John 'the maltster' Adams, Sr., of Boston

Not the same as Capt. John Adams, of Annapolis Royal, who married Hannah Adams

Grandfather of patriot Samuel Adams

Biography

John Adams was born 27 Dec 1661 in Braintree, Massachusetts, the son of Joseph Adams and Abigail Baxter. [2]. He died on 2 Nov 1702[3] in Braintree, Norfolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay. [4]

His wife was Hannah Webb. After his death, his widow married Samuel Winkley.

Children of Hannah Webb and John Adams, malster:

1. Hannah
2. John b. 1687
3. Samuel
4. Abigail
5. John b. 1693
6. Joseph
7. Mary
8. Thomas
9. Abijah

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Disambiguation

From History of the town of Durham, New Hampshire : (Oyster River Plantation) with genealogical notes by Stackpole, Everett Schermerhorn, (1850-1927). Page 3-4. < Archive.Org >

Several persons named John Adams have been confused by some genealogists. John, son of Alexander Adams, seems to have died before 1684. See Suffolk Deeds, XIII, 222. John Adams, malster, son of Joseph Adams, malster, married Hannah Webb and died 2 Nov. 1702. His widow married 12 Dec. 1705, Samuel Winkley, and died in 1707. This John Adams had children, (i) Samuel born 6 May 1689, who married 21 April 1713, Mary Fifield, and had son, Samuel Adams, the patriot, born 16 Sept. 1733; (3) Hannah who married 22 Sept. 1710, Samue Holbrook of Weymouth; (3) Abigail born 6 Oct. 1691, died 4 July 1712; (4) John born 4 Nov. 1693, bound out in 1707. He chose uncle Peter Adams for guardian; (s) Joseph born 20 Dec. 169s, bound out; (6) Mary born 20 Dec. 1695; (7) Bethiah born 20 Aug. 1697, died 8 Dec. 1702; (8) Thomas born 2 March 1700; (9) Abijah born 11 May 1702, who married 1725, Deborah Cutler, and later had second and third wife. He died 9 Feb. 1768, aged 66.

I am indebted to Miss Virginia Hall, genealogist, of Boston, for much information about these often confused persons, named John Adams, of Boston.

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A Genealogical Dictionary Of The First Settlers Of New England By James Savage, Former President Of The Massachusetts Historical Society Baltimore Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Originally Published Boston, 1860-1862:

JOHN, Boston, merch. third s. of Joseph the first, by w. Hannah, d. of Christopher Webb, had Hannah, b. 24 Jan. 1685; John, 27 Sept. 1687; both at Braintree; Samuel, 6 May 1689 (wh. by w. Mary was f. of Samuel, b. 16 Sept. 1722, H. C. 1740, one of the chief promoters of the Amer. Revo. 1765, and Gov. of Mass. wh. d. 2 Oct. 1802); and by sec. w. Hannah, d. of Anthony Checkley, Esq. m. 19 Oct. 1694, had Joseph, and Mary, tw. 20 Dec. 1695; Thomas, 29 Mar. 1701; and Abijah, 11 May 1702. He d. bef. 20 Jan. 1712."

Comment: Apparently Savage muddled the two John Adamses.

• Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees by SmartCopy: Dec 29 2014, 6:41:55 UTC
• https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofd02stac/page/2/mode/2up
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Checkley-1 “Hannah Checkley born December 19 1674, married as second wife Oct. 19, 1694, Capt John Adams, who by his first wife was the father of Samuel Adams and Grandfather of the distinguished Revolutionary Patriot, Gov. Samuel Adams … [Hannah Checkley married a John Adams, Jr., cordwainer. Hannah Webb was Capt. John Adams only wife].
• Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via wife Hannah Adams (born Checkley) by SmartCopy: Dec 29 2014, 6:41:55 UTC
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6693182/john-adams
• The Vinton memorial, comprising a genealogy of the descendants of John Vinton of Lynn, 1648: also, genealogical sketches of several allied families ... With an appendix containing a history of the Braintree iron works, and other historical matter.
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Adams-270 Muddles the wife