Career
Adams arrived in America in 1632. He became a freeman in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1635. In 1636, he moved with Review
Hooker to Hartford, Connecticut, and was one of the original proprietors of the settlement.
In 1639 Adams was the constable (cunstable), and the official Innkeeper for the Colony. His Inn at Hartford was used as the meeting place for the legislative body of the colony, general court sessions, and for other public purposes.
The Inn was said to have been "frequented by all of the great men of the colony". lieutenant may be presumed that among these meetings, was the creation of the famous Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (1639), which was perhaps the western world"s first written constitution.
The constitution was later hidden in the Charter Oak.
On April 5, 1638, he was sent with Captain Mason on an expedition to the Warranocke Indians to trade for corn. He was: an Officer of the Court, a Tax Assessor, a collector for the town, a Juror, a Collector of Customs and traded with the Indians for the General Court of Connecticut. In 1660, he was the only resident of the colony allowed to sell wine or liquor.
Some of the land he owned is now occupied by buildings of Harvard University, and another tract of land is now a part of the Campus of Trinity College, Hartford.
A ridge named Jeremy"s Back and a river called Jeremy"s River are located near Colchester, Connecticut, and are both named after Jeremy Adams.