Where does the Adams surname come from?

'Son of Adam' — from the Hebrew personal name Adam ('earth, man'); a patronymic common across England and Scotland.

How far back does the Adams family tree go?

The documented line here reaches back to 1767. Most Adams lines can be traced to the end of the surviving public record.

Are living Adams family members listed here?

No. Deceased ancestors only, from public records. Living people are excluded for privacy.

Is this my Adams family?

If a name here matches your family, it may well be. A full documented build confirms exactly how your line connects.

Adams Family History, Genealogy & Ancestry

Documented families

Adams families we’ve reconstructed

Real Adams family groups pieced together from the public record — parents, spouse, and children, each with the source that proves it. Recognize your line? Tap a family and we’ll start your documented tree from it.

Zachariah Adamsdate unknown

Muskingum County, Ohio

Zachariah Adams ⚭ Harriet Williams

childrenMartha Adams · Anna Adams · George C. Adams · Euphemia Adams · Virginia Adams · Howard Adams · Thomas Adams · William Adams

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Louisa Adamsdate unknown

Louisa Adams ⚭ Jobe H. Crist

childrenAugustus Crist · Harvey Crist · Nettie Crist · Cora Crist · Clara Crist · Jessie Crist

Mary Adamsdate unknown

Mary Adams ⚭ William Johnson

childrenS. W. Johnson · Lizzie Johnson · A. J. Johnson · McClelain Johnson · Ella Johnson · Charles Johnson

Lucy B. Adamsb. 1824

Vermont

parentsGardner Adams & Betsey (Proctor) Adams

Lucy B. Adams ⚭ Mr. Atherton (married 1840)

childrenElla A. Atherton · Edgar F. Atherton · Eddie B. Atherton · Walter E. Atherton

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Elizabeth Jane Adamsb. 1839

Boone County, Indiana

parentsElijah Adams

Elizabeth Jane Adams ⚭ Parmer Hall (m. 4 Mar 1858

childrenWilliam W. Hall · Thomas A. Hall · Bertha R. Hall · Louis N. Hall

Clara A. Adamsdate unknown

Iowa

Clara A. Adams ⚭ William J. Heflin (m. 1896)

childrenWilliam Duane Heflin · Alice Fay Heflin · Clara Lenore Heflin

History of Hall County, Nebraska (1920)

William Henry Adamsb. 1848

Manchester, Summit County, Ohio

parentsDaniel Adams & Mary Shook

William Henry Adams ⚭ Lavina E. Workinger (married 1868)

childrenJennie Adams · Mabel Adams

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Nellie A. Adamsdate unknown

Columbia, Lorain Co., Ohio

Nellie A. Adams ⚭ Mr. Parmelee (Sheriff of Medina Co.)

childrenEdith F. Parmelee · Albertine A. Parmelee

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Mary Adamsb. 1839

Indiana

Mary Adams ⚭ Joseph Williamson

childrenSarah J. Williamson

Elliot L. Adams1848 – 1918

Rochester, New York → Gordon, Nebraska

Elliot L. Adams ⚭ Addie Eaton

childrenFremont Adams

The Gordon Journal, 1918-02-28

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Elizabeth Adamsdate unknown

Ohio

Elizabeth Adams ⚭ Jeremiah Hyatt

childrenMaria Hyatt

Daniel Adamsdate unknown

Pennsylvania

Daniel Adams ⚭ Mary Shook

childrenWilliam Henry Adams

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The documented line

Adams ancestors in the record

Deceased Adams ancestors, earliest first. Living family members are deliberately omitted.

