Ancestry of
Steve Young

NFL Hall of Fame Quarterback

Robert Adams

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• • 9th Great-grandfather of Steve Young — 12th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 3584 
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  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1598 
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  • Death Date:
  • 12 Oct 1682 
  • Death Location:
  • Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts 
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  Elizabeth Adams

  Joanna Adams

  Abraham Adams

  Jacob Adams (Ahnentafel No:1792 )

  • Notes: 

  • It has been speculated that Robert Adams of Newbury is a cousin of Henry Adams of Braintree and therefore related to the Presidents John and John Quincy Adams. If true, Robert may be the son of Robert and Elizabeth (Sharlon) Adams. Evidence is needed to support this theory.

    There is a baptismal record in Otter St. Mary, Devonshire, for Robert Adams, son of Peter Adams, baptized 22 DEC 1602. Perhaps this is the Robert Adams of Newbury.

• Additional marriages for Robert Adams

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  • Sarah - - - - - -
  • Marriage Date:
  • 6 Feb 1678
  • Marriage Location:
  • Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts

• Sources for Robert Adams

  • ¹ Early New England Families, 1641-1700, Edward Phelps (m. 1646), p. 2.
  • ² Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Newbury Deaths, Vol. 2, p. 536.
  • ³ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1857, Vol. 11, p. 53.
  • ⁴ Adams, Andrew N., A Genealogical History of Robert Adams, of Newbury, Mass., and his Descendants 1635-1900, Rutland, Vermont: The Tuttle Company (1900), 1-4.
  • ⁵ Adams, Frank D., Ancestors and Descendants of Elias Adams: The Pioneer, 600-1930, Kaysville, Utah: Inland Printing Company (1930), 4-5.
  • ⁶ Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Directory: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1640, A Concise Compendium, Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2015), 2.
  • ⁷ Granger, James N., Launcelot Granger of Newbury, Mass., and Suffield, Conn.: A Genealogical History, Hartford, Connecticut: Press of The Case, Lockwood and Brainard Company (1893), 57.
  • ⁸ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 2, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999), 102.

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