EBENEZER ADAMS, CAPTAIN OF THE COLONIAL MILITIA

I am fascinated when I see the names of some of our ancestors, and I realize that those relatives  are the reason some streets and areas in Richmond are named the way they are!  Bremo Road, for example!  That cannot be a coincidence - I don't have any proof, but I just believe they must be connected in some way!

From Debra:
EBENEZER ADAMS, CAPTAIN OF THE COLONIAL MILITIA

OUR 6th GREAT GRANDFATHER

Our sixth great grandfather, Ebenezer Adams, was born in England. According to ship’s records, he arrived in the Virginia Colony in 1714.

In Virginia, he received land grants of 3,983 acres of land in New Kent County and Henrico County.

In 1731, he became Captain of the Colonial Militia in Virginia.

And here is how our family’s history connects to this distinguished early American citizen, Captain Ebenezer Adams:

In 1718, he married Tabitha Cocke, who was the daughter of Richard Cocke the Younger of Bremo and Anne Bowler.

The children of his marriage to Tabitha included a daughter named Anne Adams (1731-1775), who married our Colonel Francis Smith (1705-1760) the Elder.  These two, Francis Smith and Anne Adams, thus became our 5th great grandparents.

Their son, Francis Smith the Younger, is the one who moved from Virginia to Georgia and then fathered Ebenezer Smith, who in turn fathered Reuben Ebenezer Smith, who then fathered Robert Toombs Smith, who fathered Oswell Scott Smith…who married Florine Butler/our Granny Smith…and then the two of them had a child named Margaret Elizabeth Smith. And the rest is history!

So simple, right?