SKYLARK'S FREEGRACE ADAMS
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- Name: FREEGRACE ADAMS
- Gender M
- Birth: 1675
- Of, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut
- Death: 1750
- Newtown, Fairfield, Ct
- Gender M
Father: SAMUEL ADAMS(Son of William Adams of Ipswich, Massachusetts.
Mother: MEHITABLE NORTON
the daughter of George Norton (1609-1659) and Mary Machias (1613-1694) Born: 1645- in Ipswich,Essex Co.,Massachusetts. She married Samuel Adams on 20 Dec 1664 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
Children of Samuel Adams & Mehitable Norton Adams
- 1. Mehitable Adams b: 27 Oct 1665 in Ipswich, Essex MA
- 2. Mary Adams b: 20 Oct 1667 in Ipswich, Essex MA
- 3. Samuel Adams b: 26 Dec 1670 in Ipswich, Essex MA
- 4. William Adams b: 26 Jan 1672/73 in Ipswich, Essex MA
- 5. Sarah Adams b: Jun 1677 in Ipswich, Essex MA
De Norville The Conqueror The Norton Family History is said to be of Norman origin, with the Norman name of Norville, a "place-name" meaning "North Village." Ancient records or family documents have spelling varients for this surname which include Norville, Nortown, Nortone, Nortun, and Norton. The family is believed to have been descended from Seigneur de Norville, a french Invader, constable born in 1040 in Seine-Maritime, France, and a knight at the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066. He married deValois between 1050-1085 in France. Le Sr. de Norville came into England, September, 1066, from France, he married into the family of Valois, his son. No. 2 "a," Sr. de Norville married into family of Barr. It is supposed that all of the Norton families descended from this one man. Below is a photo of the famed Bayeaux Tapestry held by the Museum of Bayeaux, France, which depicts the Norman Conquest of England. The Normans of Southern Italy were sons of Tancrede de Hauteville, a baron from the Normandy area of France. This name crosses that of the Norville line. The Bayeaux tapestry was commissioned by William the Onqueror's wife, the dutchess Matilda for her uncle Odo, bishop of Baueaux.
She did not actually do the work on this tapestry which was made in England or France.
Norton motto: Dieu et mon espee "My God and my sword."
Mehitable Norton married Samuel Adams, the father of Freegrace Adams.
Freegrace Adams married 1 Mary Galpin
Children
- 1. John Adams b: 1700 in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut
- 2. Ephraim Adams b: 1701 in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut
- 3. Abigail Adams b: 1702 in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut
- 4. Abraham Adams b: 1702 in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut
- 5. Experience Adams b: 23 JUL 1703 in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut
- 6. Mehitable Adams b: 1705 in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut
- 7. Elizabeth Adams b: 1706 in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut
- 8. Samuel Adams b: 1707 in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut
- 9. Abiah Adams b: 1708 in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut
- 10. Sarah Adams b: 1709 in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut
Tom Campbell is a descendant of Freegrace Adams. He is married to Alana Campbell and resides in Washington state.