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The Revd. Stephen Lewis ADAMS, M.A.
1759 - 1834 (~ 74 years)
Has 4 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
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Name Stephen Lewis ADAMS Prefix The Revd. Suffix [ONS gp] M.A. Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 19 Sep 1759 - from baptism register
Baptised 15 Oct 1759 St. Michael’s Church, Blackawton, Devon, England 
- From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 9 Aug 2014):
"October 15th. was baptised Stephen Lewis Son of Thomas Adams Vicar & Elizabeth his wife - Born September 19th" - under heading 'Anno Dom. 1759'
Gender Male Education From 12 May 1777 to 1781 Pembroke College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England [1] - Matriculated 1777, graduated B.A. 1781, M.A. 1784
Ordained 9 Jun 1782 Chapel of the Blessed Virgin Mary, The Bishop’s Palace, Exeter, Devon, England To the diaconate - Ordained by Bishop John Ross of Exeter.
He was ordained to be curate of West Alvington and South Milton, for which he would receive a stipend of £40.
From CCEd (citing Devon RO, Chanter 714 (Ordination Register)) - record link.
A summary of all the data there relating to Stephen can be found here.
Occupation From 9 Jun 1782 West Alvington, Devon, England Curate - Jointly with South Milton
Occupation From 9 Jun 1782 South Milton, Devon, England Curate - Jointly with West Alvington
Ordained 20 Jun 1784 To the priesthood - (Date in Patron details section on CCEd - I think it means date he was priested)
Occupation From 1787 Slapton, Devon, England Perpetual curate - From CCEd (record link)
Not mentioned in the dispensation to hold more than one living in 1803, so Stephen had presumably ceased to be curate before then, possibly when he became Rector of Moreleigh.
Occupation From 1803 Domestic chaplain to Thomas Lister, 1st Baron Ribblesdale (1752-1826) - Another appointment was made of a domestic chaplain in 1809, so presumably Stephen ceased to be chaplain then if he had not already done so.
It was mentioned as an office he held in the dispensation of 1803.
Occupation From 1803 Moreleigh, Devon, England Rector - Stephen seems to have been Rector of Moreleigh from before 1803, the year in which he also became Vicar of Blackawton and was given permission to hold the 2 livings in pluarlity.
The value of the living of Moreleigh was shown as £90 per annum at this time.
Curates were licensed to the parish in 1790 and another in 1796. In 1790 the stipend was £35 per annum, raised to £40 by 1796.
The last Rector before Stephen shown on CCEd died in 1746; clearly Stephen did not follow immediately after him but must have been instituted sometime between 1784 and 1803.
(CCEd summary and links for Moreleigh)
Occupation From 6 Apr 1803 to 18 Jan 1834 Blackawton, Devon, England Vicar - Although not (at the time of writing) shown on the CCEd entries for Blackawton, a Vicar of Blackawton, the Revd. Richard Churward preceeded Stephen. He was buried on 21 Feb 1803 creating the vacancy which enabled Stephen to be appointed, in the steps of his father and grandfather.
The living at this time had a value of £80 per annum.
Will 22 Mar 1828 Written - This is the last Will and Testament of me
Stephen Lewis Adams of Blackawton in the County of Devon Clerk made
this twenty second day of March one thousand ^ { eight hundred and twenty } eight first I will and direct that
all my just debts and funeral expences be paid and discharnged also I give and
devise all and every the messuages lands tenements and hereditaments whatsoever
where of I am seized or entitled to as Mortgages in fee in the whole or in part
thereof and all my Estate therein unto my dear wife Dorothy Adams her heirs
executors administrators and assigns and on payment of the money which shall be
due and owing upon or in respect of the several mortgages affecting or charging
the several premises to convey assign and assure the several and respective
Messuages Lands and Hereditaments unto and for the person or persons and his
her and their heirs executors adminsitrators and assigns who at the time of making
such respective payments shall be entitled to ^ {the} redemption or equity of redemption
of aid in the said respective mortgaged premises or to such person or persons as
he she or they shall direct or appoint and I direct that the receipt of ^ {my} said wife
shall be at all times a sufficient discharge and lastly I hereby give and bequeath
all my monies securities for money goods chattels and Personal Estate of what
nature or kind soever unto my said wife and hereby appoint her whole and sole
Executrix of this my will hereby revoking all former Wills and Testaments by
me made In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day
and year first above written - Stepn Lewis Adams {LS} - Signed sealed
published and declared by the said Stephen Lewis Adams the Testator as and
for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have hereunto set our
names as witnesses in his presence and in presence of each other - Abraham
Mills Hawkins - Thomas Battershill - Sally Clowter./.
