Robert Adams
Compiled by Teresa Martin Klaiber
tklaiber@deliverancefarm.com
copyright 2004 Family Lineage Investigations
Robert Adams
(William², Robert¹) was the son of William Adams. Robert married Mourning Lewis ,the daughter of Col. William Lewis, 04 Feb 1711/12 in a portion of Henrico County that would become Goochland County, Virginia. Alexander Spotswood had just been appointed governor of Virginia and was doing exploratory expeditions that reached to the crest of the Blue Ridge.The year Adams married hostilities broke out between Native Americans and settlers in neighboring North Carolina. The Tuscarora Indian War would last two years. Daughter Elizabeth was born in October 1713 as the Indian Wars diminished in North Carolina. The family would have eleven children. Of these nine would be daughters. During their lifetime southern Native American Confederacies would remain in the area of Virginia where they lived.
Robert had property involving at least 800 acres on a branch of Licking Hole Creek in Goochland County, Virginia. Virginia was under British rule. Robert namesake of his father was born two years prior to the ascent of King George II to the throne in 1727. Their only other son, James was born two years after George II began his reign.
In 1732 Adams received land grants on the north side of the Rivanna River in Goochland. The area was far from being developed. The Rivanna begins in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Albemarle County and travels past Charlottsville flowing through Fluvanna County until it joins the James River.
Possibly with a premonition of failing health Robert Adams wrote his will in February 1738. He left his estate to his wife Mourning, sons James and Robert and daughters Judith Clark, Mary Moreman (Moorman), Eliza Moreman (Moorman), Agnes Farguson, Susanna, Lucy, Anna the younger and Sally. It is assumed that he died early in 1740 because the courts probated the will on 11 June of that year.
Mourning Adams, widow of Robert would survive the French and Indian Wars and would still be living when Thomas Jefferson is said to have made a study of the Rivanna River in 1763. At that time he encouraged the clearing of rocks to make the river navigable for cargo by canoe. In 1762 Mourning gave personal property to son-in-law Charles Douglas. And she was still living on 24 July 1765 when she left deeds of gift to her children in Albemarle County. The document was proven 8 August 1765.
Children of Robert Adams and Mourning Lewis
Anna Adams,
Died young.Anna Adams, Anna was the second daughter of Robert and Mourning bearing the name and was listed as Anna the younger becauseof the death of the first child.
Mary Adams, born Oct 1720 in Goochland Co., Virginia; married Charles Moorman; born about 1715; died 1788.
Agnes Adams, born about 1718 in Virginia; married James Thomas Ferguson.
Susannah Adams, married --?-- Graves.
Lucy Adams, married --?-- Graves.
Sally Adams, married (1) Henry Harris; married (2) John R Farras.
Judith Adams, born Oct 1716; married Micajah Clark about 1736 in Louisa County Virginia; died 1774 in Albemerle County, Virginia. Judith’s grandson James Clark became Governor of Kentucky in 1839.
Robert Adams, born 1725 in Goochland County, Virginia; died 1785 in Campbell County,
Virginia; married Penelope Lynch 15 Oct 1748; born about 1724. Robert was First Justice of Bedford County, Virginia. Robert served in the Revolutionary War and was known as "Old Robin." In 1780 he was a member of a Vigilance Committee that helped clear the region of outlaws and Tories.*James Adams, born about 1730; died 1789 in Fluvanna County, Virginia; married Cecily.
Elizabeth Adams, born 29 Oct 1713 in Virginia; died 27 Oct 1793; married Achilles Moorman 1715.
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12/29/2004