ANN WHITE BOYLSTON
Mrs. Peter Boylston
Brookline Historical Society
http://brooklinehistoricalsociety.org/events/buryingGround/slide4.asp
Adams Family Papers Online
John Adams autobiography, part 1, "John Adams," through 1776 sheet 2 of 53, Parents and schooling.
Brookline Historical Publication Society
PUBLICATIONS, NO. 4.
PAPERS OF THE WHITE FAMILY OF BROOKLINE, 1650-1807.
[Editor's Note: Published December, 1895.]
"For an account of the White family see Miss Woods' "Historical Sketches of Brookline," pages 203 and 313. The Roman numerals refer to the Clark collection of manuscripts in the Library. Papers not thus indicated belong to a descendant of the family now living in Brookline, who loaned them to the Librarian but prefers not to be mentioned here.
Narragansett No. 5 or Souhegan East, the present Bedford, N. H., offers an interesting study of speculation in land. It was one of seven townships granted by Massachusetts to 840 men who were engaged in the Narragansett war. See Coolidge and Mansfield's "History and description of New England," Vol. 1, pages 418-421 (Boston, 1859)."
— BROOKLINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Brookline Historical Publication Society, Publications of the Brookline Historical Publication Society, Brookline, MA: The Riverdale Press (1897), 41.
Lothrop, Thomas J., "John White of Watertown and Brookline, and Some of His Descendants", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 52 (1898), 421.
Pope, Charles Henry, ed., Paine Ancestry: The Family of Robert Treat Paine, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Including Maternal Lines, Boston: Printed for the Family (1912), 126-127.
Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 139.
Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 2, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999), 110.
Ann Boylston, nee White (1685-1772), was the maternal grandmother of John Adams, 2nd President of the United States of America.
Ann White Boylston was the maternal great-grandmother of John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States of America.
Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Brookline, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1929).
WHITE Ann, d. Benjamin and Susana, July 4, 1685. Roberts, Gary Boyd. Ancestors of American Presidents. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009).
Boylston, The --- Family, NEHGR, Vol 111, Jan 1957; NEHGS, americanancestors, dotorg.
White, John, Descendants of, NEHGR, v52, Oct 1898; americanancestors, dotorg.
Susannah Adams Boylston
Also spelled Susana and Susanna
• Mother of John Adams, 2nd President of the United States of America
• Grandmother of of John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States of America
Susannah Boylston
Born March 5 1708, in Brookline, Massachusetts
Daughter of Peter Boylston and Ann White.
Ann White, Susannah's mother, is a sister of Major Edward White. President John Adams writes about Edward White and Benjamin White (see images and links).
"SUSANNAH BOYLSTON was an early-American socialite, who came from a prominent family of scientists and medical doctors. She is among the least well known of the famous ADAMS family, for her name appears infrequently in the large body of ADAMS writings.
SUSANNA BOYLSTON married JOHN ADAMS, SR. on November 23, 1734.
The couple had three children.
• JOHN ADAMS, Patriot, Founding Father, Second President of the United States of America.
• PETER BOYLSTON ADAMS, Farmer and militia captain of Braintree, Massachusetts.
• ELIHU ADAMS Served in the Miltia as Company Commander. Elihu died at the beginning of the American Revolution.
Five years after the death of her first husband John Adams, Susannah married Lt. John Hall, who reportedly did not get along with her grown children.
Susannah (Boylston) Adams died April 17, 1797, in Quincy, Massachusetts, aged 89 years old, during the first year of her son John Adams's presidency."
SPELLING VARIATIONS:
Susannah is sometimes seen spelled as Susanna or Susana.
Susannah's birth year may be 1708 or 1709 instead of 1699.
SOURCES:
"Women in History"
Online blog
Susannah Boylston Adams
Genealogy website for:
John ADAMS, Sr.
Susanna BOYLSTON
Husband: John ADAMS, Sr.
Birth: 8 Feb 1690/1, Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA
Death: 25 May 1761, Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA
Father: Joseph ADAMS, Jr.
