Re: Adams NC>VA? more surnames...
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Adams NC>VA? more surnames...
3/08/01
The Adams/McCormick line of which my husband is a direct line is through John Adams b. c1700 in Holland. Entered American via the Delaware River 1735, moved to PA. at the time Cornwallis overran NJ, then took his family to VA 1775-76.Catherine Adams, sixth child of John Adams, m. Andrew McCormick in VA 15 March 1777.Andrew McCormick had come to American from Scotland/Ireland on a sloop "The Diana" captained by his brother.John Adams and Andrew McCormick I are both buried in (Catawba) NC.After the death of her father and husband, Catherine emigrated to MO with a large group of travlers headed by her oldest son Joseph and second son Andrew McCormick II.Catherine is buried in the Bellevue Presbyterian Cemetery, Caledonia, MO.