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About Deacon John Adams, Sr.
Buried in Hancock Cemetery Quincy Norfolk County Massachusetts, USA
John Adams (1690–1761), was a fourth-generation descendant of Henry Adams, who emigrated from Braintree, England to Massachusetts Bay Colony in about 1636. The town was named Braintree after the town from which they had emigrated. He is descended from a Welsh male line called Ap Adam. His father was a farmer, a Congregationalist (that is, Puritan) deacon, a lieutenant in the militia and a selectman, or town councilman, who supervised schools and roads. His wife, Susanna Boylston Adams, was a descendant of the Boylstons of Brookline.
Adams was a modest family, but the Adams felt acutely the responsibility of living up to the family heritage: the founding generation of Puritans, who came to the American wilderness in the 1630s and established colonial presence in America. The Puritans of the great migration “believed they lived in the Bible. England under the Stuarts was Egypt; they were Israel fleeing …to establish a refuge for godliness, a city upon a hill.” By the time of their son, John Adams's birth in 1735, Puritan tenets such as predestination were no longer as widely accepted, and many of their stricter practices had mellowed with time, but John Adams “considered them bearers of freedom, a cause that still had a holy urgency.” It was a value system he believed in, and a heroic model he wished to live up to.
John Adams (1690/1-1761) lived all his life in Braintree MA. His residence was at 143 Franklin Street. He was a cordwainer and farmer who accumulated some wealth and was able to educate his children. His is often known as Deacon John Adams, probably to distinguish him from his illustrious son, President John Adams.
A farmer, a Congregationalist (that is, Puritan) deacon, a lieutenant in the militia and a selectman, or town councilman, who supervised schools and roads.
John Adams Birth: 1691 Death: 1761
Father of 2nd United States President John Adams. Episcopal Deacon.
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Parents:
Joseph Adams (1654 - 1737)
Hannah Bass Adams (1662 - 1705)
Spouse:
Susanna Boylston Adams (1699 - 1797)
Children:
John Adams (1735 - 1826)
Elihu Adams (1741 - 1775)
Burial: Hancock Cemetery Quincy Norfolk County Massachusetts, USA Maintained by: Find A Grave Record added: Jun 13, 1998 Find A Grave Memorial# 3068
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Deacon John Adams, Sr.'s Timeline
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February 8, 1691
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Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
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March 15, 1691
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Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
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March 15, 1691
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Braintree, (Now Quincy), Norfolk, MA
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October 19, 1735
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Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
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October 16, 1738
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Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
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May 29, 1741
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Braintree, (Now Quincy), Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
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| 1761 |
May 25, 1761
Age 70
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Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
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1761
Age 69
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Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts
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Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts
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