Elihu Adams

Elihu Adams
Born	(1741-05-29)May 29, 1741 Braintree, Massachusetts Bay
Died	August 10, 1775(1775-08-10) (aged 34) Cambridge, Massachusetts Bay
Buried	Union Cemetery Holbrook, Massachusetts, United States
Allegiance	Thirteen Colonies
Service/branch	Massachusetts Militia
Years of service	1775
Rank	Captain
Battles/wars	American Revolutionary War Siege of Boston Battles of Lexington and Concord
Relations	John Adams, Sr. (father) Susanna Boylston Adams (mother) John Adams, 2nd President of the United States (elder brother)

Elihu Adams (May 29, 1741 – August 10, 1775)^[1]^[2] was a farmer and soldier in the Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolutionary War. He was born in Braintree to John Adams, Sr. and Susanna Boylston; his elder brothers were John Adams, the second President of the United States, and Peter Boylston Adams, who also served as a militia captain during the Revolution.^[3] He married Thankful White in 1765, and had at least two children - Susanna, born in 1766,^[4] and John, born in 1768. His home was formerly located on what is now South Franklin Street in Holbrook, then part of Old Braintree.^[5]

Adams served as captain of the Braintree Company at the siege of Boston, and as a minuteman who fought on the Concord Green in 1775. He died of dysentery on August 10, 1775, at the age of 34, and was buried at what is today known as the "Old Section" of Union Cemetery in Holbrook.

References[]

^ Magazine of New England History
^ A Gazetteer of the State of Massachusetts
^ Elihu Adams Family Tree
^ World Family Tree, Volume 1, Family #0626
^ Rideout, Jeanne M. (28 May 2016). "Holbrook to honor memory of John Adams' brother on Memorial Day". The Holbrook Sun. Retrieved 10 August 2020.

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Popular culture	Profiles in Courage (1964 series) American Primitive (1969 play) 1776 (1969 musical 1972 film) The Adams Chronicles (1976 miniseries) Liberty! (1997 documentary series) Liberty's Kids (2002 animated series) John Adams (2001 book 2008 miniseries) John and Abigail Adams (2006 documentary film) Sons of Liberty (2015 miniseries)
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United States House of Representatives (1831–1848) 6th President of the United States (1825–1829) 8th U.S. Secretary of State (1817–1825) U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1814–1817) 1st U.S. Minister to Russia (1809–1814) Massachusetts State Senate (1803–1808) U.S. Minister to Prussia (1797–1801) U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands (1794–1797)
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