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margin:10px;"><a class="nohover" href="/wiki/Privacy#Open"><img src="/images/icons/privacy60.png.pagespeed.ce.40ChhYgHYM.png" title="Privacy Level: Open" alt="Privacy Level: Open (White)" width="60" height="60" border="0"></a> </span> <h1> <span itemprop="name">Samuel Adams Jr</span> (1722 - 1803) </h1> </div> </div>  </div> <div class="container full-width"> <div id="ancestorTreeContainer" style="display:none;"></div> </div> <div id="content" class="container"> <div class="sixteen columns"> <div id="descendantsContainer" style="display:none;"></div> </div> <div class="ten columns"> <div class="VITALS"><span class="large"> <strong><span itemprop="givenName">Samuel</span></strong> <meta itemprop="familyName" content="Adams"/> <strong><a href="/genealogy/ADAMS" title="Click here for the surname index page">Adams</a></strong> <strong><span itemprop="honorificSuffix">Jr</span></strong> </span></div> <div class="VITALS">Born <strong><time itemprop="birthDate" datetime="1722-09-16">16 Sep 1722</time></strong> in <strong><span itemprop="birthPlace" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name">Boston, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay</span></span></strong><a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Boston, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay" target="_map"><img src="/images/icons/map.gif.pagespeed.ce.dRGS_qcAFb.gif" border="0" width="12" height="11" alt="map"></a></div> <span data-mid="3650" class="showHideTree button small" style="float:right; clear:right; margin-left:5px; padding:3px;" title="Ancestors in a pedigree-style family tree chart">Ancestors <img src="/images/icons/pedigree.gif.pagespeed.ce.4kSwuvQoBH.gif" border="0" width="8" height="11" alt="ancestors"></span> <div class="VITALS">Son<meta itemprop="gender" content="male"/> of <span itemprop="parent" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a href="/wiki/Adams-13527" itemprop="url" title="Father: b. 6 May 1689 Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts son of &nearr; John Adams &searr; Hannah Webb"><span itemprop="name">Samuel Adams I</span></a></span> and <span itemprop="parent" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a href="/wiki/Fifield-1" itemprop="url" title="Mother: b. 7 May 1694 Boston, Middlesex (now Suffolk) County, Massachusetts daughter of &nearr; Richard Fifield &searr; Mary Thurston"><span itemprop="name">Mary (Fifield) Adams</span></a></span> </div>  <div class="VITALS">Brother of <span itemprop="sibling" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a href="/wiki/Adams-18924" itemprop="url" title="brother b. 1713 Braintree, Massachusetts Bay Colony"><span itemprop="name">Aaron Adams</span></a></span>, <span itemprop="sibling" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a href="/wiki/Adams-18925" itemprop="url" title="brother b. 1715 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony"><span itemprop="name">Richard Adams</span></a></span>, <span itemprop="sibling" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a href="/wiki/Adams-18926" itemprop="url" title="sister b. 1717 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts"><span itemprop="name">Mary (Adams) Allen</span></a></span>, <span itemprop="sibling" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a href="/wiki/Adams-18927" itemprop="url" title="sister b. 1720 Boston, MA"><span itemprop="name">Hannah Adams</span></a></span>, <span itemprop="sibling" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a href="/wiki/Adams-18928" itemprop="url" title="brother b. 1724 Boston, MA"><span itemprop="name">John Adams</span></a></span>, <span itemprop="sibling" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a href="/wiki/Adams-18929" itemprop="url" title="brother b. 1727 Boston, MA"><span itemprop="name">John Adams</span></a></span>, <span itemprop="sibling" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a href="/wiki/Adams-18930" itemprop="url" title="brother b. 1728 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay"><span itemprop="name">Joseph Adams</span></a></span>, <span itemprop="sibling" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a href="/wiki/Adams-18931" itemprop="url" title="brother b. 1731 Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony"><span itemprop="name">Thomas Adams</span></a></span>, <span itemprop="sibling" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a href="/wiki/Adams-18932" itemprop="url" title="sister b. 1733 Boston, MA"><span itemprop="name">Sarah Adams</span></a></span>, <span itemprop="sibling" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a href="/wiki/Adams-18933" itemprop="url" title="sister b. 1735 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony"><span