Rev. Moses Adams

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Moses Adams</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B> <A NAME="rev__moses_adams"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></I><I><B>Rev. Moses Adams</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>1749-1819</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id20_old_parsonage_1741.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Historic Homes and Buildings"><U><B>Old Parsonage 1741</B></U></A></div> <div> Originally built by Jacob Hooker, a tailor</div> <div> <A HREF="#epitaph_1" TITLE="Rev. Moses Adams"><U><B>Epitaph</B></U></A></div> <div> The inscription is upon a large slab mounted in a horizontal position</div> <div> Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, MA</div> <div> <A HREF="#descendants_of_moses_adams_1" TITLE="Rev. Moses Adams"><U><I><B>Descendants of Moses Adams</B></I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id32_letter.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="April 19, 1775"><U><B>LETTER</B></U></A></div> <div> Written by Josiah Adams. Esq. of Framingham, </div> <div> son of Rev. Moses Adam,</div> <div> to  Lemuel Shattuck, Equ. of Boston </div> <div> in vidication of the claims of Captain Isaac Davis of Acton</div> <div> to his just share in the honors of the Concord fight</div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="695e5ac0.jpg" border=0 width="229" height="172" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> Woodlawn Cemetery</div> <div> Acton, MA.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Rev. Moses Adams</B></div> <div> Acton in History</div> <div> Complied for the Middlesex County History</div> <div> by Rev. James Fletcher 1890</div> <div> pages 249-250</div> <bR> <div>      In May, 1776, the town chose a committee to take advice of the president of the college and the neighboring ministers and to engage four candidates to preach four Sabbaths each in succession. One of the four was Moses Adams. He, like his predecessor Rev. Mr. Swift, was a native of Framingham. He was born October 16, 1749 and graduated at Cambridge in 1771. On the 29th of August, 1776. it was voted "to hear Mr. Moses Adam eight Sabbaths longer on probation" and on the 20th of December " to hear Mr. Moses Adams four Sabbaths  longer than agrees for." </div> <bR> <div>      In the mean time the church had appointed the 2d day of January for a fast, and had invited the neighboring ministers to attend on the occasion. On the 8th day of January they made choice of Mr. Adams to take oversight and charge of the church. The choice was confirmed by the town on the 15thy of the same month. At an adjournment of that meeting, on the 17th of March, an offer was made of L200 settlement and L80 salary in lawful money, according 6s. 8d per ounce. It was also voted to provide him with firewood the first year after his settlement. The invitation was accepted, and Mr. Adams was ordained on the 25th day of January, 1777, then in his twenty-eight year.</div> <bR> <div>      The promptness and spirit with which the people of Acton met the calls of the Government for the support of the War rendered them less able to pay their minister. His settlement had been relied on to meet the expenses of building a house which a young and increasing family made a matter of necessity. The settlement was not wholly paid for several years. The subject was agitated at two meetings in 1781 and in February, 1782, the selectmen were directed to pay the remaining balance.</div> <bR> <div>      In 1788 Mr. Adams, in a communication which is recorded, made a statement of L123, which he considered his due for balance unpaid of his three first years salary, accompanied by an offer to deduct L43 if the remainder should be paid or put on interest. It is not certain whether this was a legal or merely an equable claim, but the town promptly acceded to the proposal. In justice to the town it should be observed that so far as it regards their pecuniary dealings with their first two ministers a liberality and sense of justice manifest, with few exceptions, from the beginning to the ends of records. There were other negotiations in regarding to the salary. It was all however, in perfect good feeling and in accordance with the respect and affection which existed between Mr. Adams and his people through the whole period of his long ministry of forty-two years.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B> <A NAME="epitaph_1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></I><I><B>Epitaph</B></I></div> <bR> <div> The following inscription is upon a large slab mounted in a horizontal positions:</div> <bR> <div>      Sacred to the memory of Rev. Moses Adams, who was born in Framingham, </div> <div> October 16, 1749, graduated at Cambridge in 1771; was ordained in 1777;</div> <div> minister of the Church and congregational of Acton and continued such till October 13, 1819, </div> <div> when he died on the 16th, which was the 70th anniversary of his birth.