Adams political family

The Adams family was a prominent political family in the United States from the late 18th through the early 20th centuries. Based in eastern Massachusetts, they formed part of the Boston Brahmin community. The family traces to Henry Adams of Barton St David, Somerset, in England.[1]

Adams family
Current regionMassachusetts, U.S.
Place of originBraintree, Essex, England
Connected familiesBaldwin family (U.S.)
Taft family (U.S.)
Spencer family (UK)
MottoFidem libertatem amicitiam retinebis
("Hold fast to liberty, friendship, and faith")
Estate(s)Peacefield (Quincy, Massachusetts)

The Adams family is one of four families to have produced two Presidents of the United States, the others being the Bush, Roosevelt, and Harrison families.

Members

Coat of Arms of President John Adams.
  • Samuel Adams (1722–1803), revolutionary, Delegate to the Continental Congress and Governor of Massachusetts, the second President's second cousin.
  • Samuel A. Adams (1934–1988), historian and CIA analyst.
  • John Donley Adams (born 1974), American politician and lawyer

Family tree

The following is a selective family tree of notable members of the Adams family relative to Charles Francis Adams IV:

President John Quincy AdamsLouisa Catherine JohnsonPeter Chardon BrooksAbigail [Brown]
Charles Francis Adams Sr.Abigail Brown [Brooks]George Caspar CrowninshieldHarriet [Sears]
Charles Francis Adams Jr.John Quincy Adams IIFrances Cadwalader [Crowninshield]
John Quincy Adams IIIGeorge Caspar AdamsCharles Francis Adams IIIFrances [Lovering]Frances C. AdamsArthur AdamsMargery Lee [Sargeant]Abigail ("Hitty") AdamsRobert Homans
Catherine Lovering AdamsHenry Sturgis MorganCharles Francis Adams IVMargaret [Stockton]Children 3 Sons; 1 Daughter
Five SonsAbigail AdamsJames C. MannyAllison AdamsPaul G. HaganTimothy Adams

Harvard University and the Adams family

Adams House, one of twelve residential colleges at Harvard, is named after John Adams and later members of the Adams family.

Memorials

See also

References

  1. Walker, Jane C. (2002). John Adams. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers, Inc. p. 14. ISBN 0766017044.
  2. John Adams: Biography
  3. John Adams bioguide at Congress.gov
  4. John Quincy Adams bioguide at Politicalgraveyard.com
  5. George Washington Adams bioguide at Politicalgraveyard.com
  6. Charles Francis Adams Sr. bioguide at Congress.gov
  7. John Quincy Adams II bioguide at Politicalgraveyard.com
  8. Gardner, Augustus Peabody (December 1906). "George Caspar Adams". In Huddleston, John Henry (ed.). Secretary's report. Harvard College Class of 1886. HathiTrust. Report No. 6. New York: The De Vinne Press. pp. 7–8. OCLC 903610243. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
  9. Charles Francis Adams III bioguide at Politicalgraveyard.com
  10. Thomas Boylston Adams biography at Masshist.org
  11. William E. McKibben (June 9, 1082). "Four More Years". Harvard Crimson. Retrieved August 23, 2014.
  12. Eric Pace (June 9, 1997). "Thomas B. Adams Dies at 86; Descendant of Two Presidents". New York Times. Retrieved August 22, 2014. Adams... attended Harvard College from 1929 to 1932

Further reading

  • Robert J. Maddox, "The Adamses in America," American History Illustrated, Apr 1971, Vol. 6 Issue 1, p 12-21
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