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I am interested in the father of Joseph Adams born Sept. 13, 1705 in Pennsylvania, died 1801 Chester Co. Pennsylvania. According to the written history I have this Joseph married first Lydia Weldon who died in 1759. He then married a woman named Ann, have seen Allen & Morrow, was likely a widow, one could be her maiden name. According to the history I have the immigrant ancestor of this line was named William. He came to America at age 15 trained to be a bookbinder, the same as his father who remained in London. I have found a record of this William leaving London in 1665 on a ship named The Nicolas. William set up the first bookbindery in Philadelpia. He married a Swedish woman who is not named according to the history. Everybody I've heard from says Joseph's father was named William. I've never been certain if the William who came to America in 1665 was Joseph's father or grandfather. If he was his father he would have been 55 years old when Joseph was born. I've also been told a branch of the family hired a famous historian who raised the possible connection to another William whose father was a Richard born New Jersey. The researcher said there was no proof of that, & dismissed it. However, was told some started accepting this unproven connection & have spread it over the internet. My ancestor is Joseph's daughter Hannah who married James Gilliland. She was born about 1740 & moved to Westmoreland Co. after her husband's death in 1798. James Gilliland's mother was Margaret Francis Burr. The Burr family came from London with William Adams in 1665.
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