</div> <div>      His remains were places beneath this stone. In his person he was </div> <div> dignified and modest, in his intellect vigorous and sound, in his heart</div> <div> benevolent and devout. his preaching was plain and practical , and his</div> <div> example added greatly to his power, The scripture were his study and </div> <div> delight, and while he exercised to protestant right expounding them</div> <div> for himself, his candor toward the sincere who differed from him was in</div> <div> the spirit of the Gospel.</div> <div>      The good being whom he loved with supreme devotion was pleased to</div> <div> grant him many years of prosperity and gladness, and to add not a few</div> <div> of affliction and sorrow.</div> <div>      The first he enjoyed with moderation and gratitude, and in the last he</div> <div> exhibited the power of religion to sustain the practical Christian.</div> <div>      To his people and his family he was ardently attached and spent his</div> <div> life in exertions and prayers for their welfare, and they have placed this</div> <div> inscription to testify their reverence for his character and their love</div> <div> for his memory.</div> <div>      We cannot mourn the venerable shade whom angels led in triumph</div> <div> to the skies while following sorrow halted at the tomb.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B> <A NAME="descendants_of_moses_adams_1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></I><I><B>Descendants of Moses Adams</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Generation No. 1</I></div> <bR> <div> <B>1.</B>  M<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OSES</FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >3</FONT> A<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >DAMS</FONT><I>  (M</I><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>OSES</I></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >2</FONT><I>, M</I><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>OSES</I></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >1</FONT><I>)</I> was born October 16, 1749 in Framingham, Middlesex, MA., and died October 13, 1819 in Acton, Middlesex, MA..  He married A<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >BIGAIL</FONT> S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >TONE</FONT>, daughter of J<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OSIAH</FONT> S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >TONE</FONT> and A<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >NNE</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AVEN</FONT>.  She was born November 11, 1749 in Framingham, Middlesex, MA., and died December 07, 1812 in Acton, Middlesex, MA..</div> <bR> <div> Notes for M<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OSES</FONT> A<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >DAMS</FONT>:</div> <div> 2nd Minister of Acton</div> <div> Chaplain of Col. Eleazer Brook's regiment</div> <bR> <div> In the draft ordered in 12 Sept. 1776  for service at White Plains, Acton supplied 15 men for one company , of which Simon Hunt was Captain and Ebenezer White, 2nd Lt. Acton's candidate for Minister, Moses Adams, was the Chaplain.</div> <bR> <div> Mr. Adams lived in Acton for forty-two until the time of his death on October 13, 1819. He prepared the four thousand sermons delivered during his long stewardship and he lived a life that earned for him the respect, veneration and love of his parishioners.</div> <bR> <div> More About M<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OSES</FONT> A<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >DAMS</FONT>:</div> <div> Burial: October 16, 1819, Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, MA.</div> <div> Military service: Revolutionary War</div> <div> Occupation: June 25, 1777, Minister</div> <bR> <div> Notes for A<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >BIGAIL</FONT> S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >TONE</FONT>:</div> <div> Mrs. Adams, the wife of Rev. Moses Adams, the second minister, a very energetic lady and a notable housekeeper, kept store in the basement story. Keeping store. added to her maternal duties, as the mother  of three sons and three daughter, housework, spinning, weaving, knitting and cheese-making, to say nothing of parish duties, must have made for her a busy life, and this part of the house at least must have been a lively Centre for earthly activities of the parsonage. </div> <bR> <div> <I>Acton in History</I></div> <div> <I>complied by Rev. James Fletcher, pg. 249</I></div> <bR> <div> More About A<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >BIGAIL</FONT> S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >TONE</FONT>:</div> <div> Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, MA.</div> <div>      </div> <div> Children of M<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OSES</FONT> A<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >DAMS</FONT> and A<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >BIGAIL</FONT> S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >TONE</FONT> are:</div> <div>      i.     