MA Family Group Sheet for the John ADAMS Family


Husband: John ADAMS
Birthdate: 8 Feb 1691
Birthplace:
Death date: 25 May 1761
Place of death: Massachusetts
Burial:
Father: Joseph ADAMS
Mother: Hannah BASS

Marriage date: Oct 1734
Marriage place: Massachusetts

Wife: Susanna BOYLSTON
Birthdate: 5 Mar 1708
Birthplace: Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
Death date: 17 Apr 1797
Place of death: Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
Burial:
Father: Peter BOYLSTON
Mother: Ann WHITE

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: John ADAMS Jr
Sex: M
Birthdate: 30 Oct 1735
Birthplace: Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
Death date: 4 Jul 1826
Place of death: Peacefield, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
Burial: United First Parish Church in Quincy
Marriage date: 25 Oct 1764
Marriage place: Smith home, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
Spouse's name: Abigail SMITH

Child No. 2: Peter Boylston ADAMS
Sex: M
Birthdate: 16 Oct 1738
Birthplace: Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
Death date: deceased
Place of death:
Burial:
Marriage date: 20 Aug 1768
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: Mary CROSBY

Child No. 3: Elihu ADAMS
Sex: M
Birthdate: 29 May 1742
Birthplace: Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
Death date: 18 Mar 1776
Place of death:
Burial:
Marriage date: 20 Sep 1765
Marriage place: Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
Spouse's name: Thankful WHITE
 

Documentation:
* John and Susanna Boylston Adams are the parents of John Adams, the second President of the United States.
* John sent his eldest son to Harvard intending that he become a minister. He was a devout Puritan and did not want his son to live the difficult life of a farmer.
* Susanna remarried after John's death to Lt. John Hall in 1766. She was reputed to have a 'fiery temper'.

[Most of this information was taken from Wikipedia, some from a few family trees on the Internet.]
 


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