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This project began in 2002 and has been steadily growing ever since. Although what follows may give the idea that this project is for Americans - it is not, it is a global project.
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| Adams family | |
|---|---|
Motto: " Fidem libertatem amicitiam retinebis" (Faith, freedom and fidelity) | |
| Current region | Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Place of origin | Braintree, Essex, England |
| Connected families | Baldwin family (U.S.) Taft family (U.S.) Spencer family (UK) |
| Estate(s) | Peacefield, Quincy, Massachusetts |
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 surname Adams stems from Henry Adams of the county of Somerset in Great Britain.[1]
The Adams family is one of only four families to have produced two Presidents of the United States, the others being the Bush family, the Roosevelt family, and the Harrison family.
Members[edit]
- Henry Adams (1583–1646) born Barton St David, Somerset, England, first of the clan who immigrated to New England, United States.[2]
- John Adams Sr. (1691–1761)
- John Adams (1735–1826), second President of the United States, married Abigail Adams (née Smith) (1744–1818).[3]
- John Quincy Adams (1767–1848), sixth President of the United States, married English-born Louisa Adams (née Johnson) (1775–1852).[4]
- George Washington Adams (1801–1829), member of Massachusetts state legislature.[5]
- John Adams II (1803–1834), private secretary to his father.
- Charles Francis Adams Sr. (1807–1886), U.S. Congressman and Ambassador to the United Kingdom.[6]
- John Quincy Adams II (1833–1894), lawyer and politician.[7]
- George Caspar Adams (1863–1900), prominent college athlete and football coach at Harvard University.[8]
- Charles Francis Adams III (1866–1954), 44th Secretary of the Navy, mayor of Quincy, Massachusetts.[9]
- Charles Francis Adams IV (1910–1999), first president of Raytheon.
- Charles Francis Adams Jr. (1835–1915), brigadier-general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and president of the Union Pacific Railroad from 1884 to 1890.
- John Adams (1875–1964), married Marian Morse.
- Thomas Boylston Adams (1910–1997), executive, writer, and political candidate.
- John Adams (1875–1964), married Marian Morse.
- Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918), prominent author and political commentator, married Marian Hooper Adams (née Hooper) (1843–1885).
- Brooks Adams (1848–1927), historian and political scientist.
- John Quincy Adams II (1833–1894), lawyer and politician.[7]
- Charles Adams (1770–1800), New York lawyer.
- Thomas Boylston Adams (1772–1832), Massachusetts legislator and judge.[10]
- John Quincy Adams (1767–1848), sixth President of the United States, married English-born Louisa Adams (née Johnson) (1775–1852).[4]
- Elihu Adams (1741–1775), soldier.
- John Adams (1735–1826), second President of the United States, married Abigail Adams (née Smith) (1744–1818).[3]
- Samuel Adams (1722–1803), the second President's second cousin.
- Samuel A. Adams (1934–1988), historian and CIA analyst.
- John Donley Adams (born 1974), American politician and lawyer.