When Nathan Adams was born on 19 September 1795, in Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Asa Adams, was 38 and his mother, Abigail Curtis, was 35. He married Mehitable "Hilty" Wilkins about 1817, in Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Rutland, Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States in 1795. He died on 30 July 1856, in Eden, Lamoille, Vermont, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Eden, Lamoille, Vermont, United States.