2,128 documented Adams ancestors, drawn from public records such as death indexes and county histories. Every name below is a real person in the public record.
'Son of Adam' — from the Hebrew personal name Adam ('earth, man'); a patronymic common across England and Scotland.
Where the records place them: Iowa (99%), out of 2,116 Adams records with a known place.
The most common first names among them: Mary, John, Robert, James and Charles.
Of the 2,104 with both a birth and a death year, the median lifespan was 78 years.
The earliest recorded birth is Lydia Adams, born 1767.
Documented Adams families on this page come from Portrait and Biographical Record, Ohio, Biographical Record of Muskingum County, Ohio and Commemorative Biographical Record, Ohio.
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Deceased Adams ancestors, earliest first. Living family members are deliberately omitted.
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'Son of Adam' — from the Hebrew personal name Adam ('earth, man'); a patronymic common across England and Scotland.
The documented line here reaches back to 1767. Most Adams lines can be traced to the end of the surviving public record.
No. Deceased ancestors only, from public records. Living people are excluded for privacy.
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