ADAMS to Blanchard to Leadbeater

John Adams (1500 - 1543)   13th great grandfather

Henry Adams (1531 - 1596) son of John Adams 12^TH great grandfather

John Adams (1555 - 1604) son of Henry Adams great grandfather

Henry Adams (1583 - 1646) son of John Adams 11^TH great grandfather

Joseph Adams Sr (1626 - 1694) son of Henry Adams  10^TH great grandfather

Thomas Adams (Lieut) (1612 - 1688)  is your 9th great grandfather 9^th great grandfather

Timothy Adams (1648 - 1708) son of Thomas Adams (Lieut) 8^th great grandfather

Thomas Adams (1675 - 1746) son of Timothy Adams 7^th great grandfather

Ephraim Adams (1712 - 1760) son of Thomas Adams 6^th great grandfather

Lucy Adams -BLANCHARD-GRANGER (1747 - 1835) daughter of Ephraim Adams  5^th great grandmother

Moses Blanchard (1776 - 1858) son of Lucy Adams -BLANCHARD-GRANGER 4^th great grandfather

Benjamin Hill Blanchard (1810 - 1865) son of Moses Blanchard 3^rd great grandfather

Henry Fiske Blanchard (1838 - 1917) son of Benjamin Hill Blanchard 2^nd great grandfather

Harry Herbert Blanchard (1867 - 1946) son of Henry Fiske Blanchard great grandfather

Helen Muriel Blanchard -LEADBEATER (1891 - 1989) daughter of Harry Herbert Blanchard grandmother

Herbert Blanchard Leadbeater (1917 - 1998) son of Helen Muriel Blanchard –LEADBEATER father

				ADAMS BRANCH 1 (Blanchard, Leadbeater)
1747		1835		Lucy Adams-Blanchard-Granger (1747-1835)	5TH G GM
				GENERATION
1712	Middlesex MA	1760	Middlesex MA (48)	ADAMS Ephriam	6th G GF
1719	Middlesex MA	1760	Middlesex MA (41)	ADAMS Thankful BLODGETT	6th G GM
				CHILDREN Jacob Adams 1739 – 1836 Henry Adams 1742 – 1790 Mary Adams -COLBURN 1744 – 1842 Lucy Adams -BLANCHARD-GRANGER 1747 – 1835 Lydia Adams -HOLT 1749 – 1844 Judith Adams 1751 – 1807 Thankful Adams -HOBART 1753 – 1822 Betsey Adams -WRIGHT 1755 – 1812 Esther Adams -KENDALL 1760 – 1835 Sarah Adams -SHIPLEY 1760 –
				GENERATION
1675	Middlesex MA	1746	Middlesex MA (71)	ADAMS Thomas	7th G GF
1683	Middlesex MA	1754	Middlesex MA (71)	ADAMS Judith FOSTER	7th G GM
				CHILDREN Jane Adams -WRIGHT 1704 – 1788 Esther Adams -WRIGHT 1706 – 1788 Henry Adams 1708 – 1709 Ephraim Adams 1712 – 1760 Stephen Adams 1715 – 1801 Phebe Adams 1716 –  Zachariah Adams (1 year) 1718 – 1719 Hannah Adams -PIERCE 1724 – 1759 Phineas Adams 1724 – 1747 Thomas Adams 1727 – 1800
				GENERATION
1648	Middlesex MA	1708	Middlesex MA (60)	ADAMS Timothy	8th G GF
1649				ADAMS Mary UNKNOWN	8th G GM
				CHILDREN Samuel Adams 1669 –  Thomas Adams 1675 – 1746 Timothy Adams 1677 – 1761 Mary Adams 1681 – 1681 Mary Adams 1685 – 1718 Jonathan Adams 1688 – 1708
				GENERATION
1612	Somerset ENG	1688	Middlesex MA (76)	ADAMS Thomas (Lieut)	9th G GF
1612/13	Somerset ENG	1694	Suffolk MA (82)	ADAMS Mary Blackstowe BLACKSTONE	9th G GM
				CHILDREN Mary Adams 1643 –  Jonathan Adams 1645 – 1712 Petatiah Adams 1646 – 1725 Timothy Adams 1648 – 1708 George Adams 1650 – 1651 Mary Adams -SALTER 1654 – 1712 Samuel Adams 1655 – 1727 Edith Adams 1655 – 1660 Thomas Adams 1660 – 1660
				BELOW repeated in BRANCH 2
				GENERATION
1583	Somerset ENG	1646	Norfolk MA (63)	ADAMS Henry	10th G GF
1587	Somerset ENG	1672	Norfolk MA (84)	ADAMS Edith Rosamund SQUIRE	10th G GM
				CHILDREN Henry Adams Jr 1609 – 1676 William Adams 1610 – 1661 Samuel Adams 1612 – 1688 Thomas Adams (Lieut) 1612 – 1688 Alexander Adams 1615 – 1677 Ursula Adams 1619 – 1679 Peter Adams 1622 – 1690 John Adams 1622 – 1706 Joseph Adams Sr 1626 – 1694 Edward Adams (Ensign) 1629 – 1716
				The split between Branch 1 & 2 is one of their sons Joseph appears in Branch 2 and another Thomas in Branch 1
				GENERATION
1555	Somerset ENG	1604	Somerset ENG (49)	ADAMS John	11th G GF
1556	Somerset ENG	1616	Somerset ENG (60)	ADAMS Agnes STONE	11th G GM
				CHILDREN Henry Adams 1583 – 1646 John Adams 1600 – 1633
				GENERATION
1531	Somerset ENG	1596	Somerset ENG (65)	ADAMS Henry	12th G GF
1536	Somerset ENG	1598	Somerset ENG (62)	ADAMS Rose STEBBING (62)	12th G GM
				CHILDREN Richard (1552-1604)  John (1555-1604)  Margaret (1561-1597)
				GENERATION
1500	Somerset ENG	1543	Somerset ENG (43)	ADAMS John	13th G GF
1504	Somerset ENG	1572	Somerset ENG (68)	ADAMS Margery SQUIRE	13TH G GM
				CHILDREN Henry Adams 1531 – 1596 Robert Adams 1532 – 1557 Johanna Adams 1533 –  Thomas Adams 1535 –  John Adams 1537 –  Richard Adams 1537 – 1604
				This John Adams, [circa 1500/05], lived all of his life at Barton St. David, and is the earliest found (at this date) member of this Adams' family line.

JOHN ADAMS ANCESTRY

His known ancestry begins with ARNULPH, Bishop of Metz, France, born before the year 600, died 631 A.D. and decends 5 generations to CHARLEMAGNE, Emperor of the West, born 2 April 742, who was King of the French and Emperor of Rome.

Charlemagne begat Louis I (The Pious, King of France) and his son, Charles II, King of France begat a long line of counts, dukes, barons, etc. until came Sir JOHN A P ADAM, Knight.

At this, the 31st generation, John Adams' great great grandfather, Sir John A P Adam, dropped the prefix "A P" and added "s" to Adam. Then there were two more John Adams's before we get to where we now are - 1502!

Dozens of John Adams's were to follow, making my 2010 geneology a living nightmare

Sources [1]:

1.        Adamses of Somersetshire, England and Braintree, Mass., Compiled by J. Gardner Bartlett for Edward Dean Adams, privately printed, New York, 1927.

2.        Dorset Pilgrims, by Frank Thistlethwaite, Published by Heart of the Lakes, Interlaken NY, 1993.