Nelly Hawkins Adams
- Name
- Nelly Hawkins Adams
- Given Name
- Nelly
- Family Name
- Hawkins Adams
- Alternate Name
- Nelly Hawkins
- Nelly Adams
- Birth Date
- 1800
- Sex
- Female
- Description
- Nelly Hawkins Adams was born in approximately 1800. She was the daughter of Isaac Hawkins and the sister of Charles Hawkins, Patrick Hawkins, James Hawkins, and Isaac Hawkins. She was enslaved at White Marsh when the 1838 sale was being planned and is listed as "married off." She married Peter Adams and was the mother of Cornelius Adams, Henrietta Adams Ware, Cecilia Adams, and Rutha Adams Powell.
- Spouse of
- Peter Adams
- Place of Significance
- White Marsh (Bowie, Maryland)
- Source Resource
- http://onthesegrounds.georgetown.domains/omeka/api/items/2554
- Child Of
- Isaac Hawkins
Part of Nelly Hawkins Adams