itemprop="name">Abigail Adams</span></a></span> and <span itemprop="sibling" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a href="/wiki/Adams-18934" itemprop="url" title="sister b. 1740 Boston, MA"><span itemprop="name">Mehitable Adams</span></a></span> </div> <div class="VITALS">Husband of <span itemprop="spouse" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="/wiki/Checkley-23" itemprop="url" title="wife b. 1725-03-15 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts"><span itemprop="name"><strong>Elizabeth (Checkley) Adams</strong></span></a></span> — married 1749 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts<a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts" target="_map"><img src="/images/icons/map.gif.pagespeed.ce.dRGS_qcAFb.gif" border="0" width="12" height="11" alt="map"></a> </div> <div class="VITALS">Husband of <span itemprop="spouse" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="/wiki/Wells-8008" itemprop="url" title="wife b. 1735-00-00 Boston, Suffolk, MA"><span itemprop="name"><strong>Elizabeth (Wells) Adams</strong></span></a></span> — married 6 Dec 1764 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony<a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony" target="_map"><img src="/images/icons/map.gif.pagespeed.ce.dRGS_qcAFb.gif" border="0" width="12" height="11" alt="map"></a> </div>  <span id="showHideDescendants" data-mid="3650" class="button small" style="float:right; clear:right; margin-left:5px; padding:4px;" title="Descendants list with grandchildren etc.">Descendants <img src="/images/icons/descendant-link.gif.pagespeed.ce.otv5KRfaLm.gif" border="0" width="8" height="11" alt="descendants"></span> <div class="VITALS">Father of <span itemprop="children" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="/wiki/Adams-18619" itemprop="url" title="Son: b. 14 Sep 1750 Boston, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay "><span itemprop="name">Samuel Adams</span></a></span>, <span itemprop="children" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="/wiki/Adams-18613" itemprop="url" title="Son: b. 16 Oct 1751 Boston, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay "><span itemprop="name">Samuel Adams</span></a></span>, <span itemprop="children" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="/wiki/Adams-18620" itemprop="url" title="Son: b. 23 Jun 1753 Boston, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay "><span itemprop="name">Joseph Adams</span></a></span>, <span itemprop="children" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="/wiki/Adams-18618" itemprop="url" title="Daughter: b. 23 Jun 1754 Boston, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay "><span itemprop="name">Mary Adams</span></a></span>, <span itemprop="children" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="/wiki/Adams-18614" itemprop="url" title="Daughter: b. 21 Jun 1756 Boston, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay mother of → Elizabeth (Wells) Randall "><span itemprop="name">Hannah (Adams) Wells</span></a></span> and <span itemprop="children" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="/wiki/Adams-18617" itemprop="url" title="Son: b. 6 Jul 1757 Boston, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay "><span itemprop="name">Infant Adams</span></a></span> </div> <div class="VITALS">Died <strong><time itemprop="deathDate" datetime="1803-10-02">2 Oct 1803</time></strong> <span title="Born 302 years ago; died at age 81">at age 81</span> in <strong><span itemprop="deathPlace" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name">Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States</span></span></strong><a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States" target="_map"><img src="/images/icons/map.gif.pagespeed.ce.dRGS_qcAFb.gif" border="0" width="12" height="11" alt="map"></a> </div> <div class="SMALL" style="background-color:#ffe183;"> <span class="problemQuestionLink button small" data-mnamedb="Adams-42" style="float:right; clear:right; margin:2px; padding:3px;" title="Open Problems and Questions Guide">Problems/Questions</span> <span title="Managers care for the profile and lead the collaboration">Profile managers</span>: <a href="/wiki/Adams-12030" title="Click to visit Al's WikiTree profile">Al Adams</a> <a href="#" class="privateMessageLink" data-who="5847827" data-ref="5240" rel="nofollow" title="Send a private message to Al about this profile"><img src="/images/icons/mail.gif.pagespeed.ce.Q4d4kzofWu.gif" border="0" width="15" height="11" alt="private message"/></a> [<a href="#" class="privateMessageLink" data-who="5847827" data-ref="5240" rel="nofollow" title="Send a private message to Al about this profile">send private message</a>] and <a href="/wiki/WikiTree-13" title="Click