Adam Spach was born in 1720 at Pfaffenhofen, Alsace, Germany. He and his father immigrated to America in 1733. When they reached America, he was bound out for six years to pay part of the passage. At the end of the six years he settled at Manakosy, Maryland. He married Maria Elisabeth Hueter in 1752, at Frederickstown, Maryland. They had nine children, 1753-1771. They moved to North Carolina in 1753 and settled near Wachovia, North Carolina. He died at Friedberg, North Carolina, in 1801.