Ann Harrod Adams
(1774-1845)
BIRTH
1774
PLACE
DEATH
1845
PLACE
FAMILY
HUSBAND
Thomas Boylston Adams
(1772-1832)
CHILDREN
Abigail Smith Adams Angier
(1806-1845)
CHILDREN
Elizabeth Coombs Adams
(1808-1903)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Ann Harrod Adams (1774–1845 or 1846) married Thomas Boylston Adams, John and Abigail Adams’s youngest son, in 1805. She became part of the Quincy household and raised their children while Thomas practiced law and served as a judge. Her surviving letters, accounts, and other papers are included in the Adams family archive at the Massachusetts Historical Society. The society’s collection guide and published index give different death years, so her lifespan remains qualified.
EARLY LIFE
The exact date and place of Ann Harrod’s birth have not been established in the source used for this entry. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Ann Harrod is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Ann Harrod died in 1845. Ann Harrod Adams married Thomas Boylston Adams, John and Abigail Adams’s youngest son, in 1805. She became part of the Quincy household and raised their children while Thomas practiced law and served as a judge. Her surviving letters, accounts, and other papers are included in the Adams family archive at the Massachusetts Historical Society. The society’s collection guide and published index give different death years, so her lifespan remains qualified. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
POPULAR BIOGRAPHIES
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