ADAMS to Hunt to Bates to Skinner to Blanchard to Leadbeater

John Adams (1500 - 1543)   12th great grandfather

Henry Adams (1531 - 1596) (son of John Adams) 11^th great grandfather

John Adams (1555 - 1604) (son of Henry Adams) 10^th great grandfather

Henry Adams (1583 - 1646) (son of John Adams)  9^th great grandfather

Joseph Adams Sr (1626 - 1694) (son of Henry Adams)  8^th great grandfather

Joseph Adams (1654 - 1735) (son of Joseph Adams Sr) 7^th  great grandfather

Bethia Adams -HUNT-BICKNELL (1702 - 1796) (daughter of Joseph Adams) 6^th great grandmother

Ruth Hunt -BATES (1740 - 1824) (daughter of Bethia Adams -HUNT) 5th great grandmother

Susanna Bates -SKINNER (1782 - 1856) (daughter of Ruth Hunt) 4^th great grandmother

Elias Skinner Jr (1806 - 1885) (son of Susanna Bates )3^rd  great grandfather

Henry Bates Skinner (1830 - 1892) (son of Elias Skinner Jr) 2^nd great grandfather

Harriet Louise Skinner -BLANCHARD-BATCHELDOR (1868 - 1956) (daughter of Henry Bates Skinner) great grandmother

Helen Muriel Blanchard -LEADBEATER (1891 - 1989) (daughter of Harriet Louise Skinner) grandmother

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

				ADAMS  BRANCH 2 (Hunt – Bates – Skinner – Blanchard – Leadbeater)
				Bethia Adams Hunt (1702-1796)
				GENERATION
1654	Norfolk MA	1735	Norfolk MA (80)	ADAMS Joseph	7th G GF
1667	Norfolk MA	1705	Norfolk MA (38)	ADAMS Hannah BASS	7TH G GM
				GENERATION
1626	Somerset ENG	1694	Norfolk MA (68)	ADAMS Joseph Sr	8th G GF
1634	Suffolk MA	1692	Norfolk MA (58)	ADAMS Abigail BAXTER	8th G GM
				CHILDREN Avis Adams 1651 – 1699 Hannah Adams -SAVIL 1652 – 1726 Joseph Adams 1654 – 1735 John Adams 1656 –  Abigail Adams -BASS 1658 – 1696 Bethia Adams -WEBB 1661 – 1698 John Adams 1661 – 1702 Mary Adams 1663 –  Samuel Adams 1665 – 1714 Mary Adams -BASS 1667 – 1706 Peter Adams 1670 – 1747 Jonathan Adams 1671 – 1718 Mehitable Adams -WHITE 1673 – 1713
				BELOW repeated in Branch 1
				GENERATION
1583	Somerset ENG	1646	Norfolk MA (63)	ADAMS Henry	9th G GF
1587	Somerset ENG	1672	Norfolk MA (84)	ADAMS Edith Rosamund SQUIRE	9th
				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	10th G GF
1556	Somerset ENG	1616	Somerset ENG (60)	ADAMS Agnes STONE	10th G GM
				CHILDREN Henry Adams 1583 – 1646 John Adams 1600 – 1633
				GENERATION
1531	Somerset ENG	1596	Somerset ENG (65)	ADAMS Henry	11th G GF
1536	Somerset ENG	1598	Somerset ENG (62)	ADAMS Rose STEBBING (62)	11th G GM
				CHILDREN Richard (1552-1604)  John (1555-1604)  Margaret (1561-1597)
				GENERATION
1500	Somerset ENG	1543	Somerset ENG (43)	ADAMS John	12th G GF
1504	Somerset ENG	1572	Somerset ENG (68)	ADAMS Margery SQUIRE	12TH 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.