Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Capt. William Adams” in chapter 9, page 270 of Benjamin Cutter, William R. Cutter, History of the town of Arlington, Massachusetts, ormerly the second precinct in Cambridge, or District of Menotomy, afterward the town of West Cambridge. 1635-1879 with a genealogical register of the inhabitants of the precinct.:

...r d. 13 Sept. 1819, a. 71. He was a selectman of Camb. 1789, 1790, and assessor, 1790-1805. He resided at the South part of West Cambridge [now Belmont], known as Flob-end. He was a sergeant in Capt. William Adams 's Company, in Col. Thatcher's Regiment of Militia, which marched at the request of General Washington at taking possession of Dorchester Heights, 4 March, 1776. He was detached from Capt. John Walt...
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