Brief Life History of John Quincy
When John Quincy Adams Sr. was born on 7 November 1829, in Adams, Ohio, United States, his father, Robert Clinton Adams I, was 40 and his mother, Nancy Auxier, was 37. He married Margaret Amanda McEldowney on 8 February 1850, in Lewis, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Green Township, Adams, Ohio, United States in 1850 and Union Township, Scotland, Missouri, United States in 1880. He died on 13 May 1902, in Lawnridge, Scotland, Missouri, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Lawnridge, Scotland, Missouri, United States.
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- John Adams in household of Nancy Adams, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: John Quincy Adams - Church record: birth: 7 November 1827;
- Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1841
Historical Boundaries 1841: Scotland County created from Non-County Areas 19, 26, and 27.
1858
Historical Boundaries: 1858: Scotland, Missouri, United States of America
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.
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