McADAM: – The McAdain family came originally from Scotland. Dr. Joseph McAdam resided on Coan River, in the County of Northumberland, Virginia. He married in July 1744, Sarah Anne Gaskins, widow of John Pinkard. In 1788 he made deeds of gift to his son. George T. McAdam, and daughters Charlotte Taylor, Anne Keene, Martha McAdam and Janetta Brown. His will, dated April 20, 1788, and proved Dec. 9, 1788, names his wife Sarah Anne and children as follows: George Thomas, married Sarah Eustice Gaskins. daughter of Colonel Thomas Gaskins and Hannah Hull, his wife. Had issue John McAdam. John died without issue. In his -will he asks that he be buried by his father at Coan, and a tombstone be placed over him. The will was proved Dec. 13, 1784; Charles; Martha, died unmarried in 1791-1794; Charlotte married Taylor and had Sarah Anne Taylor; Sarah C. married Colonel Edwin Conway, son of George Conway, and had issue Sarah, married Colonel James Elwell; Janetta, second daughter of Dr. Joseph McAdam, married October 20, 1771, William Brown, son of George and Margaret Brown, of North Britain; Anne married Thomas Keene and had issue Betsey McAdam Keene, born February 2, 1786; Joseph McAdam Keene, born August 9, 1788; Anne, born Oct. 5, 1789; Janetta, born April 19. 1791; John Newton Thomas Gaskins Edward Keene, born September 3, 1796, and Sarah Gaskins Edward Keene. Elizabeth died before her father, and married Lindsay Opie, and had Anne, Janetta and Leroy Opie, living in 1788.

SOURCE: Vol, IX, No 12, April 1921 Genealogy: a journal of American ancestry