Eliphalet Adams

{{Infobox Christian leader

| type = Priest

| honorific-prefix = The Reverend

| name = Eliphalet Adams

| ordination = February 9, 1709

| ordained_by = Gurdon Saltonstall

| birth_date = {{birth date|1677|03|26}}

| birth_place = Dedham, Massachusetts

| death_date = {{death date and age|1753|10|04|1677|03|26}}

| death_place = New London, Connecticut

| parents = {{ubl|Rev. William Adams|Mary Manning}}

| spouse = {{marriage|Lydia Pygan |December 15, 1709}}

| alma_mater = Harvard University

}}

Eliphalet Adams ({{IPAc-en|ə|ˈ|l|aɪ|f|ə|l|ɛ|t}}; March 26, 1677 — October 4, 1753) was an eminent minister of New London, Connecticut. He graduated from Harvard University in 1694.{{cite book | title = Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896 | publisher = Marquis Who's Who | year = 1963}} He was ordained February 9, 1709, and died on October 4, 1753, aged 76. Dr. Chauncy spoke of him as a great "Hebrician".

He published a sermon on the death of Rev. James Noyes of Stonington; election sermons, 1710 and 1733; a discourse, occasioned by a distressing storm on March 3, 1717; a thanksgiving sermon in 1721 and gave a sermon on the death of Gov. Leverett Saltonstall I in 1724.

He spoke at the ordinations of William Gager, May 27, 1725 and Thomas Clap, 1726; and at a discourse before a society of young men in 1727.Allen, William. An American Biographical and Historical Dictionary: Containing an Account of the Lives, Characters, and Writings of the Most Imminent Persons in North America From Its First Settlement, and a Summary of the History of the Several Colonies and of the United States. 2nd ed. Boston: Hyde, 1832.