Nickname: "Atlas of Independence"
Born: October 30, 1735, in Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts
Died: July 4, 1826, in Braintree, Massachusetts
Buried: Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts
Father: John Adams
Mother: Susanna Boylston Adams
Married: Abigail Smith (1744-1818), on October 25, 1764

Children:
• Abigail Amelia Adams (1765-1813);
  
• John Quincy Adams [6th] (1767-1848);
  
• Susanna Adams (1768-70);
  
• Charles Adams (1770-1800);
  
• Thomas Boylston Adams (1772-1832)

• Member of Continental Congress, 1774-78
• Commissioner to France, 1778
• Minister to the Netherlands, 1780
• Minister to England, 1785
• Vice President, 1789-97 (under Washington)

SUMMARY:
John Adams, 2nd president, was born in Quincy, Massachusetts and married Abigail Smith. They had five children. Their second child, John Quincy Adams, became the 6th president. John Adams was the first Vice President of the United States under George Washington. He was member of Continental Congress and was Commissioner to France. He was Minister to Netherlands and England.

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Books On This Subject
The Complete Book of U.S. Presidents by William A. Degregorio, Connie Jo Dickerson (Pop Up Page)	John Adams by David McCullough (Pop Up Page)