Hugh Q. Adams was born in 1844 — of fighting age when the Civil War draft came. Did he go? The record can tell you. Trace this line →

Lydia Adams

b. 1767

m. Elijah Griswold

Lucy B. Adams

b. 1824

Vermont

m. Mr. Atherton (married 1840)

Austin Adams

1826 – 1890

Dubuque

Mary Adams

b. 1839

Indiana

m. Joseph Williamson

Elizabeth Jane Adams

b. 1839

Boone County, Indiana

m. Parmer Hall (m. 4 Mar 1858

Hugh Q. Adams

b. 1844

Beaver County, Pennsylvania

William Henry Adams

b. 1848

Manchester, Summit County, Ohio

m. Lavina E. Workinger (married 1868)

Elliot L. Adams

1848 – 1918

Rochester, New York

m. Addie Eaton

Berritt S Adams

1849 – 1919

Fayette County, Iowa

Sarah M Adams

1849 – 1926

Fayette County, Iowa

Henry Carter Adams

1851 – 1921

Davenport

John Ne Adams

1856 – 1927

Guthrie County, Iowa

John T. Adams

1862 – 1939

Dubuque

Ephraim Douglass Adams

1865 – 1930

Decorah

Edith Adams

1871 – 1966

Iowa

Iva Adams

1871 – 1965

Iowa

Ida Adams

1871 – 1964

Iowa

Mary Adams

1873 – 1970

Iowa

Rose Adams

1873 – 1973

Iowa

Minnie Adams

1873 – 1967

Iowa

Charles Adams

1874 – 1962

Iowa

M F Adams

1874 – 1967

Iowa

Allen Adams

1875 – 1964

Iowa

John Adams

1875 – 1970

Iowa

William Adams

1875 – 1962

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Grace Adams

1875 – 1966

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Howard William Adams

1875 – 1963

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William Adams

1876 – 1972

Iowa

Adelaide Adams

1876 – 1965

Iowa

Olive Adams

1876 – 1970

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Eulalia Adams

1877 – 1962

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Charles Adams

1877 – 1968

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Robert Adams

1877 – 1970

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Mary Adams

1877 – 1977

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Fred Adams

1877 – 1968

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Minnie Adams

1877 – 1968

Iowa

Charlotte Adams

1877 – 1972

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Charles Adams

1878 – 1967

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Ernest Adams

1878 – 1966

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Henry Adams

1878 – 1972

Iowa

Frank Adams

1878 – 1965

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Jessie Adams

1878 – 1976

Iowa

Jobe Adams

1878 – 1963

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Edwin E Adams

1879 – 1968

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John Adams

1879 – 1968

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Albert Adams

1879 – 1963

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Bert Adams

1880 – 1969

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Morna F Adams

1880 – 1970

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Nina Adams

1880 – 1970

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Peter Adams

1880 – 1963

Iowa

Pearl Adams

1880 – 1967

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George A Adams

1880 – 1989

Iowa

Edward Adams

1880 – 1965

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Myrtle Adams

1881 – 1963

Iowa

Jessie Adams

1881 – 1974

Iowa

Alice M Adams

1881 – 1966

Iowa

Lloyd Adams

1881 – 1967

Iowa

Belle Adams

1881 – 1984

Iowa

Fred Adams

1881 – 1964

Iowa

Blanche Adams

1881 – 1971

Iowa

Bert Adams

1881 – 1973

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Walter Adams

1882 – 1978

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Ernest Adams

