Misc: Letter from John & Mary Adams to children: Chester County, Pennsylvania Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Wilma Fleming Haynes . *********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: Printing this file within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** I posted a letter from my 3rd gr grandmother Mary (DAVIS) ADAMS.. Today I am going to post a letter her husband John 5) ADAMS written 4 May 1800.. Also, for those of you who have asked the descent, this is John's line of descent from Henry 1) ADAMS of Braintree, Nofolk, Massachusetts. John 5) ADAMS md 1775 Mary DAVIS Michael 4) ADAMS md 1731 Sarah BRYANT John 3) ADAMS md 1685 Mychael 3) BLOICE Peter 2) ADAMS md 1650 Rachel 2) NEWCOMB Henry 1) ADAMS md 1609 Edith 1) SQUIRE John -1) ADAMS md 1576 Agnes -1) STONE Henry -2) ADAMS md 1553 Rose -1) ............... John -3) ADAMS md 1525 Alice/Alys -1) .................. Robert -4) ADAMS md bef 1500 ............. Here is his letter.. where there is an 's' he puts the 'f' know what I mean? Don't know how to explain that strange 's' that looks like a figure 8 slanted to the right, only like an 'f'..... with the lower part below the line... [so much trying to explain that one!] "Charlestown, Chester county, PA May ye 4th, 1800 Dear Children these lines comes with all our kind love to you and all your family hoping that this will find you all in good health as we are at present thanks to the allmighty for his mercies we receivd your letter of January ye 26th which, suprises us that you folks last was so moderate and gives us satisfaction to hear that your country is so lively in trade. your aples and [fidnen/siden?] is not much [-e--ven] than the [ivas -ath..] us your [salt?] [.....] To hear you will be of great benifit to you and your neighborhood and likewise your county town. to hear it will make your country flurish but to return to our country. We have a fine spring our crops of winter grains I think never looked better our friut trees has blossoms in abudance and very likely to have fruit a plenty our meadows and clover fields looks very well. Now don't all this cause a wish in you to be back again and leave your [--ooden] country. But perhaps youll say that you have seen our [parts] for its prosperity but I never seen yours. perhaps some of us may visit this fall we have talked of it strong to come out after harvest. No more at present but our kind love to you all. John and Mary Adams." John died 9 years later on 23 December 1809.. he is buried at the St Peters Church Yard in Chester county, Pennsylvania, next to his son John who died at 13 years of age, and to his sister Mary ADAMS.