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From "Henry Adams of Somersetshire, England and Braintree, Mass.; His English Ancestry and Some of his Descendants"
"In the name of the ffather and of the sonn and of the holie ghost amen. The XIXth day of March in the yeare of or Lord God One Thousand six hundred and three [1603/04]. I John Adames the elder of Barton David within the dioces of Bathe and Welles being sick in bodie but I thank Almighty God of sound and pfect memory doe make and ordayne my Last Will and Testamente in manner and forme followinge. ffirst I give and bequeathmy soule unto the hands of God my mercyfull and Lovinge ffather in full assurance that he will receive it through the meritorious death and passion of his son Jesus Christ my Saviour and redeemer and my bodie to Christian buriall. As for my Terestriall goods wch my god hath
lent me I give and bequeath them in the mannr and form followinge.
First I give and bequeath unto Roger Warfield and unto Judith Warfield the son and daughter of Roger Warfield of Charleston Mackrell in the County of Somerset Xiij s. iiij d. to be divided between them by equall porcons.
Item I give and bequeath unto John French, unto Stephen French and untoMary French the children of Richard French of Misterton in the said county XX s. to be divided between them by even porcons.
Item I give and bequeath unto Kathren Adames the daughter of John Adamsof Misterton aforesaid V j s. Viij d.
Item I give and bequeath unto my sonn John Adames XX li to be paid untohim at the end of ffower yeares next after the day of the date of thismy last will and testament, if he the said John Adames shall by the end of the said ffower yeares abide and livinge for himselfe and his children. But if he shall pvide none for them according to the tyme of the ffower yeares before lymitted for the payment of the sale XX li then my will is that he shall have but X li of the said XX li and his children John and
Katheren shall have the other X li of the said XX li before given divided between them by equal porcons in fower yeares next after the day of the date of this my last will and Testament for so longe my will is thatmy executors shall have the free use of the said XX li. And he the said John Adames my sonn shall not receive the said X li wch I have given and bequeathed unto his said children John and Katheren unto his own usebut it shalbe at the disposing of my executors to be ordered best for the said childrens good. All the rest of my goods moveable and unmoveable I give and bequeath joyntely unto my wife Agnes Adames and unto my sonn Henry Adames whom I doe make sole executors of this my Last Will andTestament that they may see all things herein contained pformed accordingly.
This will is written in English and on it is an endorsement in Latin bythe Ecclesiastical Court, of which the following is a translation:
'This purported will was exhibited 26 June 1609 by Roger Warfield of Charlton Adam to whom were granted letters of guardianship by the vicar-general of the persons and property of the abovesaid John and Katherine Adams and also of Roger and Judith Warfield and likewise of John, Stephen and Mary
French, legatees above named, he being sworn for a proper and faithful accounting, saving the right [of the Sovereign] etc. Value of inventory ú62-0-0.'
(Wells Probate Registry, bundle for 1609, no. 2)"

This source (DC0144) lists hundreds of descendants of John Adams, through at least 10 generations.

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