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Its members include U.S. presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams. The two presidents and their descendants are also descended from John Alden , who came to the United States on the Mayflower . The Adams family is one of four families to have produced two presidents of the United States by the same surname; the others being the Bush ...
Barack Obama is thus far the only president to have ancestry from outside of Europe; his paternal family is of Kenyan Luo ancestry. He is also believed to be a direct descendant of John Punch, a colonial-era slave born in modern-day Cameroon. [2] There is no evidence that any president has had Indigenous American ancestry.
Henry Adams (January 21, 1583 – October 6, 1646) was an English colonial farmer. Also known as Henry Adams of Braintree, he was a patrilineal emigrant ancestor of U.S. Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams, [1] [2] 2nd great grandfather of U.S. Founding Father Samuel Adams, and 9th great grandfather of U.S. President Calvin Coolidge.
[9] Together, John and Susanna were parents of the following children: John Adams (1735–1826), the 2nd president of the United States. Peter Boylston Adams (1738–1823), a farmer, militia captain of Braintree, Massachusetts. Elihu Adams (1741–1775), a company commander in the militia during the American Revolution who died from dysentery.
John Adams Sr. (February 8, 1691 – May 25, 1761), also known as Deacon John, was an American colonial farmer and minister. Adams was the father of the second U.S. president , John Adams Jr. , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and paternal grandfather of the sixth president, John Quincy Adams . [ 4 ]
A unique document containing notes written by future President John Quincy Adams in preparation for his first case before the Supreme Court is for sale for $75,000.. In 1804, Adams, then a U.S ...
The Adams family is a family of politicians from the United States.Below is a list of members. Samuel Adams (1722–1803), delegate to the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention 1779 1788, Massachusetts State Senator 1781, candidate for U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 1788, Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts 1789–94, Governor of Massachusetts 1793–97.
Charles Adams (1770–1800) Thomas Boylston Adams (1772–1832) George Washington Adams (1801–1829) John Adams II (1803–1834) Charles Francis Adams Sr. (1807–1886) Abigail Brown Adams (née Brooks) (1808–1889) Frances Cadwalader Crowninshield (1839–1911) John Quincy Adams II (1833–1894) Charles Francis Adams Jr. (1835–1915) Henry ...