Mother: Hannah BASS
Marriage: 23 Nov 1734, Brookline, Norfolk Co., MA
Wife: Susannah BOYLSTON
Birth: 5 Mar 1708/9, Brookline, Norfolk Co., MA
Death: 17 Apr 1797, Quincy, Norfolk Co., MA
Other spouses: m2. John HALL
Father: Peter BOYLSTON (c1673-1743) of Brookline
Mother: Ann WHITE (1685-1772) of Brookline
Children:
1. John ADAMS, Jr., b. 19 or 30 Oct 1735, Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA
2. Peter Boylston ADAMS, b. 1738
3. Elihu ADAMS, b. 1741
Keywords for search engines: genealogy; USA, US, United States, Massachusetts
Sources:
1. Gary Boyd Roberts. 1995. Ancestors of American Presidents. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA.
2. From a web site: Genealogy of the US Presidents. [link died] Data there said to be extracted from Funk & Wagnall's The Presidents.
FURTHER READING AND SOURCES:
Adams history in his own handwriting
Braintree, MA: Vital Records, 1643-1793,
Births, Vol. 1, p. 202, Birth record for son John Adams, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).
New England Historical and Genealogical Register, (New England Historic and Genealogical Society), 1982, Vol. 136, p. 308.
Brogan, Hugh and Charles Mosley, American Presidential Families, New York: Macmillan Publishing Company (1993), 132, 135.
Levin, Phyllis Lee, Abigail Adams: A Biography, New York: Thomas Dunne Books, An imprint of St. Martin's Press (2001). See chart in book.
Lothrop, Thomas J., "John White of Watertown and Brookline, and Some of His Descendants", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 52 (1898), 422.
McCullough, David, John Adams, New York: Simon & Schuster (2001), 30.
Pope, Charles Henry, ed., Paine Ancestry: The Family of Robert Treat Paine, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Including Maternal Lines, Boston: Printed for the Family (1912), 127.
Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 139.
Roberts, Gary Boyd and William Addams Reitwiesner, American Ancestors and Cousins of The Princess of Wales, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (1984), 34, Ancestry.com (Online Database).
Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 432, 465-466.
Seward, William H., Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams, Sixth President of the United States, New York: Miller, Orton & Mulligan (1856), 18-19.
Williams, Alicia Crane, ed., Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Vol. 16, Part 1, Family of John Alden, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (1999), 490.
FIND A GRAVE
Will of Peter Boylston. Signed 30 Aug 1743. Proved Sep 27, 1743.
In the Name of God amen, the thirtyeth day of august in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and fourty three, I Peter Boylston of Boston Shopkeeper ... to be buried in decent Christien Burial at the discretion of My Executors ...
Item: [payment of] just debts and funeral charges be made
Item: to beloved son Benjamin Boylston all my land in Mendon
Item: to son Benjamin Boylston all my wearing apparel.
Item: to Ann my Beloved Wife all my Money, Bills Bonds and all my Debts during her life
Item: to [A]nn my Beloved Wife my Negro, hous[e]hold movably, and my shop goods
Further: after my Wifes decease, an equal share of the estate given to my wife, [to be] divided amongst my six daughters, viz: daughter ann Adams, daughter Susanna Adams, daughter Mary[? blurred] Simpson, daughter Elizabeth Coningham, daughter Jerusha, daughter Sarah.
Further: appoint my wife and my "Son" John Adams Execut'r
Signed Peter Boylston.
[subscribed by]
James Day
Daniel McKean
David Allen
Suffolk: proved Boston, Sep 27, 1743, G William.
NEHGR v52:422.
ABSTRACT OF FAMILY OF BENJAMIN WHITE (father: JOHN)
BENJAMIN WHITE of Brookline died Jan 9, 1723; md SUSANNAH, dau of WILLIAM and SUSANNA (HAWKES) COGSWELL of Ipswich.
