When Lewis Adams was born in 1756, in Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, United States, his father, Noah Adams, was 33 and his mother, Miriam Adams, was 28. He married Hannah Luce on 12 April 1795, in Brooklyn, Windham, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 12 January 1836, in Hartwick, Hartwick, Otsego, New York, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Hartwick, Hartwick, Otsego, New York, United States.