 1742 - 1807 (65 years)
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| Name |
John ADAMS |
| Suffix |
,of Chequer Hall farm,Ballyweaney,County Antrim |
| Born |
1742 |
Chequer Hall, Ballymoney, County Antrim  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
12 Aug 1807 |
| Buried |
the Kilraughts old Church Graveyard, County Antrim, Northern Ireland |
| Person ID |
I21117 |
Kirkpatrick Family |
| Last Modified |
23 Oct 2017 |
| Family |
Elizabeth BORELAND, ,of Ballyboyland, b. 1746, d. 8 Feb 1824 (Age 78 years) |
| Married |
Abt 1765 |
| Children |
| | 1. John ADAMS, ,Farmer,of Ballyboyland, b. 1769, d. 19 Jun 1837, Ballyboyland, Ballymoney, County Antrim , Northern Ireland (Age 68 years) |
| | 2. Mary ADAMS, b. 1771, Chequer Hall, Ballymoney, County Antrim , d. 12 Jul 1835, Summerville Cemetery , Augusta, Georgia, USA (Age 64 years) |
| | 3. Elizabeth ADAMS, b. 1773, Northern Ireland , d. 14 Jan 1848, Garvagh , County Derry, Northern Ireland (Age 75 years) |
| | 4. Ann ADAMS, b. 1780, d. 1865 (Age 85 years) |
| | 5. Martha ADAMS, b. 1783, d. 1860 (Age 77 years) |
| | 6. Jane ADAMS, b. 1785, Chequer Hall, Ballymoney, County Antrim , d. 11 May 1848 (Age 63 years) |
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| Last Modified |
5 Apr 2013 |
| Family ID |
F7952 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- John Adams was one of the pioneers of the industrial revolution in Antrim .
He had a farm at Ballyweaney (later called Chequer Hall farm) and he registered the freehold of this farm on 30th October, 1780. In the 18th century weaving was usually carried on by weavers working in their own houses, but John Adams was before his time in that he erected a weaving shed on his farm. Here he employed quite a lot of weavers to produce "Chequer" linen, which was woven with blue and white linen thread in the pattern of a chequerboard. The thread was spun and dyed, as well as woven on the premises. There was a substantial trade in Chequer both in Great Britain and in the United States of America. It was particularly popular for the curtains and hangings of four-poster beds of that period. The Chequer was stamped with a brass stamp bearing an illustration of a spinning wheel and the words ... "Jn. Adams, Loughgeel, Antrim" ... round the outside. This brass stamp was found some years age in one of the fields at Chequer Hall when it was being ploughed and came into the possession of J.B. Hamilton, solicitor, of Ballymoney. John Adams died in 1807, and after his death the manufacture at Chequer Hall gradually ceased, and the weaving shed was converted into an ordinary farm building. Ref:Roots in Ulster Soil, by Mullins and Mullins
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