Person Sheet


Name Richard Addams
Birth abt 1678, England
Death Feb/Mar 1747/8, Chester Co., PA
Flags Speece Ancestry
Father John Addams (~1656->1717)
Spouses
1 Gertien Op Den Graeff
Birth abt 1681, Krefeld, Lower Rhineland, Germany
Death abt 1725, Chester Co., PA
Father Abraham Isaacs Op Den Graeff (1649-1731)
Mother Catharina 'Trintgen' Jansen (~1654->1703)
Marriage bef 1699, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA
Children Susannah (~1700-~1744)
Catherine (~1702->1746)
William (1705-1773)
Abraham 'Abram' (1706-1738)
Mary (~1709->1746)
Margaret (~1711-1749)
Elizabeth (1713-1810)
Isaac (~1717-~1770)
Ann (~1720->1775)
2 Elizabeth 'Elsie' 'Alce' Withers
Birth abt 1705, Chester Co., PA
Death abt Jan 1770, Chester Co., PA
Father Thomas Withers
Mother Elizabeth Collet
Marriage 22 Dec 1726, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA
Children Hannah (~1729->1768)
Notes for Richard Addams
Principal source for family: SPEECE-ROBINSON ANCESTRY, by David B. Boles and Harold W. Boles (1997, Troy, NY).
An unverified source gives his birth place as Upper Heyford, Northampton, England.
Will dated Feb. 1, 1740 at Providence, now in Montgomery Co., PA and proved Mar. 24, 1767 at Salford [Philadelphia Co., PA Will Book H, page 528]. The will names 10 children (2 deceased), wife and 7 sons-in-law.
An Anglican, Richardis said to have been an early member of St James Church, Perkiomen. In 1725, he is reported to have inherited property from his Uncle Nicholas Adams which had been bought by Richard Adams (father of Nicholas) from William Penn in 1681.
It was Richard, the immigrant, who changed the surname spelling from Adams to Addams. In 1698, he was deeded 91 acres by his father-in-law Abraham OpDenGraeff.
Last Modified 21 Nov 1999 Created 25 Jan 2003 by Reunion for Macintosh

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