{"id":10726,"date":"2026-02-14T22:50:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T22:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/?p=10726"},"modified":"2026-02-14T22:50:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T22:50:17","slug":"benjamin-franklin-adams-1823-1894","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/?p=10726","title":{"rendered":"Benjamin Franklin Adams 1823 \u2013 1894"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Adams-Benjamin-Franklin-Headstone-680x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Adams-Benjamin-Franklin-Headstone-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Adams-Benjamin-Franklin-Headstone-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Adams-Benjamin-Franklin-Headstone-768x1156.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Adams-Benjamin-Franklin-Headstone.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Adams, Benjamin F<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ancestry:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong>Samuel Adams;&nbsp; Nathaniel Adams<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Born:&nbsp;<\/strong>March 17, 1823 in Sandwich Ma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Father:<\/strong>\u00a0Samuel Adams; (1772 \u2013 1852) (Natnaniel Adams &amp; Thankful Chadwick)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mother:<\/strong>\u00a0Catherine Patteshell; (1780 \u2013 1854)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Died:<\/strong>&nbsp;August 13, 1894 in Bourne Ma. at 71 yrs, 5 mos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Buried:\u00a0<\/strong>Pocasset Cemetery; area A<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Occupation:&nbsp;<\/strong>Iron Moulder, Mariner<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Married:&nbsp;<\/strong>Int. October 7, 1844<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>To:\u00a0<\/strong>Deborah Ellis; (1827 \u2013 1892) (Stephen Ellis &amp; Hannah Raymond)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Children:&nbsp;<\/strong>10\/11<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Adams-Benjamin-Franklin-Deborah-Ellis-Headstones.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Adams-Benjamin-Franklin-Deborah-Ellis-Headstones.jpg 800w, https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Adams-Benjamin-Franklin-Deborah-Ellis-Headstones-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Adams-Benjamin-Franklin-Deborah-Ellis-Headstones-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Adams, Brnjamin F &amp; Deborah Ellis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>1.<\/strong>\u00a0Eli Coville Adams; (November 28, 1846 \u2013 1920); Married Amanda J. Chubbuck (1850 \u2013 1946) (Weldon Chubbuck &amp; Hannah J. Gammons) in Middleboro Ma. on March 20, 1869; He was a moulder; He &amp; Amanda are buried in Melrose Cemetery in Brockton Ma..<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2.\u00a0<\/strong>Angeline C. Adams Gammons; (1849 \u2013 1926); Married Curtis T. Gammons (1838 \u2013 1905) (Calvin\u00a0Mitchell Gammons &amp; Sophia Fuller) in Middleboro Ma. on March 2, 1866; Angeline &amp; Curtis are buried in Melrose Cemetery in Brockton Ma..<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>3.<\/strong>\u00a0Martha\/Mattie Ellis Adams Swift; (September 9, 1851 \u2013 December 30, 1935); Married Charles Edwin Swift, Civil War (1834 \u2013 1909) (Charles B. Swift &amp; Zebiah K. Hewins) in Sandwich Ma. on May 30, 1869; Martha\/Mattie &amp; Charles are buried in Cataumet Cemetery.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>4.<\/strong>\u00a0Deborah\/Frankie F. Adams Avery; (May 8, 1853 \u2013 March 15, 1877); Married Zemira J. Avery (1849 \u2013 1896) (Gilbert Ellis Avery &amp; Reliance Taylor) in Sandwich Ma. on November 12, 1871; Zemira married (2) Sarah Frances Pulsifer (1852 \u2013 ?) (Joseph Pulsifer &amp; Elanora F.\u00a0(\u2013)) in Pocasset Ma. on December 1, 1878; Deborah\/Frankie &amp; Zemira are buried in Pocasset Cemetery.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>5.<\/strong>\u00a0Ida S. Adams Witham; (April 6, 1855 \u2013 1932); Married Edwin Francis Witham (1853 \u2013 1921) (John Witham &amp; Elizabeth J. Wright) in\u00a0Pocasset Ma. on November 26, 1874; Edwin was a boxmaker; They lived in Middleboro Ma. &amp; are buried in South Middleboro Cemetery.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>6.<\/strong>\u00a0Charlotte\/Lottie P. Adams Chubbuck; (December 23, 1856 \u2013 1939); Married Benjamin\u00a0Franklin Chubbuck (1854 \u2013 1922) (Weldon Chubbuck &amp; Hannah J. Gammons) in Sandwich Ma. on November 25, 1875; Benjamin was a boxmaker; He &amp; Charlotte\/Lottie are buried in Melrose Cemetery in Brockton Ma..<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>7.<\/strong>\u00a0Effie D. Adams Sherburne; (December 27, 1860 \u2013 1933); Married Frank Melvin Sherburne (1865 \u2013 1940) (Joel E. Sherburne &amp; Annie Elisa Young) in Brockton Ma. on October 19, 1898; Frank worked in a shoe factory; He &amp; Effie are buried in Melrose Cemetery in Brockton Ma..<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>8.\u00a0<\/strong>Elizabeth\/Lizzie Williams Adams Chase Reynolds; (April 1862 \u2013 1943); Married (1) George Coffin Chase (1858 \u2013 1919) (William J. Chase &amp; Mary E. Pitts) in Brockton Ma. on July 2, 1881 &amp; married (2) Luke Webster Reynolds (1857 \u2013 1937) (Charles Turner Reynolds &amp; Sarah Stevens Knowles) in Pocasset Ma. on October 21, 1891; George married (2) Ada Janet Jones (1870 \u2013 1966) (John E. Jones &amp; Sarah Smith) in Brockton Ma. on January 11, 1893; Luke married (1) Eva Ellen Parks (1860 \u2013 ?) (Henry Porter Parks &amp; Ellen Lucinda Peets) in Brockton Ma. on May 1, 1879; Elizabeth\/Lizzie &amp; Luke are buried in Melrose Cemetery in Brockton Ma.; George &amp; Ada are buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Nantucket Ma..<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>9.\u00a0<\/strong>Carrie Eudora Adams Taber; (March 14, 1865 \u2013 1955); Married Horace Taber (1868 \u2013 1938) (Charles Henry Taber &amp; Sarah\u00a0Florence Stoddard) in Brockton Ma. on August 1, 1887; Carrie &amp; Horace are buried in Melrose Cemetery in Brockton Ma..<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>10.<\/strong>\u00a0Lester H. Adams; (June 12, 1868 \u2013 May 12, 1869); Lester died at 11 mos, 2 d. &amp; is buried in Pocasset Cemetery with his parents &amp; Martha (below).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>11.\u00a0<\/strong>Martha Adams; In the same plot with Benjamin &amp; Deborah, there are 2 small stones marked \u201cLester\u201d &amp; \u201cMartha\u201d; There is no record of Martha in this family other than Martha\/Mattie Ellis Adams Swift (above) &amp; she is buried in Cataumet Cemetery.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ancestry:&nbsp;&nbsp;Samuel Adams;&nbsp; Nathaniel Adams Born:&nbsp;March 17, 1823 in Sandwich Ma. Died:&nbsp;August 13, 1894 in Bourne Ma. at 71 yrs, 5 mos. Occupation:&nbsp;Iron Moulder, Mariner Married:&nbsp;Int. 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