to visit American Revolution Project's WikiTree profile">American Revolution Project WikiTree</a> <a href="#" class="privateMessageLink" data-who="10988142" data-ref="5240" rel="nofollow" title="Send a private message to American Revolution Project about this profile"><img src="/images/icons/mail.gif.pagespeed.ce.Q4d4kzofWu.gif" border="0" width="15" height="11" alt="private message"/></a> [<a href="#" class="privateMessageLink" data-who="10988142" data-ref="5240" rel="nofollow" title="Send a private message to American Revolution Project about this profile">send private message</a>]</div> <div class="SMALL" style="background-color:#e1efbb;">Profile last modified <time itemprop="modifiedDate" datetime="2024-09-23">23 Sep 2024</time> | Created 14 Dec 2008</div><div class="SMALL" style="background-color:#eee;">This page has been accessed 30,415 times.</div> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <table style="border:3px solid #000; border-color: #93ce40; background-color: #e1f0b4; margin:3em auto; font-size:95%;clear:both; width:95%"> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td rowspan="1" style="text-align: center; width: 30%; valign:center;"><b>Preceded by</b><br/><span><b>3rd Governor</b><br/><a href="/wiki/Hancock-2" title="Hancock-2">John Hancock</a></span></td> <td style="valign:center; width: 40%; text-align: center; font-size:105%; color: #4d6600; line-height:150%;" rowspan="1"><b>Samuel Adams</b><br/> <b>4th Governor<br/>of Massachusetts</b><div align="center"><a href="/wiki/Image:State_Seals-51.png" class="image" title="Mass. Governor"><img alt="Mass. Governor" src="/photo.php/thumb/e/e1/State_Seals-51.png/85px-State_Seals-51.png" width="85" height="85" border="0" class="scale-with-grid"/></a></div>1793—1797</td> <td rowspan="1" style="valign:center; text-align: center; width: 30%;"><b>Succeeded by</b><br/><span><b>5th Governor</b><br/><a href="/wiki/Sumner-558" title="Sumner-558">Increase Sumner</a></span></td> </tr> </table> <div class="projectbox"><table><tr><td valign="center"> <table style="float:left; margin: 0 5px 0 0;width:75px"> <tr> <td> <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:1776"><img alt="1776" src="/photo.php/thumb/e/eb/Cooper-1.jpg/55px-Cooper-1.jpg" width="55" height="74" border="0" class="scale-with-grid"/></a> </td></tr> </table></td><td valign="center">Samuel Adams Jr participated in the American Revolution.<br/>Join: <a href="/wiki/Project:1776" title="Project:1776">1776 Project</a><br/>Discuss: <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/tag/1776" class="external text" title="https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/tag/1776" rel="nofollow"><span class="TAG">1776</span></a></td></tr></table></div> <table id="toc" class="toc" summary="Contents"><tr><td><div id="toctitle"><h2>Contents</h2></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Biography"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Biography</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Birth"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Birth</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Marriage_and_Children"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Marriage and Children</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Patriot_Leader"><span class="tocnumber">1.3</span> <span class="toctext">Patriot Leader</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Formation_of_a_New_Government"><span class="tocnumber">1.4</span> <span class="toctext">Formation of a New Government</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Death"><span class="tocnumber">1.5</span> <span class="toctext">Death</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Sources"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Sources</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </td></tr></table><script type="text/javascript">if(window.showTocToggle){var tocShowText="show";var tocHideText="hide";showTocToggle();}</script> <a name="Biography"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline">Biography</span></h2><div style="width:250px; min-height:50px; float:right; clear:right; display: flex; align-items: center; margin:2px 2px 2px 20px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: #ccc; box-shadow: 1px 1px 2px #888888;"><div style="display: flex; align-items=stretch;"><div style="min-width:50px; margin:0px 5px 0px 2px; display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: space-around;"><a href="/wiki/Project:Notables"><img alt="Notables Project" src="/photo.php/a/a2/WikiTree_Image_Library-37.png" width="50" height="50" border="0" class="scale-with-grid"/></a></div></div><div class="SMALL">Samuel Adams Jr is Notable.