Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Burial: 10 December 1742.
Place of Burial: Birdsall, Yorkshire.
The burial is recorded in the parish register.
Relationships
Father: unknown.
Mother: unknown.
Spouse: Jane Smith. Married 17 May 1689 in Bugthorpe, Yorkshire.
The marriage is recorded in the parish register.
Spouse: Katherine Beal. Married 27 November 1705 in Birdsall, Yorkshire. The marriage is recorded in the parish register.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Mary Adamson (baptized 7 September 1687 in Birdsall - buried 9 September 1687 in Birdsall)
Robert Adamson (baptized 23 December 1688 in Birdsall - buried 20 March 1748 in Bugthorpe) married (1) Bethia Luck 22 September 1719 in New Malton, Yorkshire; married (2) unknown.
A daughter (baptized 23 November 1690 in Birdsall)
John Adamson (baptized 27 November 1692 in Birdsall)
Alice Adamson (baptized 21 June 1695 in Birdsall)
Judith Adamson (baptized 4 December 1698 in Birdsall - buried 27 December 1729 in Sledmere, Yorkshire) married Thomas Piercey 1 April 1724 in Sledmere.
Mary Adamson (buried 30 May 1701 in Birdsall)
Grace Adamson (baptized 24 September 1706 in Birdsall) married Thomas Wilson in York (licence dated 3 October 1728).
Arthur Adamson (baptized 2 May 1708 in Birdsall)
Samuel Adamson (baptized 7 March 1709/10 in Birdsall) married Elizabeth.
Mary Adamson (baptized 1 April 1712 in Birdsall - buried 18 August 1728)
Sarah Adamson (baptized 2 February 1713 in Birdsall)
Elizabeth Adamson (baptized 15 April 1718 in Birdsall) married William Horsley 14 February 1744/5 in Langton, Yorkshire.
Evidence
From the Bugthorpe parish register:
1687
Arthur Edamson & Jan Smith weare marridd may the 17
From the Birdsall parish register:
1687
Mary daughter of Arthur Adamson was baptized the 7 day of Septber
Mary daughter of Arthur Adamson was bureed the 9 day of Septber
1688
Robert son of Arthur Adamson baptized the three & twentyith of December
1690
[illegible] daughter of Arthur Adamson baptiz’d the three and twentyith of November
1692
John son of Arthur Adamson baptiz’d the twenty seventh of November
1695
Alice daughter of Arthur Adamson baptiz’d the twenty first of June
1698
Judith daughter of Arthur Adamson baptizd the fourth of December.
1700
Jane wife of Arthur Adamson buryed the seventeeth of May.
1701
Mary daughter of Arthur Adamson (paup[er]) buryed the thirtyeth of May.
1705
Arthur Adamson & Katharine Beal marryed the twenty seventh of November.
1706
Grace daughter of Arthur Adamson baptiz’d twenty fourth of September
1708
Arthur son of Arthur Adamson baptiz’d the second day of May
1709
Samuel son of Arthur Adamson baptiz’d the seventh of March
1712
Mary daughter of Arthur Adamson baptiz’d the first of April
1713
Sarah daughter of Arthur Adamson baptiz’d on Candlemas day
1718
Elizabeth Daughter of Arthur Adamson day labourer bap: April the fifteenth.
[First name from the bishop’s transcripts]
1728
Mary Daughter of Arthur Adamson was buried August the 18th
Burials for the Year 1742
Dec.r 10 Arthur Adamson an old man
From the Kirby Grindalythe parish register:
1753
10ber 24th Buryed Catherine Adamson Widow
References
Parish register for Birdsall, Yorkshire. Digital images on Ancestry.com
Parish register for Bugthorpe, Yorkshire. Digital images on Ancestry.com
Parish register for Kirby Grindalythe, Yorkshire. Digital images on Ancestry.com