Notes for Henry Adam

We suspect this Henry Adam (died 1819) was a son of John Adam (born 1753) and was a grandson of John Adam (died about 1808) and that Henry administered the estate of John Adam Senior in 1809.

1807 Henry Adams and Mary Knode were married on February 5 in Washington County, Maryland. [1] [2]

1808 Henry Adam was the administrator for the estate of John Adam, deceased, of Washington County.

1808 Letters of administration were issued to Henry Adam [perhaps a grandson through deceased son John] on January 23. He posted bond with Jacob Zellar and Jacob Binkley of Washington County. [3]

1808 The inventory of the estate of John Adam was recorded on April 28. [4]

1808 The Washington County, Maryland Orphans' Court ordered Henry Adam, executor of the estate of John Adam, to sell at public auction the personal estate of John Adams, with notice in the newspapers at Hagerstown of the sale. Dated February 9. The adjacent listing named Jacob Zeller guardian of Dan'l Reuch [Rentch?]. [5]

1808 The estate sale of John Adam was held at Hagerstown on February 25. Peter Adam, Jacob Binkley, Henry Adam, Jacob Zellers, and Christian Winebrenner (all of whom are named elsewhere in these notes), among others, purchased items. [6]

1808 Several items were posted in the Maryland Herald and Elizabeth-Town Weekly Advertiser of Hagerstown, Maryland by Henry Adam regarding his pottery business and the estate of John Adam. [7] Henry Adam, executor of John Adam, is plausibly the same person as Henry Adam, potter, of Hagerstown. That Henry Adam is plausibly one of the grandsons, son of deceased son John Adam, named in will of John Adam dated 1808:

1808 Henry Adam posted newspaper notices in Hagers Town [8]

1809 Henry Adams gave the first account of the estate of John Adams to the Washington County, Maryland Orphans Court. Account dated April 13. The account reported money received of Winebrenner and of Jacob Geller [Zeller?] and reported debts due to several persons. [9]

1809 Henry Adams gave the second account of the estate of John Adams to the Washington County, Maryland Orphans' Court. Account dated September 27. The account reported money received of Jacob Zeller and of Philip Rennon. Balance of £2785.5.7. [10]

1810 Henry Adams made a second account of the estate of John Adams to the Washington County, Maryland Orphans' Court, on October 3. The account reported money received of Jacob Zeller for lands sold and of Philip Rennon. Balance of £2785.5.7. [11]

1810 Henry Adam and Mary Adam received a legacy of £50.11.10 from George Nigh, executor for Conrad Knode [perhaps the father of Mary Adam, spouse of Henry Adam] of Washington County deceased, according to his last will and testament. [12]

Vertical File at Washington County Maryland. subject Pottery: "Henry Adams: Henry Adams, another Bell competitor, conducted his own pottery factory in Hagerstown for the period 1805 through 1815, and possibly longer. He is listed as an "earthenware-manufacturer: in 1805, and was one of the five major potters still active in Hagerstown in 1813. Adams remained in Hagerstown until at least 1817" Note: Henry Adam's children became wards of William D, Bell May 28m 1822 per Washington County Guardians, 1816-1822 after Henry's death.

The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts of Winston-Salem, North Carolina [13] reports the following:

Henry Adam’s first advertisement for his pottery business in Hagerstown, Maryland, was in 1805. There are no known marked or signed examples of his work. Mary Adam, daughter of potter Jonas Knode, and wife of potter Henry Adam, inherited the pottery shop of her husband upon his death in 1819. Shards similar to the dish and related sugar bowl (4362) have been excavated in New Market, Virginia, at the site of the shop of Adam’s brothers, Christian and Jacob. Shards resembling Adam’s pottery have also been located in Hagerstown at the Hager House. MESDA has a covered sugar bowl (acc. #4362) made by Henry Adam and a storage jar (Acc.# 4075) made by Mary Knode Adam, Henry Adam’s wife.

Comstock, H. E., The Pottery of the Shenandoah Valley Region (Winston-Salem, NC: MESDA, 1994)

Rice, A. H. and John Baer Stoudt, The Shenandoah Pottery (Strasburg, Virginia: Shenandoah Publishing House, Inc., 1929)

Hagerstown Gazette: "Adam, Henry manufacturers of Earthen-Ware. (Ad-Met and set prices-which are listed in the article. Subject: Potters Prices."

c 1821 Several other German potters established kilns in Hagerstown, including Daniel Reichard, John Snavely and Henry Adams. [14]

Henry Adams and Henry Bell were operating potteries. [15]

Henry Adam (1782-1819), of Hagerstown, Maryland, was a potter in the Shenandoah Valley region.

Washington County (Marriage Licenses) 1799-1851, p. 32 Henry Adam and Mary Knode, 5 December 1807 [MSA C1965, MdHR 11,920-1, 1-61-8-4]. 12/07/90. Tracking No.: 07770. PD No.: 91-01541.