</div></div><div style="width:250px; min-height:50px; float:right; clear:right; display: flex; align-items: center; margin:2px 2px 2px 20px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: #ccc; box-shadow: 1px 1px 2px #888888;"><div style="display: flex; align-items=stretch;"><div style="min-width:50px; margin:0px 5px 0px 2px; display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: space-around;"><a href="/wiki/Project:1776"><img alt="1776 Project" src="/photo.php/thumb/b/b2/Thornton-1863-4.jpg/38px-Thornton-1863-4.jpg" width="38" height="50" border="0" class="scale-with-grid"/></a></div></div><div class="SMALL">Samuel Adams Jr was a Founding Father in the American Revolution.</div></div><div style="width:250px; min-height:50px; float:right; clear:right; display: flex; align-items: center; margin:2px 2px 2px 20px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: #ccc; box-shadow: 1px 1px 2px #888888;"><div style="display: flex; align-items=stretch;"><div style="min-width:50px; margin:0px 5px 0px 2px; display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: space-around;"><a href="/wiki/Image:Clark-9587-1.jpg" class="image" title="SAR insignia"><img alt="SAR insignia" src="/photo.php/thumb/6/6b/Clark-9587-1.jpg/45px-Clark-9587-1.jpg" width="45" height="50" border="0" class="scale-with-grid"/></a></div></div><div class="SMALL">Samuel Adams Jr is an <a href="http://www.sar.org/" class="external text" title="http://www.sar.org/" rel="nofollow">NSSAR</a> Patriot Ancestor.<br/>NSSAR Ancestor #: <a href="https://sarpatriots.sar.org/patriot/display/101570" class="external text" title="https://sarpatriots.sar.org/patriot/display/101570" rel="nofollow">P-101570</a><br/>Rank: Signer, Declaration of Independence</div></div><div style="width:250px; min-height:50px; float:right; clear:right; display: flex; align-items: center; margin:2px 2px 2px 20px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: #ccc; box-shadow: 1px 1px 2px #888888;"><div style="display: flex; align-items=stretch;"><div style="min-width:50px; margin:0px 5px 0px 2px; display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: space-around;"><a href="/wiki/Image:Mindy_s_Working_Space_5.png" class="image" title="Daughters of the American Revolution"><img alt="Daughters of the American Revolution" src="/photo.php/thumb/6/62/Mindy_s_Working_Space_5.png/43px-Mindy_s_Working_Space_5.png" width="43" height="50" border="0" class="scale-with-grid"/></a></div></div><div class="SMALL">Samuel Adams Jr is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, <a href="https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A000577" class="external text" title="https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A000577" rel="nofollow">A000577</a>.</div></div><div style="width:250px; min-height:50px; float:right; clear:right; display: flex; align-items: center; margin:2px 2px 2px 20px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: #ccc; box-shadow: 1px 1px 2px #888888;"><div style="display: flex; align-items=stretch;"><div style="min-width:50px; margin:0px 5px 0px 2px; display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: space-around;"><a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:One_Name_Studies"><img alt="" src="/photo.php/thumb/2/27/Photos_Experiments.gif/28px-Photos_Experiments.gif" width="28" height="50" border="0" class="scale-with-grid"/></a></div></div><div class="SMALL">This profile is part of the <a href="/wiki/Project:Adams" title="Project:Adams">Adams Name Study</a>.</div></div> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Adams" class="external text" title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Adams" rel="nofollow">Samuel Adams</a> was an American statesman, political philosopher, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. As a politician in colonial Massachusetts, Adams was a leader of the movement that became the American Revolution, and was one of the architects of the principles of American republicanism that shaped the political culture of the United States. He was a second cousin to President John Adams. </p> <a name="Birth"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline"> Birth </span></h3> <p>Samuel Adams was born on 16 Sep 1722 in Boston, Massachusetts.<sup id="_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="#_note-0" title="">[1]</a></sup> He was a son of <a href="/wiki/Adams-13527" title="Adams-13527">Samuel Adams</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fifield-1" title="Fifield-1">Mary Fifield Adams</a>.