1882 – 1970

Iowa

Minnie Adams

1882 – 1969

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Deane Adams

1882 – 1965

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Earle Adams

1882 – 1970

Iowa

Bessie Adams

1882 – 1964

Iowa

Edwin Adams

1882 – 1971

Iowa

William Adams

1882 – 1970

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Ida Adams

1882 – 1970

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Clara Adams

1882 – 1982

Iowa

Amos W Adams

1882 – 1970

Iowa

Harry Adams

1882 – 1972

Iowa

Rose Adams

1882 – 1971

Iowa

Irvin Adams

1882 – 1964

Iowa

Richard Adams

1882 – 1975

Iowa

Jack Adams

1883 – 1964

Iowa

Nellie Adams

1883 – 1970

Iowa

Charlotte Adams

1883 – 1976

Iowa

Byron Adams

1883 – 1971

Iowa

James Adams

1883 – 1970

Iowa

Roy Adams

1883 – 1965

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Anna M Adams

1883 – 1966

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Barbara Adams

1883 – 1978

Iowa

Walter Adams

1883 – 1971

Iowa

Cora Adams

1884 – 1978

Iowa

Levy Adams

1884 – 1964

Iowa

Albert Adams

1884 – 1973

Iowa

Allington Adams

1884 – 1964

Iowa

Maude Adams

1884 – 1986

Iowa

Grover Adams

1884 – 1965

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Fredrick Adams

1884 – 1956

Iowa

Margaret Adams

1884 – 1972

Iowa

Frank Adams

1884 – 1971

Iowa

Owen Adams

1884 – 1964

Iowa

Mary Adams

1885 – 1965

Iowa

Frank Adams

1885 – 1968

Iowa

Elizabeth Adams

1885 – 1982

Iowa

Minnie Adams

1885 – 1963

Iowa

Mable Adams

1885 – 1977

Iowa

Elmer Adams

1885 – 1969

Iowa

Harry Adams

1885 – 1983

Iowa

Mabel Adams

1885 – 1976

Iowa

John Adams

1885 – 1972

Iowa

Lydia Adams

1885 – 1963

Iowa

Irene D Adams

1885 – 1967

Iowa

William Adams

1885 – 1963

Iowa

Walter Adams

1885 – 1963

Iowa

Maude Adams

1885 – 1976

Iowa

Della Adams

1885 – 1976

Iowa

Guy Adams

1886 – 1970

Iowa

Bessie Adams

1886 – 1983

Iowa

William Adams

1886 – 1967

Iowa

Blanche Adams

1886 – 1971

Iowa

Ella Adams

1886 – 1978

Iowa

Faye Adams

1886 – 1976

Iowa

Ella Adams

1886 – 1977

Iowa

Frank Adams

1886 – 1963

Iowa

Anna Adams

1886 – 1984

Iowa

Nettie Adams

1886 – 1965

Iowa

Elsie Adams

1886 – 1983

Iowa

William Adams

1886 – 1970

Iowa

Ida Adams

1886 – 1970

Iowa

Nora Adams

1886 – 1978

Iowa

Zora Adams

1887 – 1980

Iowa

Catharine Adams

1887 – 1974

Iowa

Cora Adams

1887 – 1978

Iowa

Luella Adams

1887 – 1973

Iowa

Henrietta Adams

1887 – 1968

Iowa

Eva Adams

1887 – 1972

Iowa

Charles Adams

1887 – 1964

Iowa

Cecil Adams

1887 – 1973

Iowa

Victoria Adams

1887 – 1969

Iowa

Orrin Adams

1887 – 1974

Iowa

Erma Adams

1887 – 1969

Iowa

Jerry Adams

b. 1888

Atlas township, Pike County, Illinois

Darwin B Adams

1888 – 1969

Iowa

Malony Adams

1888 – 1974

Iowa

Harriet Adams

1888 – 1977

Iowa

Delia Adams

1888 – 1981

Iowa

Mabel Adams

1888 – 1977

Iowa

Earl Adams

1888 – 1963

Iowa

John Adams

1888 – 1969

Iowa

Bertha Adams

1888 – 1970

Iowa

Max Adams

1888 – 1964

Iowa

Arthur Adams

1888 – 1975

Iowa

Ethel Adams

1888 – 1973

Iowa

Grover Adams

1888 – 1972

Iowa

Francis Adams

1888 – 1973

Iowa

Harry Adams

1888 – 1977

Iowa

Norice Adams

1888 – 1980

Iowa

Anna Adams

1888 – 1982

Iowa

Albert Adams

1888 – 1966

Iowa

Maude Adams

1888 – 1976

Iowa

Archie Adams

1888 – 1977

Iowa

Christian Adams

1888 – 1976

Iowa

Pauline Adams

1888 – 1979

Iowa

Theresa Adams

1888 – 1974

Iowa

Major Adams

1888 – 1979

Iowa

Barton Adams

1888 – 1969

Iowa

George Adams

1888 – 1967

Iowa

Herbert Adams

1889 – 1969

Iowa

Gladys Adams

1889 – 1969