CHILDREN:
• Susanna
• ANN, b Jul 4, 1685; m. Peter Boylston of Boston. Their children: Benjamin Boylston, b Apr 29, 1705; Ann Boylston, b Nov 1, 1706; SUSANNA BOYLSTON, b Mar 5, 1709 m. Nov 23, 1734, JOHN ADAMS. MOTHER of PRESIDENT John ADAMS; Mary Boylston, b Sep 15, 1714; Elizabeth Boylston, b Jun 29, 1717; Jerusha Boylston, b Feb 3, 1719; Sarah Boylston, b Mar 16, 1723.
• Mary
• Susanna
• EDWARD
• Elizabeth
• Joanna
Brookline Historical Society
http://brooklinehistoricalsociety.org/events/buryingGround/slide4.asp
Mrs. Peter Boylston
Brookline Historical Society
http://brooklinehistoricalsociety.org/events/buryingGround/slide4.asp
Adams Family Papers Online
John Adams autobiography, part 1, "John Adams," through 1776 sheet 2 of 53, Parents and schooling.
Brookline Historical Publication Society
PUBLICATIONS, NO. 4.
PAPERS OF THE WHITE FAMILY OF BROOKLINE, 1650-1807.
[Editor's Note: Published December, 1895.]
"For an account of the White family see Miss Woods' "Historical Sketches of Brookline," pages 203 and 313. The Roman numerals refer to the Clark collection of manuscripts in the Library. Papers not thus indicated belong to a descendant of the family now living in Brookline, who loaned them to the Librarian but prefers not to be mentioned here.
Narragansett No. 5 or Souhegan East, the present Bedford, N. H., offers an interesting study of speculation in land. It was one of seven townships granted by Massachusetts to 840 men who were engaged in the Narragansett war. See Coolidge and Mansfield's "History and description of New England," Vol. 1, pages 418-421 (Boston, 1859)."
— BROOKLINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Brookline Historical Publication Society, Publications of the Brookline Historical Publication Society, Brookline, MA: The Riverdale Press (1897), 41.
Lothrop, Thomas J., "John White of Watertown and Brookline, and Some of His Descendants", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 52 (1898), 421.
Pope, Charles Henry, ed., Paine Ancestry: The Family of Robert Treat Paine, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Including Maternal Lines, Boston: Printed for the Family (1912), 126-127.
Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 139.
Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 2, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999), 110.
Ann Boylston, nee White (1685-1772), was the maternal grandmother of John Adams, 2nd President of the United States of America.
Ann White Boylston was the maternal great-grandmother of John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States of America.
Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Brookline, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1929).
WHITE Ann, d. Benjamin and Susana, July 4, 1685. Roberts, Gary Boyd. Ancestors of American Presidents. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009).
Boylston, The --- Family, NEHGR, Vol 111, Jan 1957; NEHGS, americanancestors, dotorg.
White, John, Descendants of, NEHGR, v52, Oct 1898; americanancestors, dotorg.
Susannah Adams Boylston
Also spelled Susana and Susanna
• Mother of John Adams, 2nd President of the United States of America
• Grandmother of of John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States of America
Susannah Boylston
Born March 5 1708, in Brookline, Massachusetts
Daughter of Peter Boylston and Ann White.
Ann White, Susannah's mother, is a sister of Major Edward White. President John Adams writes about Edward White and Benjamin White (see images and links).
"SUSANNAH BOYLSTON was an early-American socialite, who came from a prominent family of scientists and medical doctors. She is among the least well known of the famous ADAMS family, for her name appears infrequently in the large body of ADAMS writings.
SUSANNA BOYLSTON married JOHN ADAMS, SR. on November 23, 1734.
The couple had three children.
• JOHN ADAMS, Patriot, Founding Father, Second President of the United States of America.
• PETER BOYLSTON ADAMS, Farmer and militia captain of Braintree, Massachusetts.
• ELIHU ADAMS Served in the Miltia as Company Commander. Elihu died at the beginning of the American Revolution.
Five years after the death of her first husband John Adams, Susannah married Lt. John Hall, who reportedly did not get along with her grown children.
Susannah (Boylston) Adams died April 17, 1797, in Quincy, Massachusetts, aged 89 years old, during the first year of her son John Adams's presidency."