<sup id="_ref-vitals_0" class="reference"><a href="#_note-vitals" title="">[2]</a></sup> </p> <a name="Marriage_and_Children"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline"> Marriage and Children</span></h3> <p>Samuel was married twice. In 1749, he married <a href="/wiki/Checkley-23" title="Checkley-23">Elizabeth Checkley</a>, and they had six children. Only two survived to adulthood:<sup id="_ref-vitals_1" class="reference"><a href="#_note-vitals" title="">[2]</a></sup><sup id="_ref-encyclopedia_0" class="reference"><a href="#_note-encyclopedia" title="">[3]</a></sup> </p> <ul><li> Samuel (1750-1750) </li><li> Samuel (1751-1788) </li><li> Joseph (1753-1753) </li><li> Mary (1754-1754) </li><li> Hannah (1756-1821) </li><li> Stillborn child (1757) </li></ul> <p>Elizabeth died in 1757, soon after the birth of her stillborn child. In 1764, Samuel married <a href="/wiki/Wells-8008" title="Wells-8008">Elizabeth "Betsy" Wells</a>, who became mother to young Samuel and Hannah, although she had no children of her own.<sup id="_ref-encyclopedia_1" class="reference"><a href="#_note-encyclopedia" title="">[3]</a></sup> </p><p>Samuel struggled to make a living for his family. He lacked interest in the accounting career for which he had trained. Then, he inherited the family brewery business, but nothing motivated him like politics and the evolution of a new nation.<sup id="_ref-encyclopedia_2" class="reference"><a href="#_note-encyclopedia" title="">[3]</a></sup> </p> <a name="Patriot_Leader"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline"> Patriot Leader </span></h3> <p>In the fifteen years before the American Revolution, that is, 1760 to 1775, Samuel Adams was above all the other patriots of that era, foremost in encouraging his fellow men to open rebellion. The Tories of that day said that Samuel was "the first man to speak of Independence," which to British sympathizers meant treason. It was Samuel Adams who rallied the Bostonians to proclaim their opposition to the Stamp Tax in 1755. It was Samuel Adams who got his fellow citizens to vote against the trade tax that Parliament imposed on sugar. </p><p>It was Samuel Adams who organized the Boston Tea Party. When the early Patriots banded themselves together and called themselves the Sons of Liberty, the British called this organization "Sam Adams Mohawks". The greatest personal drive for independence in America prior to the Battle of Bunker Hill was coaching skill and leadership of Samuel Adams, yet this man sought no credit for it all. Probably the greatest tribute made in regard to this man was made by the Tory Boston Governor Hutchinson when he said, "Samuel Adams is leader of the greatest adventure in democracy this world has ever seen." </p> <a name="Formation_of_a_New_Government"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline"> Formation of a New Government </span></h3> <p>In 1774, Samuel Adams was chosen by the Massachusetts House of Representatives to represent his state at the First Continental Congress. At the Second Continental Congress, he became part of the committee to write the Articles of Confederation and encouraged the formation of a Continental Army. Then, on 4 Jul 1776, he signed the Declaration of Independence. After the new U.S. Constitution was written, Adams argued for a Bill of Rights to be added, and this was done in 1791. Samuel Adams was Governor of Massachusetts 1793-1797.<sup id="_ref-encyclopedia_3" class="reference"><a href="#_note-encyclopedia" title="">[3]</a></sup> </p> <a name="Death"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline"> Death </span></h3> <p>Samuel Adams died on 2 Oct 1803, at the age of 81. He was buried in Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.<sup id="_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#_note-1" title="">[4]</a></sup><sup id="_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#_note-2" title="">[5]</a></sup> </p> <a name="Sources"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline"> Sources </span></h2> <ol class="references"><li id="_note-0"><a href="#_ref-0" title="">↑</a> “Boston, MA: Church Records, 1630-1895” The Records of the Churches of Boston. CD_ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008 <a href="https://www.americanancestors.org/DB31/i/7619/9/8438422" class="external text" title="https://www.americanancestors.org/DB31/i/7619/9/8438422" rel="nofollow">Link</a></li> <li id="_note-vitals">↑ <sup><a href="#_ref-vitals_0" title="">2.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#_ref-vitals_1" title="">2.1</a></sup> Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection) Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630–1800 and The Crooked and Narrow Streets of Boston, 1630–1822. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014.) pp. 1392, 1393 <a href="https://www.americanancestors.org/DB530/rd/14226/1392/260076823" class="external text" title="https://www.americanancestors.org/DB530/rd/14226/1392/260076823" rel="nofollow">Link</a></li> <li id="_note-encyclopedia">↑ <sup><a href="#_ref-encyclopedia_0" title="">3.