Biographical Facts Birth: Braintree (Quincy), Massachusetts, October 30, 1735 Ancestry: English Father: John Adams Birth: Quincy, Massachusetts, January 28, 1691 Death: Quincy, Massachusetts, May 25, 1761 Occupation: Farmer Mother: Susanna Boylston Adams Birth: Brookline, Massachusetts, March 5, 1709 Death: Quincy, Massachusetts, April 17, 1797 Brothers: Peter Boylston Adams (1738-1823); Elihu Adams (1741-1776) Marriage: Weymouth, Massachusetts, October 25, 1764 Wife: Abigail Smith Birth: Weymouth, Massachusetts , November 22, 1744 Death: Quincy, Massachusetts, October 28, 1818 Children: Abigail Amelia Adams (1765-1813); John Quincy Adams (1767-1848); Susanna Adams (1768-1770); Charles Adams (1770-1800); Thomas Boylston Adams (1772-1832) Religious Affiliation: Unitarian Education: Attended Private Schools; Harvard (B.A., 1755) Occupations Before Presidency: Teacher; Lawyer Prepresidential Offices: Member of Massachusetts legislature; Delegate to First and Second Continental Congress of Massachusetts; Member of Provincial Congress of Massachusetts; Commissioner to France; Minister to the Netherlands and England; United States Vice President Inauguration Age: 61 Occupation After Presidency: Writer Death: Quincy, Massachusetts, July 4, 1826 Place of Burial: First Unitarian Church, Quincy, Mass.
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