Hannah married OWEN, Benjamin on 04 Feb 1725. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Only First Lady born outside the United States, Louisa Catherine Adams did not come to this country until four years after she had married John Quincy Adams. Political enemies sometimes called her English. She was born in London to an English mother, Catherine Nuth Johnson, but her father was American--Joshua Johnson, of Maryland--and he served as United States consul after 1790.

A career diplomat at 27, accredited to the Netherlands, John Quincy developed his interest in charming 19-year-old Louisa when they met in London in 1794. Three years later they were married, and went to Berlin in course of duty. At the Prussian court she displayed the style and grace of a diplomat's lady; the ways of a Yankee farm community seemed strange indeed in 1801 when she first reached the country of which she was a citizen. Then began years divided among the family home in Quincy, Massachusetts, their house in Boston, and a political home in Washington, D.C. When the Johnsons had settled in the capital, Louisa felt more at home there than she ever did in New England.

She left her two older sons in Massachusetts for education in 1809 when she took two-year-old Charles Francis to Russia, where Adams served as Minister. Despite the glamour of the tsar's court, she had to struggle with cold winters, strange customs, limited funds, and poor health; an infant daughter born in 1811 died the next year. Peace negotiations called Adams to Ghent in 1814 and then to London. To join him, Louisa had to make a forty-day journey across war-ravaged Europe by coach in winter; roving bands of stragglers and highwaymen filled her with "unspeakable terrors" for her son. Happily, the next two years gave her an interlude of family life in the country of her birth.

Appointment of John Quincy as Monroe's Secretary of State brought the Adamses to Washington in 1817, and Louisa's drawing room became a center for the diplomatic corps and other notables. Good music enhanced her Tuesday evenings at home, and theater parties contributed to her reputation as an outstanding hostess.

But the pleasure of moving to the White House in 1825 was dimmed by the bitter politics of the election and by her own poor health. She suffered from deep depression. Though she continued her weekly "drawing rooms," she preferred quiet evenings--reading, composing music and verse, playing her harp. The necessary entertainments were always elegant, however; and her cordial hospitality made the last official reception a gracious occasion although her husband had lost his bid for re-election and partisan feeling still ran high.

Louisa thought she was retiring to Massachusetts permanently, but in 1831 her husband began 17 years of notable service in the House of Representatives. The Adamses could look back on a secure happiness as well as many trials when they celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary at Quincy in 1847. He was fatally stricken at the Capitol the following year; she died in Washington in 1852, and today lies buried at his side in the family church at Quincy.

- Official Whitehouse Biography from Whitehouse.gov

Joseph married BASS, Hannah about 1688. Hannah (daughter of BASS, John and ALDEN, Ruth) was born on 22 Jun 1667 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; died on 24 Oct 1705 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

SOURCE: John Adams by A. Burleigh

Nabby, John and Abigail's first born died at the age of 49 of cancer, just a
few months before her mother.

Notes:

Brought to New England by her father in 1638. During the Indian attack which
killed her husband, Elizabeth was very ill in bed in the house of Rev.John
Wilson who was a physician as well as a minister and had her under his care.
During the battle, a gun in the hands of Capt. John Jacob accidentally
discharged in the room below and the ball passed through her as she lie in
her bed and resulted in her death the next day.

Joseph married BAXTER, Abigail on 02 Nov 1650 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. Abigail (daughter of BAXTER, Gregory and PADDY, Margaret) was born about Sep 1634 in Roxbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA; died on 27 Aug 1692 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; was buried about Aug 1692 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

There were at least three children by this marriage

John married ALDEN, Ruth. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

SOURCE:Henry Adams of Somersetshire by Bartlett

Ruth was granddaughter of John and Priscilla (Molines) Alden. John was one of
the original passengers of the Mayflower.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 1638, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Notes:

Buried:
GRid=11014343
Grave Memorial

In Memory of HENRY ADAMS who took his flight from the Dragon persecution in Devonshire in England, and alighted with eight sons, near Mount Wollaston. One of the sons returned to England, and after taking time to explore the country, four removed to Medfield and the neighboring towns; two to Chelmsford. One only, Joseph, who lies here at his left hand, remained here, who was an original proprietor in the township of Briantree, incorporated in 1639. This stone and several others have been placed in this yard, by a great-great grandson, from a veneration of the Piety, humility, simplicity, prudence, patience, temperance, frugality, industry and perseverance, of his Ancestors, in hopes of Recommending an imitation of their virtures to their posterity. ... Erected December, 1823.

Henry married SQUIRE, Edith the Immigrant on 19 Oct 1609 in Charlton Mackrell, Somersetshire, England. Edith (daughter of SQUIRE, Henry and SQUIRE, Mrs Henry ()) was born about 1587 in Somersetshire, England; was christened on 29 May 1587 in Charlton Mackrell, Somersetshire, England; died on 21 Jan 1672/3 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

SOURCE: Henry Adams of Somersetshire by Bartlett - Medway Genealogies by
Jameson - Holliston Historical Society -

Jonathan remained in England when his family emigrated to New England in 1638
and lived on a farm in Baltonsborough owned by his grandfather, Henry Squire.
Later emigrated to New England (about 1651) and settled in Medfield.

First marriage produced 3 children.

Second marriage produced 6 children - Some confusion about identification of
second wife-Bartlett names Elizabeth Holman. Others name Elizabeth Fussell.

Gregory married PADDY, Margaret. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

SOURCE: Henry Adams Genealogy by Bartlett