Jeremy Adams
Jeremy Adams | |
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Born | Jeremiah Adams 1604/5 |
Died | August 11, 1683 |
Monuments | Founders Monument of Hartford at the First Church of Christ and the Ancient Burying Ground |
Occupation(s) | Puritan minister, Innskeeper |
Known for | Proprietor and founder of Hartford, Connecticut |
Jeremy Adams, also known as Jeremiah Adams (c.1604/5—August 11, 1683),[1] was one of the first settlers of Hartford, Connecticut. He was also the founder and first proprietor of Colchester, Connecticut, which was established on land owned by Adams, known as "Jeremiah's Farme".[2][3][4]
Arrival in America
Adams arrived in America in 1633, first arriving in New England at
In 1639 Adams was the constable (cunstable),[8] and the official Innkeeper for the Colony. His Inn at Hartford was used as the meeting place for the legislative body of the colony, general court sessions, and for other public purposes. The Inn was said to have been "frequented by all of the great men of the colony".[9] It may be presumed that among these meetings, was the creation of the famous Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (1639), which was perhaps the western world's first written constitution.[10] The constitution was later hidden in the Charter Oak.[11][12]
On April 5, 1638, he was sent with Captain Mason on an expedition to the
Some of the land he owned is now occupied by buildings of
Tributes
A ridge named
References
- ^ First Church of Christ (Hartford, Conn.), Historical catalogue of the First Church in Hartford. 1633-1885, Harvard University, page 12, 1885.
- ^ Colchester, CT (2011-08-08). "Colchester, CT - About Colchester". Colchesterct.gov. Retrieved 2012-02-03.
- ^ "Was the Founder of Colchester: Jeremy Adams Started the Community and Was First Proprietor", The Day, New London, Connecticut, February 6, 1914, page 11.
- better source needed]
- ^ Anderson, Robert C. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633 Volumes I-III. pages 6-11
- ^ a b Love, William DeLoss. The colonial history of Hartford, Princeton University, pp 216–219, 1914.
- ^ "Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford: Jeremy Adams". Foundersofhartford.org. Retrieved 2012-02-03.
- ^ "Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford: Jeremy Adams". www.foundersofhartford.org. Archived from the original on 2007-02-13.
- ^ Goodwin, Nathaniel. The Foote family, Press of Case, Tiffany and company, pp 298–299, 1849.
- ^ "The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut. 1909-14. American Historical Documents, 1000-1904. The Harvard Classics". Bartleby.com. Retrieved 2012-02-03.
- ISBN 978-0-595-32871-0
- ^ "The public records of the Colony of Connecticut". Hartford, Brown & Parsons. 1850.
- ^ The public records of the colony of Connecticut, 1636-1776, Press of the Case, page 17, 1850.
Further reading
- Adams, Arthur The Adams Family Atlantic County Historical Society, Yearbook, Oct. 1950, v. 1, n. 3, pp. 91–102
- Anderson, Robert C., 1995 The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. pages 6–11. Anderson shows that Jeremy Adams' parentage and ancestry is unknown and that the hypothesis he was a brother of Henry Adams of Braintree is unsupported.