Samuel Adams Sr.
Samuel Adams Sr. (1689–1748) was an American brewer, father of American Founding Father Samuel Adams, and first cousin once removed of John Adams.
Biography
[edit]He was born in Boston, on May 16, 1689 to Captain John Adams (1661–1702) and Hannah Adams (nee Webb). He was a deacon in the Congregational Church.[1]
He was a Boston Caucus member with Elisha Cooke.[2] Advertisements from Boston suggest that Adams Sr. owned and sold at least one "Carolina Indian" slave in 1716.[3]
In 1740, he helped create a Land Bank, in Massachusetts Bay Colony, using paper money to promote commerce, with a scarcity of gold and silver coins. In July 1741, the House of Commons passed a bill destroying the land bank, by making shareholders liable for the bank's debts.[4][5]
Family
[edit]In 1713, he married Mary Fifield (1694–1748).[1] They had twelve children. Three survived into adulthood, including Samuel Adams.[6] Adams Sr. died in 1748.
In the marriage of Samuel Adams Sr. and Mary Fifield, twelve children were born, three of whom survived:
- Aaron Adams (1713–1740)
- Richard Adams (1715–1716)
- Mary Adams (1717–1767) – married James Allen (1708–1755)
- Hannah Adams (1720–1721)
- Samuel Adams (1722–1803) – founding father of the United States, governor of Massachusetts from 1793 to 1797.
- John Adams (1724–1726)
- John Adams (1727–1738)
- Joseph Adams (1728-1762)
- Thomas Adams (1731–1732)
- Sarah Adams (1733–1734)
- Abigail Adams (1735–1736)
- Mehitable Adams (1740–1741)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Mark Puls (28 July 2015). Samuel Adams: Father of the American Revolution. St. Martin's Press. pp. 31–. ISBN 978-1-250-09144-4.
- ^ Andrew Stephen Walmsley (1 October 2000). Thomas Hutchinson and the Origins of the American Revolution. NYU Press. pp. 19–. ISBN 978-0-8147-9370-1.
- ^ Navin, John J. (2019-12-31). The Grim Years. University of South Carolina Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctvgs0bnf. ISBN 978-1-64336-055-3. S2CID 213094122.
- ^ John K. Alexander (13 January 2004). Samuel Adams: America's Revolutionary Politician. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 5–. ISBN 978-1-4616-4278-7.
- ^ Harlow Unger (2011). American Tempest: How the Boston Tea Party Sparked a Revolution. Da Capo Press. pp. 16–. ISBN 978-0-306-81976-6.
- ^ Michael Burgan (1 January 2005). Samuel Adams: Patriot and Statesman. Capstone. pp. 16–. ISBN 978-0-7565-1069-5.
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