Adams John b. 1661 d.

1661 -

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Birth 1661 [1]

Gender Male

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Person ID I5161 Alan Donald Vibber

Last Modified 08 Dec 2009

Father Adams Joseph

Mother Baxter Abigail, d. 27 Aug 1692

Family ID F2156 Group Sheet

Family 1 Hannah

Married Y [1]

Children

Family ID F2177 Group Sheet

Family 2 Checkly Hannah

Married Y [1]

Children

Family ID F2178 Group Sheet

Notes	Captain John Adams, brother of Joseph, at the head of the last paragraph, was the grandfather of Samuel Adams the Patriot, signer of the Declaration of Independence, Governor of Massachusetts, &c., &c. He had by his first wife Hannah , 1. Hannah, b. 24 Jan. 1685. 2. John, b. 28 Sept. 1687. 3. Samuel, of Boston, father of Samuel the Patriot, bapt. 12 May, 1689; m. Mary, only dau. of Richard Fyfield of Boston, 21 April, 1713; d. 8 March, 1748. By his 2d wife, Hannah, dau. of Anthony Checkley, Esq., he had, 4. Joseph, b. 20 Dec. 1695. 5. Mary (twin of Joseph) m. Samuel Jones of Boston, 12 May, 1715. They were m. by Rev. Mr. John Webb. 6. Thomas, b. 29 March, 1701. 7. Abijah, b. 11 May, 1702; m. Deborah Cutler, 1725; d. 1768. He lived in Boston,' and was many years Clerk of Faneuil Hall Market, to which office he was chosen 23 March, 1753.

[S271] The life and public services of Samuel Adams: being a narrative of his acts and opinions, and of his agency in producing and forwarding the American Revolution. With extracts from his correspondence,state papers, and political essays, William Vincent Wells, (Name: Little, Brown, and Company, 1865;), 424 (Reliability: 3).