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     Of Medford.¹ Edward H. Adams was born in 1791.² He was the son of Nathan Adams.³ Edward H. Adams married Rebecca Wolcott, daughter of Edward Kitchin Wolcott and Hannah Sewall.¹

     Elizabeth Adams married George Best, son of George Best and Elizabeth (Unknown), on 19 January 1792.¹ Elizabeth Adams died on 6 December 1844 in New Brentford, Middlesex.¹

     Elizabeth Coombs Adams was born on 9 February 1808.² She was the daughter of Thomas Boylston Adams and Ann Harrod.¹ Lived all her life in Quincy. One of her hobbies was preserving family mementoes and chronicling family history in the form of notes and marginalia.³ Elizabeth Coombs Adams died on 13 June 1903 at the age of 95 unmarried.²

     Ernest Douglas Adams's birth was registered in the quarter ending December 1884 in the Thanet, Kent, registration district.³ He was the son of Walter Day Adams and Alice Maria Elizabeth Watts.^4,5 Ernest Douglas Adams was christened on 8 February 1885 at Holy Trinity Church, Margate, Kent.⁶ He married Lilias Gordon (Queenie) Fraser, daughter of Alfred William Fraser and Clara Phillips, on 14 February 1922 in St. Philip's, Kensington.² In 1945 at Crossways, Bloxham, Oxfordshire, he was a Flight Lietenant in the Royal Air Force and executor of the estate of Lt. Colonel Frederick John Fraser. Ernest Douglas Adams died on 15 August 1963 probably in Folkestone, Kent, at the age of 78.⁷

     Esther Meriel Adams was born in 1840.¹ She was the daughter of Abraham Adams and Esther Painter Chandler.¹ Esther Meriel Adams married Henry Moses Pollard in 1863.² Esther Meriel Adams died in 1904.¹

     Florence Adams was born in August 1895 in Ohio.¹ She was the daughter of Francis Marion Adams and Mary Myrtle Sewall.¹

     Frances Foster Adams was born on 22 June 1811.² She was the daughter of Thomas Boylston Adams and Ann Harrod.¹ Frances Foster Adams died on 4 March 1812.²

     Francis Marion Adams was born on 4 August 1868 in Pennsylvania.¹ He married Mary Myrtle Sewall, daughter of Noah Amos Sewall and Mary Adeline Kuhn, on 28 November 1888 in Bethel, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.¹ Francis Marion Adams died on 17 November 1910 in Mantua, Portage, Ohio, at the age of 42.

     Frank Hartman Adams was born on 1 June 1893 in Mantua, Portage, Ohio.¹ He was the son of Francis Marion Adams and Mary Myrtle Sewall.²

     Fred Sewall Adams was born on 31 May 1893 in Mantua, Portage, Ohio.² He was the son of Francis Marion Adams and Mary Myrtle Sewall.¹ Fred Sewall Adams married Ruth L. Scott on 30 June 1915 in Portage County, Ohio.³ Fred Sewall Adams appears on the census of 1930 where he is living with his mother and step-father. He is described as single.¹

     Frederick Adams was born circa 1836 in Maine.¹

     George Washington Adams was born on 13 April 1801 in Berlin, Germany, at half past three in the afternoon.^1,2 He was the son of President John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States and Louisa Catherine Johnson.¹ George Washington Adams was baptised on 4 May 1801 at Berlin by the Revd. William Proby, chaplain to the Legation. He graduated in 1821 from Harvard.² He died on 28 April 1829 at the age of 28 unmarried.^1,2

     Georgiana Frances Adams was born circa 10 September 1830.¹ She was the daughter of John Adams and Mary Catherine Hellen. Georgiana Frances Adams died on 20 November 1839 in Quincy, Massachusetts, aged 9yrs. 2ms. 10ds.¹

     Henry Adams was born on 21 January 1583 in Parish of Barton St. David, Somerset.² He was the son of John Adams and Agnes Stone.² Henry Adams married Edith Squire, daughter of Henry Squire, on 19 October 1609 in Charlton Mackrell, Somerset.² Henry Adams died on 8 October 1646 in Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts, at the age of 63.^1,3

     Henry Adams was the son of John Adams.¹

     Henry Brooks Adams. Novelist and historian.² He was born on 16 February 1838 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.^1,3 He was the son of Charles Francis Adams and Abigail Brown Brooks.¹ Henry Brooks Adams married Marian Hooper in 1872, no issue.¹ Henry Brooks Adams died on 27 March 1918 in Washington, District of Columbia, at the age of 80.^1,3

     Ian Day Adams MBE was born on 11 March 1923 in Hampstead, London.² He was the son of Ernest Douglas Adams and Lilias Gordon (Queenie) Fraser.¹ Ian Day Adams MBE died on 5 August 2017 in King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, at the age of 94.

     Isaac Hull Adams was born on 26 May 1813.² He was the son of Thomas Boylston Adams and Ann Harrod.¹ Isaac Hull Adams died on 5 November 1900 at the age of 87 unmarried.²

     John Adams was born on 8 February 1690/91 in Braintree, Massachusetts. He was the son of Joseph Adams Jr. and Hannah Bass. He was a farmer.¹ John Adams married Susanna Boylston, daughter of Peter Boylston and Ann White, on 23 November 1734 in Brookline, Massachusetts. John Adams died on 25 May 1761 in Braintree, Massachusetts, at the age of 70.

     John Adams was born on 4 July 1803 in Boston at 3 a.m.^1,2 He was the son of President John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States and Louisa Catherine Johnson.¹ John Adams married Mary Catherine Hellen on 25 February 1828 in the White House, Washington. John Adams died on 23 October 1834 in Washington, District of Columbia, at the age of 31 having fallen overboard from a steamboat on passage to Washington.¹

     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. 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.^1,3 President John Adams, 2nd President of the United States died on 4 July 1826 in Quincy at the age of 90 being the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Jefferson also died the same day.²

     John Quincy Adams was born on 22 September 1833 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.² He was the son of Charles Francis Adams and Abigail Brown Brooks.¹ John Quincy Adams married Frances Cadwallader Crowninshield on 29 April 1861 in Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, issue.³ John Quincy Adams died on 14 August 1894 in Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, at the age of 60.⁴

     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".² 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.³ He was buried in Braintree.⁴

     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.² He was the son of Henry Adams and Edith Squire.^3,4 Joseph Adams married Abigail Baxter, daughter of Gregory Baxter and Margaret Paddy, on 2 November 1650.^1,2 Joseph Adams died on 6 December 1694 in Braintree, Massachusetts, at the age of 68.^5,2

     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.¹ He was the son of Joseph Adams and Abigail Baxter.² Joseph Adams Jr. married firstly Mary Chapin, daughter of Josiah Chapin and Mary King, in 1682.² Joseph Adams Jr. married secondly Hannah Bass, daughter of John Bass and Ruth Alden, in 1688 at Braintree.^2,1,3 Joseph Adams Jr. married thirdly Elizabeth Hobart, daughter of Caleb Hobart and Mary Eliot, circa 1708.¹ 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.¹