John Adams Sr. (1745 - 1849)

Born 22 Jan 1745 in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Joanna (Munroe) Adams — married 9 Jul 1771 in Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony,

Descendants

Died 26 Mar 1849 at age 104 in Harford Township, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Lieutenant John Adams Sr. served with 5th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

John Adams Sr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A000588.

John Adams Sr. is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 101384
Rank: Lieutenant

John Adams was born on 21 January 1744, in Worcester, Massachusetts. He married Joanna (Munroe) Adams (1747-1822) on 9 July 1771, in Lexingron^[1] They were the parents of nine children in 16 years. He died on 26 March 1849 in Pennsylvania at the age of 104, and was buried in Ashburnham, Massachusetts.^[2]

John Adams was a Sergeant in Capt. Deliverence Davis's Company of Minutemen, Col. Asa Whitcomb's Regiment, which marched on the alarm of 19 April 1775. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

John Adams Sr. is Notable.

John Adams Sr. was a centenarian, living to age 104.

John Adams Sr. has English ancestors.

Husband of Joanna Munroe 1747–1822, married 9 July 1771 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts

"The earliest-born person to be photographed was possibly John Adams, who was born in Worcester, Massachusetts on 21 January 1744/1745, the son of Captain Thomas Adams and Lydia Chadwick. A shoemaker, he died on 26 March 1849, in Harford, Pennsylvania aged 104, having made himself a new pair of shoes in his final year. A photographic copy of a daguerreotype (the whereabouts of the original being unknown) is in the possession of the Susquehanna County Historical Society. This image is from Taylor (2013). His date of birth is confirmed by the New England Historic Genealogical Society's Vital Records of Worcester, Massachusetts." ^[6]

Children (there may be more):

John Adams Jr. 1771–1844

Levi Adams 1773–1845

Joanna Monroe Adams Corey 1775–1868

Jonas Russell Adams 1777–1867

James Adams 1779–1855

Walter Russell Adams 1783–1868

Mary Adams 1788–1853

Polly Adams Cushing 1789–1854

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts, Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #5467686
3. ↑ DAR
4. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
5. ↑ History of Ashburnham, Massachusetts
6. ↑ "https://benbeck.co.uk/firsts/2_The_Human_Subject/photo1h.htm

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2021-09-18), "Record of John Adams", Ancestor # A000588.

• Stearns, Ezra. History of Ashburnham, Massachusetts (Town of Ashburnham, Massachusetts, 1887); p. 142

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896); Vol. 1, p. 55 "ADAMS, JOHN, Ashburnham. Sergeant, Capt. Deliverance Davis's Co., Col. Asa Whetcomb's Regiment which marched 20 April 1775, in response to the alarm of 19 April 1775; Service, 10 days; Also, 1st Lieutenant, Capt. Francis Lane's Co., Col. Rand's (8th Worcester County) Regiment; List of Officers of Massachusetts Militia; Commissioned 6 July 1780."

Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915; Name John Adams; Birth Date 21 January 1744; Birthplace Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America; Father's Name Thomas Adams; Mother's Name Lydia; Event Type Birth; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQX2-V86

Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001; John Adams of Cambridge; Spouse's Name: Joanna Munro of Lexington; Marriage Date: 9 July 1771; Marriage Place: Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America; Event Type: Marriage; Page 411; (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F82D-KZH

BURIAL: Brooklyn Universalist Cemetery in Brooklyn Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania

Find A Grave: Memorial #5467686 John Adams

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