Adams 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.[1]
Career
He was a Boston Caucus member with Elisha Cooke.[2]
Advertisements from Boston suggest that Adams Sr. owned and sold at least one "Carolina Indian" slave in 1716.[3]
In 1740, he helped create a Land Bank in Massachusetts Bay Colony, using paper money to promote commerce, with a scarcity of gold and silver coins. In July 1741, the House of Commons passed a bill destroying the land bank, by making shareholders liable for the bank's debts.[4][5]
Family
In 1713, he married Mary Fifield (1694–1748).[1]
They had twelve children. Three survived into adulthood, including Samuel Adams.[6] Adams Sr. died in 1748.
In the marriage of Samuel Adams Sr. and Mary Fifield, twelve children were born, three of whom survived:
Aaron Adams (1713–1740)
Richard Adams (1715–1716)
Mary Adams (1717–1767) – married James Allen (1708–1755)
Hannah Adams (1720–1721)
Samuel Adams (1722–1803) – founding father of the United States, governor of Massachusetts from 1793 to 1797.