Samuel Adams Sr.
Samuel Adams Sr. (1689–1748) was an American brewer, father of American founding father Samuel Adams and first cousin once removed of John Adams.
Biography[]
He was born in Boston, on May 16, 1689 to Captain John Adams and Hannah Adams (nee Webb). He was a deacon in the Congregational Church.[1]
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 , 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.[1] They had twelve children. Three survived into adulthood, including Samuel Adams.[6] Adams Sr. died in 1748.
References[]
- ^ a b Mark Puls (28 July 2015). Samuel Adams: Father of the American Revolution. St. Martin's Press. pp. 31–. ISBN 978-1-250-09144-4.
- ^ Andrew Stephen Walmsley (1 October 2000). Thomas Hutchinson and the Origins of the American Revolution. NYU Press. pp. 19–. ISBN 978-0-8147-9370-1.
- ^ Navin, John J. (2019-12-31). The Grim Years. University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 978-1-64336-055-3.
- ^ John K. Alexander (13 January 2004). Samuel Adams: America's Revolutionary Politician. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 5–. ISBN 978-1-4616-4278-7.
- ^ Harlow Unger (2011). American Tempest: How the Boston Tea Party Sparked a Revolution. Da Capo Press. pp. 16–. ISBN 978-0-306-81976-6.
- ^ Michael Burgan (1 January 2005). Samuel Adams: Patriot and Statesman. Capstone. pp. 16–. ISBN 978-0-7565-1069-5.
- 1689 births
- 1748 deaths
- Adams political family
- American brewers
- American Congregationalists
- American people of English descent
- American Puritans
- Businesspeople from Boston