Rossman - Cheney

Occupation


Person	Jeremy Adams
Description	tavern keeper

Notes


p.152, S1 Adams Lineage?Jeremy Adams, in Braintree, 1632 ; freeman in Cambridge, May 6, 1635; in Hartford, 1636; m. Rebecca, widow of Samuel Greenhill, as a second wife, it is supposed; given, May, 1660, exclusive right to retail liquors; Mar., 1661-2, to keep ordinary. This tavern was on the site of the new (1906) Traveller's Building. In it the Great and General Court was in session with the Charter, when the demand of Gov. Andros was ignored, the lights put out, and the Charter concealed in the Charter Oak tree. He held many local offices. His wife, Rebecca, d. 1678, and he m. (2) Rebecca, widow of Andrew Warner, Jr., who was dau. of John Fletcher. He d. Aug. 11, 1683. His widow removed to Middletown, where she lived with a son, and d. Jan. 25, 1715, aged 77. Hannah Adams m. Nathaniel Willett. He came to Hartford in 1642; d. Jan. 4, 1698. Tavern was location of Charter Oak Incident

p.152, S1
Adams Lineage?Jeremy Adams, in Braintree, 1632 ; freeman in
Cambridge, May 6, 1635; in Hartford, 1636; m. Rebecca, widow of
Samuel Greenhill, as a second wife, it is supposed; given, May, 1660,
exclusive right to retail liquors; Mar., 1661-2, to keep ordinary.
This tavern was on the site of the new (1906) Traveller's Building.
In it the Great and General Court was in session with the Charter,
when the demand of Gov. Andros was ignored, the lights put out,
and the Charter concealed in the Charter Oak tree. He held many
local offices. His wife, Rebecca, d. 1678, and he m. (2) Rebecca,
widow of Andrew Warner, Jr., who was dau. of John Fletcher. He
d. Aug. 11, 1683. His widow removed to Middletown, where she
lived with a son, and d. Jan. 25, 1715, aged 77.
Hannah Adams m. Nathaniel Willett. He came to Hartford in
1642; d. Jan. 4, 1698.
Tavern was location of Charter Oak Incident

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