Display Patriot - P-101546 - Richard ADAMS Sr

Richard ADAMS Sr

SAR Patriot #: P-101546

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
 

State of Service: VA      Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
DAR #: A000518

Birth: 17 May 1726 / New Kent / VA
Death: 01 Aug 1800 Richmond / Henrico / VA

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. 1775, served as a member of a committee
  2. 1775-76, served as a member of the State Convention

Additional References:
  1. Stanard, William G, and Mary Newton Stanard, The Colonial Virginia Register: A List of Governors, and Other Higher Officials of the Colony of Virginia, Maryland. Westminster: Heritage Books, 2013, pg 201-208
  2. William and Mary Quarterly, 1st Series, Volume 5, 1896-97, pg 104

Spouse: Elizabeth Griffin;
Children: Sarah; Tabitha; Elizabeth; Thomas; Richard; Ann; William; Alice; Ebenezer; John; Samuel;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
2016-08-23 IL 70165 George Thomas Gillespie USA (176933) Sarah   
2018-03-23 MO 78840 Mark Christopher Smith (198109) Sarah   
2021-03-05 AL 96078 Robert Thornton Comer III (218429) Samuel   
Burial:
Hollywood Cemetery (C-0372586)
Location:
Richmond / Richmond City / VA / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
50668
Grave Plot #:
Section 12, Plot 1-7
Grave GPS Coordinates:
37.534983 / -77.459845
Find A Grave Memorial #:
7025504
Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:
  • Large monument erected in 1892, the remains of the Patriot is believed to have been relocated to this plot prior to the monument being erected
  • Grave Photo and GPS provided by Craig Batten, George Washington Chapter, VASSAR


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Cemetery is located at 412 South Cherry Street in Richmond, Virginia



Author: Lt George Thomas Gillespie USA
Richard was the son of Ebenezer Adams of New Kent County, VA and grand-son of Richard Adams of Abridge, Essex County, England. He was born in New Kent County, VA, 17 May 1726 and died 2 August 1800 in Richmond, VA at the age of 74. He was buried in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, VA. His Find-A-Grave memorial number is 7025504.
He was a member of the House of Burgesses from Kent and Henrico Counties from 1752 to 1775; attended the Virginia Senate from 1779 to 1782. 
He married Elizabeth Anne Griffin, daughter of Leroy and Mary Ann (Bertrand) Griffin. They had 11 children. The children were: Tabitha, Elizabeth Pressin, Thomas Bowler, Richard, Jr., Anne, William, Sarah (Who married Gov. George William Smith), Alice, Ebenezer, John,  and Samuel Griffin. 

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