Elizabeth Checkley Adams
(1725-1757)
BIRTH
1725
PLACE
Boston, Massachusetts
NAME
Elizabeth Checkley
DEATH
1757
PLACE
Boston, Massachusetts
FAMILY
HUSBAND
Samuel Adams
(1722-1803)
CHILDREN
Hannah Wells
(1756–1821)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Elizabeth Checkley Adams was the first wife of Samuel Adams and the daughter of his Boston minister, Samuel Checkley. They married in October 1749, before Adams became a leading advocate of independence. Their children Samuel and Hannah survived to adulthood, while several others died young. Elizabeth died in July 1757 after childbirth. Her death belongs to Adams’s earlier family life, rather than to the later events of the Revolution.
EARLY LIFE
The exact date and place of Elizabeth Checkley Adams’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 Elizabeth Checkley Adams 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
Elizabeth Checkley Adams died in 1757, in Boston, Massachusetts. Elizabeth Checkley Adams was the first wife of Samuel Adams and the daughter of his Boston minister, Samuel Checkley. They married in October 1749, before Adams became a leading advocate of independence. Their children Samuel and Hannah survived to adulthood, while several others died young. Elizabeth died in July 1757 after childbirth. Her death belongs to Adams’s earlier family life, rather than to the later events of the Revolution. The available account does not establish a detailed sequence of final symptoms, treatment, or bedside attendance.
Granary Burying Ground
Tremont Place, Boston, Massachusetts, 02133, USA
GRAVE
POPULAR BIOGRAPHIES
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