Iowa

Mable Adams

1889 – 1965

Iowa

James Adams

1889 – 1978

Iowa

Rose Adams

1889 – 1972

Iowa

Laura Adams

1889 – 1978

Iowa

William Adams

1889 – 1971

Iowa

Inez Adams

1889 – 1972

Iowa

Anna Adams

1889 – 1980

Iowa

Roy Adams

1889 – 1963

Iowa

Emory Adams

1889 – 1962

Iowa

Charles Adams

1889 – 1969

Iowa

William Adams

1889 – 1966

Iowa

Francis Adams

1889 – 1971

Iowa

John Adams

1889 – 1971

Iowa

Jess Adams

1889 – 1972

Iowa

Eva Adams

1889 – 1975

Iowa

Mary Adams

1889 – 1963

Iowa

Lillian Adams

1889 – 1967

Iowa

Ava L Adams

1889 – 1990

Iowa

Mabel Adams

1889 – 1969

Iowa

Daniel Adams

1889 – 1974

Iowa

Henrietta Adams

1889 – 1981

Iowa

Bertha Adams

1889 – 1973

Iowa

Orel Adams

1889 – 1967

Iowa

Forest Adams

1889 – 1970

Iowa

William Adams

1889 – 1985

Iowa

Ray Adams

1889 – 1967

Iowa

Ivan Adams

1889 – 1976

Iowa

Mary Adams

1889 – 1981

Iowa

William Adams

1890 – 1973

Iowa

Fred Adams

1890 – 1987

Iowa

George Adams

1890 – 1967

Iowa

Katherine Adams

1890 – 1976

Iowa

Anna Adams

1890 – 1969

Iowa

Kenneth Adams

1890 – 1964

Iowa

Roy Adams

1890 – 1974

Iowa

Merl Adams

1890 – 1968

Iowa

Esther Adams

1890 – 1985

Iowa

Mary Adams

1890 – 1995

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Blanch Adams

1890 – 1966

Iowa

Edwin Adams

1890 – 1967

Iowa

Maude Adams

1890 – 1980

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Benjamin Adams

1890 – 1963

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Celia Adams

1890 – 1987

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John Adams

1890 – 1975

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Rudolph Adams

1890 – 1964

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Gayle Adams

1890 – 1984

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Omar Adams

1890 – 1975

Iowa

Bessie Adams

1890 – 1982

Iowa

Arthur Adams

1890 – 1965

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Bertha Adams

1890 – 1978

Iowa

Edith Adams

1890 – 1983

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Robert Adams

1891 – 1970

Iowa

Adelle Adams

1891 – 1964

Iowa

Edna Adams

1891 – 1984

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Hazel Adams

1891 – 1972

Iowa

Walter Adams

1891 – 1978

Iowa

Frank Adams

1891 – 1972

Iowa

Rose Adams

1891 – 1982

Iowa

Gincie Adams

1891 – 1982

Iowa

William Adams

1891 – 1968

Iowa

Walter Adams

1891 – 1969

Iowa

Pansy Adams

1891 – 1983

Iowa

Gizella Adams

1891 – 1963

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Keith Adams

1891 – 1977

Iowa

Roy Adams

1891 – 1972

Iowa

Florence Adams

1891 – 1976

Iowa

Susan Adams

1891 – 1976

Iowa

Mary Adams

1891 – 1982

Iowa

Calvin Adams

1891 – 1971

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Leo Adams

1891 – 1974

Iowa

Willard Adams

1891 – 1982

Iowa

James Adams

1891 – 1979

Iowa

Beatrice Adams

1891 – 1981

Iowa

Elsie Adams

1891 – 1984

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Beulah Adams

1891 – 1980

Iowa

George Adams

1891 – 1978

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Flora E Adams

1891 – 1990

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Bert Adams

1891 – 1973

Iowa

James Adams

1891 – 1981

Iowa

Hattie C Adams

1891 – 1975

Iowa

Avestus Adams

1891 – 1965

Iowa

George Hutson Adams

1892 – 1897

Atlas township, Pike County, Illinois

Fred Adams

1892 – 1973

Iowa

James Adams

1892 – 1980

Iowa

Violet P Adams

1892 – 1990

Iowa

Dessie C Adams

1892 – 1995

Iowa

M Adams

1892 – 1984

Iowa

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