1636-1637) was a shoemaker and churchwarden in Ipswich who was excommunicated from the Anglican Church in 1636.
[1] Clement Corbet, Chancellor of Diocese of Norwich complained to Matthew Wren, Bishop of Norwich (5 December 1635 - 24 April 1638) that “There be too many Adames in that towne, both Ecclesiasticks and Laickes”.
Adams emigrated with his wife Ann to New England, settling in Dedham, Massachusetts.
[2] Ferdinando Adams fulfilled the role of churchwarden - a lay official of the parish – at St Mary le Tower, Ipswich at a time when William Laud, as newly appointed Archbishop of Canterbury initiated the Laudian reforms in the organisation of church space - for which the churchwarden was responsible.
[3] These reforms were contentious amongst puritans, for many of whom Ipswich was their home.