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Adams' birthplace in Quincy, Massachusetts. John Adams was born on October 30, 1735 (October 19, 1735, Old Style, Julian calendar), to John Adams Sr. and Susanna Boylston.He had two younger brothers: Peter (1738–1823) and Elihu (1741–1775). [2]
John Adams was born on October 30, 1735, [a] to John Adams Sr. and Susanna Boylston. He had two younger brothers, Peter and Elihu. [4] Adams was born on the family farm in Braintree, Massachusetts. [5] [b] His mother was from a leading medical family of present-day Brookline, Massachusetts.
Judah (left) talking to Tamar (right) (1606–1669), by Rembrandt. Judah is the fourth son of the patriarch Jacob and his first wife, Leah: his full brothers are Reuben, Simeon and Levi (all older), and Issachar and Zebulun (younger), and he has one full sister, Dinah.
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 ]
[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. is a 2001 biography of the Founding Father and second U.S. President John Adams, written by the popular American historian David McCullough, which won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography. It was adapted into the 2008 television miniseries of the same name by HBO Films.
Terence Banks — brother of Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Phil Banks and Schools Chancellor David Banks — was gloating about his influence with the Adams administration right up to the time ...
John Adams is a 2008 American television miniseries chronicling U.S. Founding Father and president John Adams's political life and his role in the founding of the United States. The miniseries was directed by Tom Hooper and starred Paul Giamatti in the title role. Kirk Ellis wrote the screenplay based on the 2001 biography John Adams by David ...