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#_ref-encyclopedia_1" title="">3.1</a></sup> <sup><a href="#_ref-encyclopedia_2" title="">3.2</a></sup> <sup><a href="#_ref-encyclopedia_3" title="">3.3</a></sup> <a href="https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/history/us-history-biographies/samuel-adams" class="external text" title="https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/history/us-history-biographies/samuel-adams" rel="nofollow">Encyclopedia.com on Samuel Adams</a></li> <li id="_note-1"><a href="#_ref-1" title="">↑</a> <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9/samuel-adams" class="external text" title="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9/samuel-adams" rel="nofollow">Samuel Adams Memorial</a></li> <li id="_note-2"><a href="#_ref-2" title="">↑</a> Vital Records from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.) <a href="https://www.americanancestors.org/DB522/i/14254/311/264702497" class="external text" title="https://www.americanancestors.org/DB522/i/14254/311/264702497" rel="nofollow">Link</a></li></ol> <ul><li><a href="https://archive.org/details/samueladams07hosmgoog" class="external text" title="https://archive.org/details/samueladams07hosmgoog" rel="nofollow">Samuel Adams by Prof. James K. Hosmer (1885)</a> </li><li><span id="S1"></span><i><a href="/wiki/Space:Hours_at_Home%2C_A_Popular_Monthly" title="Space:Hours at Home, A Popular Monthly">Hours at Home, A Popular Monthly</a></i> (Charles Scribner & Company, 1867) <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=L147AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA390-IA3" class="external text" title="http://books.google.com/books?id=L147AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA390-IA3" rel="nofollow">Vol. 2, No. 5, Page 389-399</a> </li><li>Find A Grave: <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9" class="external text" title="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9" rel="nofollow">Memorial #9</a> </li><li><span id="GBG"></span>Granary Burying Ground: <i><a href="/wiki/Space:Gravestone_Inscriptions_and_Records_of_Tomb_Burials_in_the_Granary_Burying_Ground%2C_Boston%2C_Mass." title="Space:Gravestone Inscriptions and Records of Tomb Burials in the Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Mass.">Gravestone Inscriptions and Records of Tomb Burials in the Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Mass.</a></i> (The Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., 1918) <a href="https://archive.org/stream/gravestoneinscri00codma#page/20/mode/1up" class="external text" title="https://archive.org/stream/gravestoneinscri00codma#page/20/mode/1up" rel="nofollow">Page 20</a>: Adams, "Samuel, Signer of the Declaration of Independence Governor of this Commonwealth, b. ___, 1722, d. ___, 1803" </li><li>"Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch <a href="https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FC7M-LYQ" class="external autonumber" title="https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FC7M-LYQ" rel="nofollow">[1]</a> : accessed 10 April 2016), Samuel Adams and Elizabeth Checkley, 17 Aug 1749; FHL microfilm 0928191 IT 2. </li><li>"Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch <a href="https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FC7M-LBW" class="external autonumber" title="https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FC7M-LBW" rel="nofollow">[2]</a> : accessed 10 April 2016), Samuel Adams and Eliza. Wells, 06 Dec 1764; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 0896885 IT 2. </li><li>Porter, Joseph W. "An Account of Part of the Family of Abraham Perkins of Hampton, NH, who Lived in Plymouth Co., MA," published in the <i>New England Historical and Genealogical Register</i>, Boston, MA: NEHGS. (Online database: <a href="https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11704/34/23493738" class="external text" title="https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11704/34/23493738" rel="nofollow">American Ancestors.org</a>, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018). 