Ancestry of
Steve Young

NFL Hall of Fame Quarterback

Jacob Adams

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• • 8th Great-grandfather of Steve Young — 11th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1792 
  • Father:
  • Robert Adams 
  • Mother:
  • Eleanor -----   
  • Birth Date:
  • 13 Sep 1651 
  • Birth Location:
  • Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • AFT 20 Nov 1717 
  • Death Location:
  • Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Anna Allen
  • Marriage Date:
  • 7 Apr 1677 
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  • Children:
  
  

  Dorothy Adams

  Jacob Adams

  Abraham Adams

  John Adams (Ahnentafel No:896 )

• Sources for Jacob Adams

  • ¹ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Suffield, p. 1, Birth record for son Abraham Adams.
  • ² New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1857, Vol. 11, p. 53.
  • ³ Adams, Andrew N., A Genealogical History of Robert Adams, of Newbury, Mass., and his Descendants 1635-1900, Rutland, Vermont: The Tuttle Company (1900), 5, 9.
  • ⁴ Adams, Frank D., Ancestors and Descendants of Elias Adams: The Pioneer, 600-1930, Kaysville, Utah: Inland Printing Company (1930), 5.
  • ⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 2, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999), 102.

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