Greetings jaywit,
I too am working on the Adams family of Chacombe. Joseph Adams and Elizabeth Hall are the first parents of all the Chacombe Adams. From what you have mentioned you come through their daughter Elizabeth Adams who married Thomas Watts. I come through Joseph and Elizabeth's youngest son William Adams baptized 2 Feb 1737. 1736 = 1737 (Because of Old English New Years). He married Ann somewhere in the 1760's.
Their first born son: Joseph Adams baptized 7 Nov 1762 in Chacombe is my Ancestor. In the 1780's he went and took up work in Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire supposedly as an Agricultural Laborer.
He was married to Catherine Elliott 12 Oct 1789 in Souldern, Oxfordshire, England. From the years 1790-1791 both Joseph and his wife Catherine were off traveling. Where to... who knows. They had a child somewhere in those years. Then in 1792 they found their way to Walmersley, Lancashire, England where they had my Ancestor John Adams born 13 Jun 1792. On 8 Jul 1792 he was baptized in St John Church, Bury, Lancashire, England. Not long after his birth his family was on the move again. They headed south. They came to a place called Akeley, Buckinghamshire, England in 1794 where they had a son named William. William was later baptized in St Peter and St Paul Church, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England. In 1797 his sister Sarah was born in Buckingham and baptized in the Parish Church. From at least 1799-1805 he and his wife moved to the nearby Parish of Padbury where they had three more daughters. At some point after 1805 they returned to Buckingham. Joseph Adams was buried 25 Jan 1820 in the Parish Church of Buckingham: St Peter and St Paul Church. As can be seen... my part of the family traveled quite a bit.
I am wondering if you could share more about what you know on the Adams family and the Watts family that are children of Elizabeth Adams Watts.
I am also trying to track down the Adams family line. Another marriage record in Chacombe hints on to the family coming from Farnborough. This is a nearby parish in Warwickshire. I have searched the parish and have found two individuals that appear as though they may be the Parents of Joseph Adams the husband of Elizabeth Hall. Their names were Richard Adams and Rebecca Adams. It does not appear they were married in Northamptonshire or Warwickshire. It appears as though they may have been married in Oxfordshire.
Any help you can offer is appreciated.
Shawn
