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63. Seth ADAMSON5,14 was born on 23 July 1808.1,5,18 He died before 1850 at the age of 42. Born 1806, or 1808, according to Bible record. [1808 seems most likely based on the 1850 census.] Lost Creek Monthly Meeting:
1826, 2, 25 Seth Adamson granted certificate to Newberry MM, Blount Co,TN. Moved from Lost Creek Monthly Meeting to Duck Creek in Henry Co IN in 1831. 1840 Census Madison Co IN are:
Evin Adamson: 1m -5, 1m 20-30; 1f -5, 1f 20-3
John Adamson: 1m 20-30, 1f 15-20
Seth Adamson: 1m 30-40, 1f -5, 1f 5-10, 1f 10-15, 1f 20-30 [probably this man - Evan & John probably his nephews, Thomas possibly a nephew, too]
Thos. Adamson: 1m -5, 1m 5-10, 3m 20-30; 1f 20-30 1f 60-70 In the 1850 Census in Madison Co, IA.
Seth Adamson, age 42, b. TN; Rody, age 33, b. IN
Hulda, 20, b. TN
Mary H. 17, Aaron M. 14, and Solomon, 10 - all b. Indiana
Sarah E. 8, Martha 6, born in Missouri
Modecai, age 4, b. Iowa
Susannah, age 3/12, b. Iowa
The family may have moved from Blount Co TN to Indiana, then Missouri, and Iowa between 1830 and 1850. Seth had a second marriage to Rhoda, surname unknown. Some of the children are hers, but there is not distinctive gap in the birth years of all the children. I did not find the marriage in the Indiana marriage database. 1860 Census. St Stephen P.O. & Precinct, Richardson Co, Nebraska Territory
Rhoda Adamson, age 40, b. IN
Martha, 16, b. IN. Milton, 13, b. Iowa [Modecai?]. Melissa, 11, b. Iowa [Susannah?].
Solomon, age 20, b. Indiana. Emily, 19, b. Missouri. Alderson M., age 6 months, born in Nebraska [I would guess Solomon has married to Emily and Alderson is their child.] Seth ADAMSON and Mary JONES were married on 8 March 1826 in Blount County, Tennessee.1,5 Mary JONES, daughter of Thomas JONES and Margret [JONES], was born on 6 June 1806.5 Seth ADAMSON and Mary JONES had the following children: 179 | i. | Jacob ADAMSON1 was born in 1827. | 180 | ii. | Obadiah ADAMSON was born on 6 May 1828.1 He died on 27 July 1829 at the age of 1.1 | 181 | iii. | Huldah ADAMSON1 was born on 5 May 1830 in Tennessee. | 182 | iv. | Mary Jane ADAMSON1 was born on 18 May 1833 in Henry County, Indiana.1 Said to have married Alderson Garrett Weeks and had daughter Hulda Adelia who married John Conrad Stigers. | 183 | v. | Aaron Mills ADAMSON was born on 20 December 1836 in Indiana.1 | 184 | vi. | Abzena ADAMSON was born on 16 October 1838 in Indiana.1 She died before 1850 at the age of 12. Probably died young - he does not appear with the family in 1850. | 185 | vii. | Solomon ADAMSON was born on 14 September 1840 in Indiana.1 | 186 | viii. | Sarah ADAMSON was born about 1842 in Missouri.1 | 187 | ix. | Martha ADAMSON was born about 1844 in Missouri.1 | 188 | x. | Mordecai ADAMSON was born about 1846 in Madison County, Iowa.1 | 189 | xi. | Susannah ADAMSON was born in 1850 in Madison County, Iowa. |
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