Biography
Rebecca Tufts Adams was one of the twelve children of Peter Tufts of Winter Hill and Anne Adams Tufts, raised on the family farm on Winter Hill. The Adams family genealogy of 1898 records:
“Rebecca Tufts, b. Sept. 20, 1769; m. Nathan Adams, Esq., son of Dea. Joseph and Hannah (Hill) Adams (his 2nd wife).”
Andrew N. Adams, A Genealogical History of Henry Adams of Braintree, Mass., and His Descendants; also John Adams of Cambridge, Mass. (1898), p. 973. Book scan (Internet Archive) (Scanned text; obvious scanning errors corrected.)
“m. (2) Dec. 13, 1803, Rebecca Tufts, b. Sept. 20, 1770, d. about 1848. He settled in Medford, Mass.; had […] acres where Mystic Park now is”
Andrew N. Adams, A Genealogical History of Henry Adams of Braintree, Mass., and His Descendants; also John Adams of Cambridge, Mass. (1898), p. 971–72. Book scan (Internet Archive) (Of Nathan Adams, Esq., b. in Menotomy Aug. 9, 1763. Scanned text; the acreage is illegible in the scan text.)
Their children were Peter Adams, born in Medford Dec. 9, 1804, later of Roxbury, and Louisa, born Oct. 6, 1808, who died in 1810 (Adams, p. 990).
Service Record
Town: Winter Hill, Charlestown (now Somerville), Mass. · Dates: 1769–c. 1848
No military or public service has been matched to this person. Note: Pending further work.
Family Connection
Mother: Anne Adams Tufts (1729–1813). Father: Peter Tufts of Winter Hill.
Relatives with profiles on this site: mother Anne Adams Tufts; grandfather Peter Tufts (1697–1776); uncle Timothy Tufts; brother Peter Tufts Jr. (1753–1832); brother John Tufts (b. 1754); sister Ann Tufts Richardson (b. 1757); sister Elizabeth Tufts Swan (b. 1758); brother Joseph Tufts (b. 1760); sister Lydia Tufts Gray (b. 1762); brother Asa Tufts (1764–1828); brother Thomas Tufts of Lexington (1766–1830); sister Lucy Tufts Osgood (b. 1767); sister Sarah Tufts Adams.
Spouse(s)
- Nathan Adams, Esq. (b. Menotomy, Aug. 9, 1763; d. aged 78), of Medford, as his second wife. Married Dec. 13, 1803 (Adams genealogy, pp. 971–72).
Authoritative IDs / Index Numbers
| Source | ID / status |
|---|---|
| Perseus person index (auth=) | Note: Pending further work. |
| Find a Grave memorial | Note: Pending further work. |
| Brooks, History of Medford (1855) register no. | Note: Pending further work. |
| Mass. Soldiers and Sailors | Not yet checked for this page |
| DAR ancestor no. | Note: Pending further work. |
| FamilySearch ID | Note: Pending further work. |
| Geni profile | Note: Pending further work. |
| WikiTree ID | Note: Pending further work. |
| Town / vital records | Medford VRs not yet checked by volume and page |
Only IDs confirmed against dates and family are given as matches. “Not yet checked” means the source has not been searched; “Checked, not found” means it was searched without a match.
⚑ Unverified
Birth: Sept. 20, 1769 (Adams, p. 973) against Sept. 20, 1770 (p. 971–72). Death: “about 1848”; Note: Pending further work. Nathan Adams’s death date and acreage are unclear in the scanned text; Note: Pending further work.
Links and Resources
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Digitized Books and Journals
- Andrew N. Adams, A Genealogical History of Henry Adams of Braintree, Mass., and His Descendants; also John Adams of Cambridge, Mass. (1898), p. 973. · Book scan (Internet Archive)
Related Pages on This Site
- Peter Tufts of Winter Hill — Rebecca Tufts Adams was one of the twelve children of