Samuel Adams Sr.
BIRTH
1689
Boston, Massachusetts
DEATH
March 8, 1748
Boston, Massachusetts
FAMILY
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Adams, Samuel Sr.
(1689-1748)
Samuel Adams Sr. (1689–1748) was an American brewer, father of American Founding Father Samuel Adams, and first cousin once removed of John Adams. He was born in Boston, on May 16, 1689 to Captain John Adams (1661–1702) and Hannah Adams (nee Webb). He was a deacon in the Congregational Church.
BIRTHPLACE:
MARKER
Samuel Adams House Site Marker
99-1 Winter Pl, Boston, MA 02108
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SISTER
Hannah Wells
WIFE
Mary Fifield Adams
(1694-1748)
Samuel Adams
(1722-1803)
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DIED:
Boston, Massachusetts
Mar 8, 1748
The exact date and place of Samuel Adams Sr.’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.
The available biographical record identifies Samuel Adams Sr. with work or public activity as a clergyperson. Those roles provide the clearest documented basis for including this person in the database and should be read in the political, military, professional, or household context of the period. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.