L<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OIS</FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >4</FONT> A<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >DAMS</FONT>, b. September 07, 1773, Framingham, Middlesex, MA.; d. 1813; m. J<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OHN</FONT> P<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARKS</FONT>, June 24, 1799, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; b. 1753, Amesbury, MA.; d. March 05, 1852.</div> <bR> <div>      ii.     A<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >NNE</FONT> A<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >DAMS</FONT>, b. January 18, 1776, Framingham, Middlesex, MA.; m. N<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ICHOLAS</FONT> B<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OWES</FONT> W<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >HITNEY</FONT>, November 13, 1800, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; b. March 21, 1772, Hingham, MA.; d. November 06, 1835, Harvard, MA..</div> <bR> <bR> <div>      iii.     M<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OSES</FONT> A<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >DAMS</FONT>, b. November 28, 1777, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; d. 1839, Ellsworth, Me.; m. (1) M<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARY</FONT> L<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >.</FONT> T<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UTTLE</FONT>; b. Littleton, ME.; d. 1815; m. (2) N<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ANCY</FONT> P<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >HILLIPS</FONT>, Aft. 1815.</div> <bR> <div>      iv.     N<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ABBY</FONT> A<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >DAMS</FONT>, b. January 1780, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; d. November 27, 1808, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; m. L<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UKE</FONT> B<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >IXBY</FONT>, October 11, 1804, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; b. October 25, 1777, Framingham, Middlesex, MA..</div> <bR> <div> More About N<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ABBY</FONT> A<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >DAMS</FONT>:</div> <div> Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, MA.</div> <bR> <div>      v.     J<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OSIAH</FONT> A<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >DAMS</FONT>, b. November 03, 1781, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; d. February 08, 1854, Framingham, Middlesex, MA.; m. J<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ANE</FONT> P<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARK</FONT>, February 01, 1810; b. 1784, Windham, N.H.; d. May 22, 1861.</div> <bR> <div> Notes for J<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OSIAH</FONT> A<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >DAMS</FONT>:</div> <div> studied Law with Thomas Heald, Esq.</div> <bR> <div> More About J<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OSIAH</FONT> A<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >DAMS</FONT>:</div> <div> Education: 1810, Harvard University</div> <div> Occupation: June 1807, Lawyer</div> <div> Resided: February 19, 1811, Framingham, Middlesex, MA.</div> <div> Founder: Framingham's first bank</div> <bR> <div> Josiah Adams could look down from his house on the hill on the growing Framingham Centre and reflect on its development since the raw days of 1807 when he first came to town. Like the Wheelers, Adams has risen rapidly to prominence. Temple considered him "a man of infinite humor and an able lawyer." Town Meeting chose him as Moderator almost continuously for twenty-four years. He even served as State Representative for one year (temporarily unseating Baptist Reverend Charles Train whose sermons on temperance that year were getting a bit too much). With Jonathan Maynard older and in failing health, Josiah Adams succeeded him as "the squire of Framingham".</div> <bR> <div> <I>Herrring: Framingham, An American Town, pg. 136</I></div> <bR> <div>      vi.     J<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OSEPH</FONT> A<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >DAMS</FONT>, b. September 25, 1783, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; d. June 10, 1814, West Cambridge, MA.; m. A<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >LMIRA</FONT> F<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ISKE</FONT>; b. April 23, 1792, West Cambridge, Middlesex, MA..</div> <bR> <div> More About J<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OSEPH</FONT> A<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >DAMS</FONT>:</div> <div> Occupation: Lawyer</div> <bR> <div>      vii.     C<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >LARISSA</FONT> A<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >DAMS</FONT>, b. July 13, 1785, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; m. C<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ALEB</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ERSEY</FONT>; b. Hingham, MA..</div> </td> </tr></table></body>