Buried 18 Jan 1834 St. Michael’s Church, Blackawton, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 9 Aug 2014):
"Rev. S.L. Adams Vicr. No. 407., abode Vicarage, bur. Janry. the 18th, age: 75, ceremony performed by: Robt. Barter, Off.g Minister" - under heading 'Burials ... Blackawton ... 1833', after change to 1834 indicated in left margin
Death duty record 1836 - Index shows testator: Adams, Revd S. L., residence: Blackawton Devon, Executor: D Adams Kingsbridge, Court: PC, Register 1, Folio: 1 HL(?)
TNA ref: IR27/236
(images of index on FMP)
Probate 1 Jan 1836 Prerogative Court of Canterbury, London, England - Proved at London 1st January 1836 before the Judge by the Oath of
Dorothy Adams Widow the Relict the sole Executrix to whom Admon was granted
having been first sworn by Commission duly to Administer
Siblings1 brother and 1 sister Patriarch & Matriarch 
The Revd. John ADAMS, B.A., b. Est 1667, bur. 10 Mar 1732/33, St. Michael’s Church, Blackawton, Devon, England (Age ~ 66 years) (Grandfather) 
Elizabeth CREED, bur. 21 Sep 1803, St. Michael’s Church, Blackawton, Devon, England (Mother) Person ID I16796 All Last Modified 18 Nov 2015
Father The Rev. Thomas ADAMS, M.A., b. 4 Oct 1723, bur. 14 Nov 1794, St. Michael’s Church, Blackawton, Devon, England (Age ~ 71 years) Mother Elizabeth CREED, bur. 21 Sep 1803, St. Michael’s Church, Blackawton, Devon, England Married 21 Apr 1747 St. Michael’s Church, Blackawton, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 9 Aug 2014):
"April. 21st: were married Mr. Thomas Adams. & Mrs. Elizabeth Creed" - under heading 'Anno Dni. 1747.'
Family ID F6809 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 1 Mary HAYNE, b. Cal 1747, bur. 6 Sep 1820, St. Michael’s Church, Blackawton, Devon, England (Age ~ 73 years) Married 12 Aug 1794 St. Michael’s Church, Blackawton, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 9 Aug 2014):
"No 283 The Revd Stephen Lewis Adams of this Parish Clerk
and Miss Mary Hayne of this
Parish Spinster were
Married in this Church by Licence this
Twelfth Day of August in the Year One Thousand Seven
Hundred and Ninety four by me Thos. Adams Vicar
This Marriage was solemnized between Us { Stephen Lewis Adams, Mary Hayne
In the Presence of S. Srale(?), Dorothy Hawkins"
No baptisms of any children of this marriage in Blackawton; since Mary appears to have been aged about 47 when the marriage took place this is not surprising.
Last Modified 9 Aug 2014 Family ID F6810 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 2 Dorothy HAWKINS, b. Abt 1759, bur. 24 Mar 1846, St. Michael’s Church, Blackawton, Devon, England (Age ~ 87 years) Married 5 Mar 1821 St. Michael’s Church, Blackawton, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 9 Aug 2014):
"Stephen Adams Clerk of this Parish
and Dorothy Hawkins
and of this Parish
also
were married in this Church by Licence with Consent of
[blank space] this fifth Day of
march in the Year One thousand eight hundred and twenty one
By me Charles Barter Off.g. Minister
This Marriage was solemnized between us { Stepn. Lewis Adams, Dorothy Hawkins
In the Presence of { Mary Wise Hawkins, Andrew(?) Mills Hawkins"
Dorothy Hawkins, who Stephen married the year after becoming a widower, was a witness to his first marriage and remembered by his first wife in her will (described as 'my friend')
Last Modified 9 Aug 2014 Family ID F6812 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Sources - [S313] Alumni Oxonienses (1715-1886), Joseph Foster, (http://www.oua.ox.ac.uk/enquiries/membersguide.html ), p. 7, col. 2, vol. A-D (http://www.oua.ox.ac.uk/enquiries/membersguide.html : accessed 9 Aug 2014) (Reliability: 3).
"Adams, Stephen Lewis, s. Thomas, of Black Auton, Devon, cler. Pembroke Coll., matric. 12 May, 1777, aged 17, B.A. 1781, M.A. 1784"