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     John Adams was the son of Henry Adams.¹ John Adams married Agnes Stone.¹

     President John Adams, 2nd President of the United States was born on 30 October 1735 in his father's house, Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts, (or 19 Oct 1735).² He was the son of John Adams and Susanna Boylston. He graduated from Harvard College 1755, became a lawyer and was admitted to the bar 1758. Removed to Boston in 1768, elected to the Legislature 1770, served in the Continental Congress 1774-8, a signer of the Declaration of Independence 1776, went to Europe 1779 and negotiated with Franklin and John Jay the peace treaty in 1782, was U.S. Minister to England 1785-8, and served as Vice President under Washington from 1789 to 1797 when he was elected the second President of United States. Upon his failure of re-election in 1801 he returned to Quincy to the homestead he had bought in 1787, known as the Vassall Mansion on Adams St., Quincy where he spent the remainder of his life, and which estate was occupied by his son, John Quincy Adams, grandson Charles Francis Adams, and great grandson Brooks Adams until the latter's death in 1927 when it was opened as the Adams Memorial, and finally acquired by the Federal government as a National Historic Site in 1946.³ President John Adams, 2nd President of the United States married Abigail Smith, daughter of Rev. William Smith and Elizabeth Quincy, on 25 October 1764 in Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.^1,4 President John Adams, 2nd President of the United States died on 4 July 1826 in Quincy at the age of 90 the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Jefferson also died the same day.²

     John Quincy Adams was born in 1833.¹ He was the son of Charles Francis Adams and Abigail Brown Brooks.¹ John Quincy Adams married Frances Cadwallader Crowninshield in 1861 children.¹ John Quincy Adams died in 1894.¹

     Lt. John Quincy Adams was born on 16 December 1815.² He was the son of Thomas Boylston Adams and Ann Harrod.¹ Lt. John Quincy Adams died in October 1854 at the age of 38 lost at sea from U.S. Frigate Albany.²

     President John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States was born on 11 July 1767 in the house standing at the corner of Franklin St. & Independence Ave., Quincy (now Braintree), Massachusetts. He was the son of President John Adams, 2nd President of the United States and Abigail Smith.¹ In 1778, John Quincy Adams accompanied his father to Europe and studied at Paris and Leyden and in 1782 went to St. Petersburg as secretary to Francis Dana, the U.S. envoy to Russia. Returned in 1785 and graduated at Harvard in 1787 and became a lawyer in Boston in 1790. From 1794 to 1801, he was U.S. Minister to Holland, Portugal, and Prussia. In 1802 served in the Massachusetts Senate and in 1803 as U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, from 1809 to 1814 was U.S. Minister to Russia and in 1814 negotiated the Treaty of Ghent, was Minister to England 1815-17 and from 1817 to 1825 was Secretary of State for President Monroe whom he succeeded as President from 1825 to 1829. From 1831 to his death in 1848 he served as a member of Congress from Massachusetts.
President John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States married Louisa Catherine Johnson, daughter of Hon. Joshua Johnson and Catherine Nuth, on 26 July 1797 in All Hallows, Barking, London, "July 24 1796 - John Quincy Adams, Esq., of Boston in North America, Bachelor, above 21, & Louisa Catherine Johnson, of All Hallows, Barking, London, spinster, above 21; at All Hallows Barking aforesaid". Marriage Licences issued from the Faculty Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury at London 1543-1869. President John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States died on 23 February 1848 in Washington, District of Columbia, at the age of 80 during a session of Congress.² He was buried in Braintree.³

     Joseph Adams was born on 4 January 1688/89 in Braintree.^1,2 He was the son of Joseph Adams Jr. and Hannah Bass.¹ Joseph Adams graduated in 1710 from Harvard.¹ He was ordained on 16 November 1715 at Newington, New Hampshire.² He died on 26 May 1783 in Newington, New Hampshire, at the age of 94.¹

     Joseph Adams was born on 9 February 1626 in Kingweston, Somerset.⁴ He was the son of Henry Adams and Edith Squire.^2,3 Joseph Adams married Abigail Baxter, daughter of Gregory Baxter and Margaret Paddy, on 2 November 1650.^1,4 Joseph Adams died on 6 December 1694 in Braintree, Massachusetts, at the age of 68.^5,4 Joseph Adams was a maltster and inherited his father's homestead, since after about 1651 all the other children had left Braintree. He was one of the selectmen in 1673, constable about 1689, and surveyor of highways 1693. A Joseph Adams who was made Freeman of the Colony May 18, 1653 at Boston seems to be this same man.⁴

     Lt. Joseph Harrod Adams was born on 16 December 1817.¹ He was the son of Thomas Boylston Adams and Ann Harrod.² Lt. Joseph Harrod Adams died on 4 October 1853 at the age of 35 on the ship Powhattan on the Perry expedition to Japan. Buried at Macao, China.¹

     Joseph Adams Jr. was born on 24 December 1654 in Braintree, Massachusetts.² He was the son of Joseph Adams and Abigail Baxter.¹ Joseph Adams Jr. married firstly Mary Chapin, daughter of Josiah Chapin and Mary King, in 1682.¹ Joseph Adams Jr. married secondly Hannah Bass, daughter of John Bass and Ruth Alden, in 1688 at Braintree.^1,2,3 Joseph Adams Jr. married thirdly Elizabeth Hobart, daughter of Caleb Hobart and Mary Eliot, circa 1708.² Joseph Adams Jr. died on 12 February 1736/37 in Braintree at the age of 82.⁴ He was elected selectman in 1699, constable 1700, surveyor of highways 1715, selectman 1716, 1717, surveyor 1720. He was in King Philips War in 1676.
Lived on the Captains Plain at North end near present Granite & Center Sts. Quincy, and left most of his homestead to son Ebenezer by will who also lived there and probably built a new house as at Ebenezer's death there were two houses on the place.²

