Biographical Facts
Birth:
Braintree (Quincy), Massachusetts, October 30, 1735
Ancestry:
English
Father:
John Adams
Birth:
Quincy, Massachusetts, January 28, 1691
Death:
Quincy, Massachusetts, May 25, 1761
Occupation:
Farmer
Mother:
Susanna Boylston Adams
Birth:
Brookline, Massachusetts, March 5, 1709
Death:
Quincy, Massachusetts, April 17, 1797
Brothers:
Peter Boylston Adams (1738-1823); Elihu Adams (1741-1776)
Marriage:
Weymouth, Massachusetts, October 25, 1764
Wife:
Abigail Smith
Birth:
Weymouth, Massachusetts , November 22, 1744
Death:
Quincy, Massachusetts, October 28, 1818
Children:
Abigail Amelia Adams (1765-1813); John Quincy Adams (1767-1848); Susanna Adams (1768-1770); Charles Adams (1770-1800); Thomas Boylston Adams (1772-1832)
Religious Affiliation:
Unitarian
Education:
Attended Private Schools; Harvard (B.A., 1755)
Occupations Before Presidency:
Teacher; Lawyer
Prepresidential Offices:
Member of Massachusetts legislature; Delegate to First and Second Continental Congress of Massachusetts; Member of Provincial Congress of Massachusetts; Commissioner to France; Minister to the Netherlands and England; United States Vice President
Inauguration Age:
61
Occupation After Presidency:
Writer
Death:
Quincy, Massachusetts, July 4, 1826
Place of Burial:
First Unitarian Church, Quincy, Mass.
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