. Educator, genealogist, chaplain, librarian, author and historian are some of the titles that describe Dr. Arthur Adams' illustrious career. Dr. Adams received a Ph. D in English from Yale University in 1905. He attended Berkeley Divinity in Middletown, Conn. and later Philadelphia Divinity School. He was ordained a priest in the Episcopal Chur...

Colket, Meredith B. (Meredith Bright), 1912-1985

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English family.

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Conover family.

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Satterhwaite, Elizabeth B.

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Steelman family.

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Adams, James L.

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Banks, Charles Edward, 1854-1931

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Genealogist. From the description of Charles E. Banks genealogies, undated. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70979644 ...

Jacobus, Donald Lines, 1887-1970

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Morrison family.

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Adams family.

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Clement, John B.

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Local historian, of Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of Memories of John Wanamaker from April 1861 to November 1896, 1905. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70948561 ...