Brief Life History of John
When John Adams was born on 3 December 1815, in Henniker, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Israel Adams, was 35 and his mother, Rhoda Hawthorn, was 37. He married Mary Moors on 26 March 1840, in Hancock, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States. He died on 28 September 1843, at the age of 27.
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Sources (5)
- John Adams, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
- John Adams, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
- John Adams in entry for Roana Way, "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947"
Spouse and Children
1815–1843 Male
1811–1882 Female
Children (1)
1843–1909 Female
Parents and Siblings
1780–1865 Male
1778–1850 Female
Siblings (10)
1807–1877 Male
1810–1810 Female
1811–1848 Female
1811–1896 Female
1813– Male
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World Events (5)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 4
1820 · Making States Equal
Age 5
1825 · The Crimes Act
Age 10
Name Meaning
English, Dutch, and German (mainly northwestern Germany): patronymic from the personal name Adam . In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, e.g. Greek Adamopoulos , Serbian and Croatian Adamović (see Adamovich ), Polish (and Jewish) Adamski .
Irish and Scottish: adopted for McAdam or a Scottish variant of Adam , with excrescent -s.
History: This surname was borne by two early presidents of the US, father and son. They were descended from Henry Adams, who settled in Braintree, MA, in 1635/6, from Barton St. David, Somerset, England. The younger of them, John Quincy Adams (1767–1848) derived his middle name from his maternal grandmother's surname (see Quincy ). — Another important New England family, established mainly in NH, is descended from William Adams, who emigrated from Shropshire, England, to Dedham, MA, in 1628. James Hopkins Adams (1812–61), governor of SC, was unconnected with either of these families, his ancestry being Welsh; his forebears entered North America through PA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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