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Now is a good time to take a look at the sources and biography to see if there are updates and improvements that may need to be made, especially those that will bring it up to WikiTree Style Guide standards. The better the condition the profile is in, the more likely it is that it may be chosen. </p><p>Thanks! </p><p>Abby </p> </div>  <div class="comment-info small"> <a href="#comment_8415436">posted</a> <time class="timeago" datetime="2024-08-31T14:53:17Z">Aug 31, 2024</time> by <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Brown-8212" title="Brown-8212">Abby (Brown) Glann</a> </div> </div> <div id="comment_7590652" class="comment comment-depth-0 " data-comment-id="7590652" data-reply-to="0" data-depth="0">  <div class="comment-header"> <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Tutt-670" title="Tutt-670">Tj Tutt</a> </div> <div class="comment-body"> This "Bio" doesn't have any genealogy information and is a brief version of his accomplishments. NOTHING about his parents, where he was born, his marriage, kids, or where he died and was buried. How odd. </div>  <div class="comment-info small"> <a href="#comment_7590652">posted</a> <time class="timeago" datetime="2023-08-30T22:36:06Z">Aug 30, 2023</time> by <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Tutt-670" title="Tutt-670">Tj Tutt</a> </div> </div> <div id="comment_7599116" class="comment comment-depth-1 comment-reply " data-comment-id="7599116" data-reply-to="7590652" data-depth="1">  <div class="comment-header"> <img src="/photo.php/thumb/5/59/Skelton-1756-3.jpg/75px-Skelton-1756-3.jpg" class="commenter-image" ALT="Skelton-1756"> <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Skelton-1756" title="Skelton-1756">Betty (Skelton) Norman</a> </div> <div class="comment-body"> Tina, I agree! If there are no objections, the American Revolution Project (1776 Project) will make some improvements to the profile.<p>Thanks, Tina, for pointing this out. </p><p>Betty Norman ~ 1776 Project Leader </p> </div>  <div class="comment-info small"> <a href="#comment_7599116">posted</a> <time class="timeago" datetime="2023-09-03T19:28:23Z">Sep 03, 2023</time> by <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Skelton-1756" title="Skelton-1756">Betty (Skelton) Norman</a> </div> </div> <div id="comment_7599568" class="comment comment-depth-2 comment-reply " data-comment-id="7599568" data-reply-to="7599116" data-depth="2">  <div class="comment-header"> <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Tutt-670" title="Tutt-670">Tj Tutt</a> </div> <div class="comment-body"> That's great Betty. Thanks for picking this up so quickly.<p>-tina </p> </div>  <div class="comment-info small"> <a href="#comment_7599568">posted</a> <time class="timeago" datetime="2023-09-03T22:20:23Z">Sep 03, 2023</time> by <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Tutt-670" title="Tutt-670">Tj Tutt</a> </div> </div> <div id="comment_1250954" class="comment comment-depth-0 " data-comment-id="1250954" data-reply-to="0" data-depth="0">  <div class="comment-header"> <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/S%C3%A4lg%C3%B6-1" title="Sälgö-1">[Living Sälgö]</a> </div> <div class="comment-body"> . <ul><li> <a href="https://tools.wmflabs.org/reasonator/?q=Q212963" class="external text" title="https://tools.wmflabs.org/reasonator/?q=Q212963" rel="nofollow">Wikidata</a> Q212963 </li><li> <a href="https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-todo/cloudy_concept.php?q=212963&lang=en" class="external text" title="https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-todo/cloudy_concept.php?q=212963&lang=en" rel="nofollow">Concept cloud</a> Q212963 </li></ul> </div>  <div class="comment-info small"> <a href="#comment_1250954">posted</a> <time class="timeago" datetime="2016-04-10T13:46:44Z">Apr 10, 2016</time> by <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/S%C3%A4lg%C3%B6-1" title="Sälgö-1">[Living Sälgö]</a> </div> </div> <div id="comment_6686108" class="comment comment-depth-1 comment-reply " data-comment-id="6686108" data-reply-to="1250954" data-depth="1">  <div class="comment-header"> <img src="/photo.php/thumb/4/42/Meehan-411-5.jpg/75px-Meehan-411-5.jpg" class="commenter-image" ALT="Meehan-411"> <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Meehan-411" title="Meehan-411">Beryl Meehan</a> </div> <div class="comment-body"> Samuel Adams (September 27 [O.S. September 16] 1722 – October 2, 1803 in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Adams" class="external free" title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Adams" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Adams</a> </div>  <div class="comment-info small"> <a href="#comment_6686108">posted</a> <time class="timeago" datetime="2022-08-13T22:22:24Z">Aug 13, 2022</time> by <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Meehan-411" title="Meehan-411">Beryl Meehan</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <script src="/skins/wikitree/comment.js.pagespeed.jm.tfE5YW9pu6.js"></script>  <div class="sixteen columns"> </div> <div class="sixteen columns"> <p> This week's connection theme is <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1821086/play-this-weeks-thanksgiving-connection-checkers-game" title="Here is this week's Thanksgiving Connection Checkers game">Thanksgiving</a>. 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