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Where did the Scottish Adam family come from? What is the Scottish Adam family crest and coat of arms? When did the Adam family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Adam family history?
In ancient Scotland, the ancestors of the first people to use the name Adam were part of a tribe known as the Strathclyde Britons. The name is derived from the given name Adam, which is itself derived from the Latin name Adamus which means earth.
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Spelling variations of this family name include: MacAdam, MacAdams, McAdam, McAdams, MacCaw and others.First found in Annandale, where they held a family seat at Kynemund and at Waterhead in the Stewartry of Kirkudbright.
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Some of the Adam family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. Another 248 words(18 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products.
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This is a small excerpt from our full listing of settlers for the name Adam. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
- William Adam who wrote an Adam Genealogy which is now part of the American Library of Congress
Adam Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
- Tho Adam, who landed in Virginia in 1665
- John Adam settled in Barbados in 1680
- John Adam landed in America in 1685
- Robert Adam settled in New Jersey in 1685
Adam Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Jacob Adam, who arrived in New York in 1709
- Joh Henrich Adam, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1733
- Hendrick Adam, aged 28, arrived in Pennsylvania in 1733
- John Henrich Adam, who landed in Philadelphia, Pa in 1733
- Catharina Adam, aged 2, landed in Pennsylvania in 1733
Adam Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Joh Jakob Adam, who landed in Brazil in 1827
- Johann Jakob Adam, who arrived in Brazil in 1827
- Jakob Adam, who arrived in Brazil in 1827
- I Adam, aged 45, arrived in New Orleans, La in 1829
- Philipp Jacob Adam, aged 35, arrived in Missouri in 1838
Adam Settlers in the United States in the 20th Century
- Wilhelm Adam, aged 7, landed in New York, NY in 1902
- Juliana Adam, aged 19, arrived in New York, NY in 1902
- Friedrich Adam, aged 11, landed in New York, NY in 1902
- Arthur Adam, who landed in Pike County, Ind in 1904
- Stephen Adam, who landed in Mississippi in 1905
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- James Adam (1730-1794), Scottish architect
- Robert Adam (1728-1792), Scottish architect
- Alexander Adam (1741-1809), Scottish teacher and writer
- Theo Adam (b. 1926), German, bass-baritone opera singer
- Paul Adam, French naturalist and writer
- Sir Frank Forbes Adam (1846-1926), English, 1st Baronet Adam
- Sir Ronald Forbes Adam (1885-1983), British General
- Juliette Lamber Adam (1836-1936), French writer
- Lambert Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor
- Nicolas Sébastien Adam, French sculptor
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- Best, Hugh. Debrett's Texas Peerage. New York: Coward-McCann, 1983. Print. (ISBN 069811244X).
- Bowman, George Ernest. The Mayflower Reader A Selection of Articales from The Mayflower Descendent. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
- Adam, Frank. Clans Septs and Regiments of the Scottish Highlands 8th Edition. London: Bacon (G.W.) & Co, 1970. Print. (ISBN 10-0717945006).
- Moncrieffe, Sir Ian of That Ilk and Don Pottinger. Clan Map Scotland of Old. Edinburgh: Bartholomew and Son, 1983. Print.
- Skordas, Guest. Ed. The Early Settlers of Maryland an Index to Names or Immigrants Complied from Records of Land Patents 1633-1680 in the Hall of Records Annapolis, Maryland. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1968. Print.
- The Norman People and Their Existing Descendants in the British Dominions and the United States Of America. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1975. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-0636-X).
- Burke, John Bernard Ed. The Roll of Battle Abbey. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
- Paul, Sir James Balfour. An Ordinary of Arms Contained in the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland Second Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1903. Print.
- Scots Kith and Kin And Illustrated Map Revised 2nd Edition. Edinburgh: Clan House/Albyn. Print.
- Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Galveston Texas 1896-1951. National Archives Washington DC. Print.
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