Henry Adams, perhaps the executor for the 1807 will of John Adams, lived in Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland in both the 1800 (one male and one female, age 26-44) and 1810 census (one male and one female, age 44+) Another Henry Adams was listed with more people: (2 more females and 3 more males, under age 26). In 1820, there were 11 people in the second household. Jacob Binkley, witness to the will, lived near Henry Adams in 1810. John Middlecalf, perhaps a relative to another witness, was listed on the prior page to John Adam in the 1790 census.

1819 David Newcomer, Andrew Newcomer, and Andrew Kershaw posted bond for the administration of the estate of Henry Adam late of Washington County on May 19. David Newcomer was appointed executor. [16]

1819 The estate sale for Henry Adams was made on June 5 by David Newcomer. Mrs Adams, widow, Phillip Adams, Abraham Rohrer, among others, purchased items. [17]

1819 The estate of Henry Adam, of Washington County, Maryland was settled by executor David Newcomer. [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] Distribution, not seen: Washington County (Distributions) 1828-1835, p. 131 estate of Henry Adams, 18 October 1831 [MSA CR 9438]. 12/07/90. Tracking No.: 07770. PD No.: 91-01541. We seek a copy of this distribution, hopeful that the widow was named.

1819 The inventory of the estate was recorded on June 4. [24]

1822 David Newcomer, administrator of Henry Adam, who was summoned to appear here on this day and settle account is endulged to this day four weeks. Dated August 13. [25]

1825 Estate sale for Henry Adam.
The Torch Light And Public Advertiser, Hagerstown, Maryland, September 20, 1825. [26]

Trustee's Sale. By virtue of a decree of Washington county Court, sitting as a Court of Equity, I will sell, at public auction, on SATURDAY the 24th day of September next, at 12 o'clock - the House & Lot, late the property of Henry Adam, dec'd, in East Washington-street. The house is a one story brick one with a brick back building attached--near the house and on the lot are a convenient POTTERY and other improvements. The terms will be one third of the purchase money to be paid on the ratification of the sale by Washington county Court, and the balance in two equal annual payments after the ratification aforesaid without interest. Upon payment of the whole purchase money a good and sufficient deed will be made to the purchaser, by DAVID NEWCOMER, Trustee.

1825 Estate of Henry Adam.
The Torch Light And Public Advertiser, Hagerstown, Maryland, December 6, 1825. [27]

David Newcomer, vs. Rebecca Adams & others, heirs of Henry Adams, deceased. In Washingt'n County Court as a Court of Equity-- Nov. Term, 1825.

ORDERED, by the Court, this second day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, that the sale of the house and lot mentioned in the proceedings in the case as reported by the trustee, will be ratified and confirmed, unless cause to the contrary be shewn, before the first Monday of January next; provided the said trustee cause a copy of this order to be published three weeks successively in some newspaper printed in Hagerstown, before the said first Monday of January. The trustee states the amount of sale to be eighteen hundred dollars. Test- 0. H. WILLIAMS, Clk. December 6.

1822 William D Bell was appointed guardian to the children of Henry Adams by the Washington County Orphans Court on May 28. The children were Rebecca (age 13 on 28 March last), Sarah Ann (age 11 on 9th Sept last), Catharine (10 on 17th May Inst), William Harrison (8 on 26th May inst), Samuel Henry (5 on 15th July last). Jonas Knode & Matthew Murry, securities. Frederick Rohrer and Jacob Motter were appointed to evaluate the estate. [28] [29] [30] The widow (not named) was to be paid for rents accruing in 1824. [31]

The births and baptisms of five children were recorded at the Zion Reformed Church in Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland.

1809 Rebecca Adams was born on May 26, 1809. [32]

1810 Sarah Ann Adams was born on September 9, 1810. [33]

1812 Catherine Adam was born on May 11, 1812. [34]

1814 William Harrison Adam was born on March 16, 1814. [35]

1816 Samuel Henry Adam was born on July 15, 1816. [36]

1877 William Harrison Adams, spouse of Sarah Jane Adams, died on October 13 in Dover, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. He was born on March 15, 1814 in Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland. [37]

1831 Matthias Collier and Rebecca Adams were married on May 26 in Washington County, Maryland. [38]

1850 Ann R Collier (age 40, born in Maryland) lived in Uhrichsville, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, in a household with Matthias Collier (43), Mary A Collier (18), Edward Collier (14), Henry A Collier (8), George W Smith (16), and Mary Adams (53). [39]

1860 Anne R Collier (age 51, born in Maryland) lived in Uhrichsville, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, in a household with Matthias Collier (59), Henry A Collier (18), and Rose Adams (16). [40]

1880 Rebecca Collier (age 71, born in Maryland, widowed), mother, lived in Uhrichsville, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, in a household with Edward A Collier (46), Malinda S Collier (44), Mary A Collier (21), Edward R Collier (5), Laura J Judy (24), John Judy (4), and Beulah Judy (2). Rebecca Collier's parents were both born in Maryland. [41]

1886 Ann Rebecca Collier, spouse of Matthias Collier, died on March 4 in Uhrichsville, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. She was born on May 26, 1809 in Washington County, Maryland. [42] [43]

Footnotes:

[1] Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850, [AncestryRecord].

