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.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Adams 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]
Career
[edit | edit source]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 | edit source]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)
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