     Louisa Catherine Adams was born in 1811 in St. Petersburg, Russia.² She was the daughter of President John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States and Louisa Catherine Johnson.¹ Louisa Catherine Adams died in 1812.¹

     Louisa Catherine Adams was born in 1831.¹ She was the daughter of Charles Francis Adams and Abigail Brown Brooks.¹ Louisa Catherine Adams married Charles Kuhn in 1854 no issue.¹ Louisa Catherine Adams died in 1870.¹

     Mary Adams was born in 1846.¹ She was the daughter of Charles Francis Adams and Abigail Brown Brooks.¹ Mary Adams married Henry Parker Quincy, son of Edmund Quincy and Lucilla Pinckney Parker, on 20 June 1877 children.^1,2 Mary Adams died in 1928.¹

     Mary B. Adams married Rev. William Sewall, son of William Sewall and Sarah Ladd, on 5 April 1883 in Castine, Maine,, the marriage was performed by the Rev. William Forsyth.^1,2 Mary B. Adams died on 12 October 1892 in Templeton of paralysis after a few hours illness.³

     Mary Louisa Adams was the daughter of John Adams and Mary Catherine Hellen.

     Nathan Adams was born on 9 August 1763.¹

     Norman J. Adams was born on 30 March 1912 in England.¹ He died on 12 November 2002 in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, at the age of 90.²

     Pauline Adams was the daughter of Simon Adams and Hannah Taft.¹ Pauline Adams married Dr. Reuben Goodale, son of Ezekiel Goodale and Elenor Gill.¹

     Sarah Adams married Samuel Northend, son of Lieut. Samuel Northend and Susanna Scott, on 2 June 1780.¹ Sarah Adams died in 1839.¹

     Sarah B. Adams was born on 24 November 1815 in Gilmanton, New Hampshire.¹ She married Franklin Whittier in 1835.¹

     Simon Adams was born in 1746 in New Malboro, Massachusetts.¹ He married Hannah Taft, daughter of Robert Taft and Deborah Lovett.¹ In 1775 he entered the army as sergeant and in 1781 commanded a company of Berkshire county, Massachusetts militia.¹ Simon Adams died in 1825 in Columbia, New York.¹

     Susanna Adams was born on 28 December 1768 in Boston.² She was the daughter of President John Adams, 2nd President of the United States and Abigail Smith.¹ Susanna Adams was baptised on 1 January 1769 at Boston by the Rev. Samuel Cooper, pastor of the Brattle Street Church. She died on 4 February 1770 at the age of 1.¹

     Susanna Boylston Adams was born on 8 August 1796 in New York.² She was the daughter of Charles Adams and Sarah Smith.¹ Susanna Boylston Adams married firstly Lt. Charles Thomas Clark U.S.N. on 3 August 1817 at Quincy, Massachusetts.² Susanna Boylston Adams married secondly William R.H. Treadway on 28 April 1833 no issue.^1,2 Susanna Boylston Adams died in 1884.¹

     Thomas Boylston Adams was born on 15 September 1772 in Quincy.¹ He was the son of President John Adams, 2nd President of the United States and Abigail Smith. Thomas Boylston Adams graduated in 1790 from Harvard and eventually became Chief Justice for the Southern Circuit of the Court of Common Pleas. He married Ann Harrod, daughter of Joseph Harrod and Anna Treat, on 16 May 1805 in Haverhill after marriage he lived in the mansion, Adams St. until 1811 when he removed to the John Adams birthplace, Franklin St. About 1820 he returned to the mansion until John Quincy Adams returned to Quincy in 1829 when they removed to Elm St. where he died, and occupied till 1903 by his children.^1,2 Thomas Boylston Adams died on 12 March 1832 at the age of 59.¹

     Thomas Boylston Adams was born on 4 August 1809.² He was the son of Thomas Boylston Adams and Ann Harrod.¹ Thomas Boylston Adams died on 14 December 1837 in Fort Dade, Florida, at the age of 28 of intermittent fever.²

     Walter Day Adams. Wine and spirit merchant of Dover.² Walter Day Adams's birth was registered in the quarter ending March 1855 in the Great Torrington, Devon registration district.³ The marriage of Walter Day Adams and Alice Maria Elizabeth (?) Watts was registered in the quarter ending December 1883 in the Dover registration district.³

     William Adams married Elizabeth Ward Middleton, daughter of Samuel Ward Middleton and Catherine Taliaferro Hooe, on 23 September 1817.¹ William Adams died circa December 1817.¹

     Anne or Barbara Addison married Col. Thomas Brooke.

     Blanche Adickes was born circa 1860 in South Carolina.^1,2 She was the daughter of H.F. Adickes and Mary Withers.¹ Blanche Adickes married John Robert Lindsay, son of John Franklin Lindsay and Rosanna Whitman Gardiner Trott, in 1880.¹ Blanche Adickes died on 19 April 1941 in York, South Carolina.³