[2] Maryland, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1667-1899, [AncestryRecord].

[3] Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999, Washington, Bond B-8, [FamilySearchImage].

[4] Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999, Washington, Inventory D-21, [FamilySearchImage].

[5] Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999, Washington County, Maryland Orphans Court 1-32, [FamilySearchImage].

[6] Maryland, Washington County, probate records, 1777-1971, Accounts of Sale C1927-3, Cpunty Washington, 1806–1811, 202, [FamilySearchImage], [FSCatalog].

[7] Index of Hagerstown newspapers, [URL].

[8] Newspaper, Hagerstown, Maryland Herald, Weekly Advertiser, newspaperarchive.com.

[9] Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999, Washington, Administration Account 3-216, [FamilySearchImage].

[10] Washington County, Maryland Orphans' Court 1-325.

[11] Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999, Washington, Administration Account 3-326, [FamilySearchImage].

[12] Maryland. Register of Wills (Washington County), Releases T5020-C1974-1: Washington. Probate Records 1810–1814, image 26, [FamilySearchImage].

[13] Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts of Winston-Salem dish attributed to Henry Adam, [URL].

[14] Elmer Lewis Smith, John G. Stewart, M. Ellsworth Kyger, "The Pennsylvania Germans of the Shenandoah Valley, Chapter 10, The Crafts," Pennsylvania German Folklore Society 26 (1962), 215.

[15] Alvin H. Rice and John Baer Stoudt, The Shenandoah Pottery (1929), 27, [GoogleBooks].

[16] Hall of Records (Annapolis, Maryland), Washington. Probate Administrator Bonds 1799–1807, image 442, [FamilySearchImage].

[17] Maryland, Washington County, probate records, 1777-1971, Accounts of Sale C1927-6, F WA, 1816–1820, 294-302, [FamilySearchImage], [FSCatalog].

[18] Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999, Washington, Inventory E-525, [FamilySearchImage].

[19] Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999, Washington, Inventory E-531, [FamilySearchImage].

[20] Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999, Washington, Administration Account 6-241, [FamilySearchImage].

[21] Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999, Washington, Administration Account 6-330, [FamilySearchImage].

[22] Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999, Washington, Administration Account 7-44, [FamilySearchImage].

[23] Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999, Washington, Administration Account 9-98, [FamilySearchImage].

[24] Hall of Records (Annapolis, Maryland), Washington. Probate Records 1814–1824, image 269, [FamilySearchImage].

[25] Washington County, Maryland Orphans Court 1-127, [FamilySearchImage].

[26] The Torch Light And Public Advertiser, Hagerstown, Maryland, September 20, 1825, page 1, [NewspapersClip].

[27] The Torch Light And Public Advertiser, Hagerstown, Maryland, December 6, 1825, page 4, [NewspapersClip].

[28] Maryland. Register of Wills (Washington County), Minutes and Proceedings: Washington. Guardianship Records Jan 28, 1806–Oct 31, 1833, Miscellaneous Records Jan 28, 1806–Oct 31, 1833, Probate Records Jan 28, 1806–Oct 31, 1833, image 205, [FamilySearchImage].

[29] Maryland. Register of Wills (Washington County), Orphan's Court Proceedings C1971-7: Washington. Court Dockets 1821–1824, image 44, [FamilySearchImage].

[30] Washington. Guardianship Records 1778–1834, IGN=008358035, image 218, [FamilySearchImage].

[31] Maryland. Register of Wills (Washington County), Minutes and Proceedings: Washington. Guardianship Records Jan 28, 1806–Oct 31, 1833, Miscellaneous Records Jan 28, 1806–Oct 31, 1833, Probate Records Jan 28, 1806–Oct 31, 1833, image 229, [FamilySearchImage].

[32] Maryland, Births and Christenings Index, 1662-1911, [AncestryRecord].

[33] Maryland, Births and Christenings Index, 1662-1911, [AncestryRecord].

[34] Maryland, Births and Christenings Index, 1662-1911, [AncestryRecord].

[35] Maryland, Births and Christenings Index, 1662-1911, [AncestryRecord].

[36] Maryland, Births and Christenings Index, 1662-1911, [AncestryRecord].

[37] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].

[38] Maryland, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1667-1899, [AncestryRecord].

[39] United States Federal Census, 1850, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[40] United States Federal Census, 1860, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[41] United States Federal Census, 1880, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[42] Find A Grave Virtual Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].

[43] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].