Brief Life History of Samuel
When Samuel Adams was born on 19 May 1809, in Stoke upon Trent, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Adams, was 36 and his mother, Sarah Heath, was 35. He died about July 1809, in his hometown, at the age of 0, and was buried in Burslem, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Samuel Adams, "England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944"
Parents and Siblings
1772–1829 Male
1774–1846 Female
Siblings (15)
1793–1857 Female
1796–1831 Female
1798–1865 Male
1799– Male
1801–1827 Female
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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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