William Adams

William Adams (January 25, 1807 – August 31, 1880) was a noted clergyman and academic. He was born in Colchester, Connecticut in 1807 to John Adams (educator), Yale, 1795 (September 18, 1772 – April 24, 1863) who was an American educator noted for organizing several hundred Sunday schools and Elizabeth Ripley, the daughter of Gamaliel Ripley and Judith Perkins and a Great-Great Granddaughter of Governor William Bradford (1590-1657) of the Plymout... more

William Adams (January 25, 1807 – August 31, 1880) was a noted clergyman and academic. He was born in Colchester, Connecticut in 1807 to John Adams (educator), Yale, 1795 (September 18, 1772 – April 24, 1863) who was an American educator noted for organizing several hundred Sunday schools and Elizabeth Ripley, the daughter of Gamaliel Ripley and Judith Perkins and a Great-Great Granddaughter of Governor William Bradford (1590-1657) of the Plymouth Colony and a passenger on the Mayflower. He prepared for College at Phillips Academy at Andover, Massachusetts and graduated from Yale College in 1827. He studied for the ministry at Andover Theological Seminary, under Professor Moses Stuart, graduating in 1830. On July 13, 1831, he married Susan P. Magoun, the daughter of Thatcher Magoun(Magoun Square, a neighborhood of Somerville, Massachusetts, was named after him) and Mary Bradshaw. Following the death of his first wife (she died on May 22, 1834), he married her sister, Martha Bradshaw... less