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Helen Keller

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Matthew Adams

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• • 3rd Great-grandfather of Helen Keller — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 48 
  • Father:
  • Matthew Adams 
  • Mother:
  • Sarah Knight   
  • Birth Date:
  • 19 Mar 1709 
  • Birth Location:
  • West Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 2 Jan 1765 
  • Death Location:
  • Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Hannah Rawlins
  • Marriage Date:
  • 17 May 1744 
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  • Child:

  Benjamin Adams (Ahnentafel No:24 )

• Additional marriages for Matthew Adams

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  • Spouse:
  • Sarah Bartlett
  • Marriage Date:
  • 2 May 1734

• Sources for Matthew Adams

  • ¹ Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881, Case 281, pp. 1-31, Probate file for Matthew Adams.
  • ² Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Newbury, Vol. 2, p. 536, Death record for Matthew Adams.
  • ³ Adams, Andrew N., A Genealogical History of Robert Adams, of Newbury, Mass., and his Descendants 1635-1900, Rutland, Vermont: The Tuttle Company (1900), 15, 27, 36.