Ancestry of
Gerald Ford

38th U.S. President

William Adams

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of Gerald Ford — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 226 
  • Father:
  • Abraham Adams Jr. 
  • Mother:
  • Ann Longfellow   
  • Birth Date:
  • 8 May 1706 
  • Birth Location:
  • Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 6 Mar 1766 
  • Death Location:
  • Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Elizabeth Noyes
  • Marriage Date:
  • 22 Apr 1728 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts 
  • Children:
  
  

  Sarah Adams (Ahnentafel No:113 )

  Judith Adams

• Sources for William Adams

  • ¹ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Rowley Births, Vol. 1, p. 13.
  • ² Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Newbury Births, Vol. 1, p. 20.
  • ³ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Rowley Deaths, Vol.1, p. 438.
  • ⁴ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Newbury Marriages, Vol. 2, p. 15.
  • ⁵ Adams, Andrew N., A Genealogical History of Robert Adams, of Newbury, Mass., and his Descendants 1635-1900, Rutland, Vermont: The Tuttle Company (1900), 11-12, 25-27, 36.
  • ⁶ Little, George Thomas, ed., Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, Volume 4, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company (1909), 2050.
  • ⁷ Noyes, James Atkins, Noyes Pedigree, Boston: D. Clapp and Son (1899), 7.
  • ⁸ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 161, 532.