SPELLING VARIATIONS:
Susannah is sometimes seen spelled as Susanna or Susana.
Susannah's birth year may be 1708 or 1709 instead of 1699.
SOURCES:
"Women in History"
Online blog
Susannah Boylston Adams
Genealogy website for:
John ADAMS, Sr.
Susanna BOYLSTON
Husband: John ADAMS, Sr.
Birth: 8 Feb 1690/1, Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA
Death: 25 May 1761, Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA
Father: Joseph ADAMS, Jr.
Mother: Hannah BASS
Marriage: 23 Nov 1734, Brookline, Norfolk Co., MA
Wife: Susannah BOYLSTON
Birth: 5 Mar 1708/9, Brookline, Norfolk Co., MA
Death: 17 Apr 1797, Quincy, Norfolk Co., MA
Other spouses: m2. John HALL
Father: Peter BOYLSTON (c1673-1743) of Brookline
Mother: Ann WHITE (1685-1772) of Brookline
Children:
1. John ADAMS, Jr., b. 19 or 30 Oct 1735, Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA
2. Peter Boylston ADAMS, b. 1738
3. Elihu ADAMS, b. 1741
Keywords for search engines: genealogy; USA, US, United States, Massachusetts
Sources:
1. Gary Boyd Roberts. 1995. Ancestors of American Presidents. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA.
2. From a web site: Genealogy of the US Presidents. [link died] Data there said to be extracted from Funk & Wagnall's The Presidents.
FURTHER READING AND SOURCES:
Adams history in his own handwriting
Braintree, MA: Vital Records, 1643-1793,
Births, Vol. 1, p. 202, Birth record for son John Adams, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).
New England Historical and Genealogical Register, (New England Historic and Genealogical Society), 1982, Vol. 136, p. 308.
Brogan, Hugh and Charles Mosley, American Presidential Families, New York: Macmillan Publishing Company (1993), 132, 135.
Levin, Phyllis Lee, Abigail Adams: A Biography, New York: Thomas Dunne Books, An imprint of St. Martin's Press (2001). See chart in book.
Lothrop, Thomas J., "John White of Watertown and Brookline, and Some of His Descendants", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 52 (1898), 422.
McCullough, David, John Adams, New York: Simon & Schuster (2001), 30.
Pope, Charles Henry, ed., Paine Ancestry: The Family of Robert Treat Paine, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Including Maternal Lines, Boston: Printed for the Family (1912), 127.
Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 139.
Roberts, Gary Boyd and William Addams Reitwiesner, American Ancestors and Cousins of The Princess of Wales, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (1984), 34, Ancestry.com (Online Database).
Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 432, 465-466.
Seward, William H., Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams, Sixth President of the United States, New York: Miller, Orton & Mulligan (1856), 18-19.
Williams, Alicia Crane, ed., Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Vol. 16, Part 1, Family of John Alden, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (1999), 490.
FIND A GRAVE
Will of Peter Boylston. Signed 30 Aug 1743. Proved Sep 27, 1743.
In the Name of God amen, the thirtyeth day of august in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and fourty three, I Peter Boylston of Boston Shopkeeper ... to be buried in decent Christien Burial at the discretion of My Executors ...
Item: [payment of] just debts and funeral charges be made
Item: to beloved son Benjamin Boylston all my land in Mendon
Item: to son Benjamin Boylston all my wearing apparel.
Item: to Ann my Beloved Wife all my Money, Bills Bonds and all my Debts during her life
Item: to [A]nn my Beloved Wife my Negro, hous[e]hold movably, and my shop goods
Further: after my Wifes decease, an equal share of the estate given to my wife, [to be] divided amongst my six daughters, viz: daughter ann Adams, daughter Susanna Adams, daughter Mary[? blurred] Simpson, daughter Elizabeth Coningham, daughter Jerusha, daughter Sarah.
Further: appoint my wife and my "Son" John Adams Execut'r
Signed Peter Boylston.
[subscribed by]
James Day
Daniel McKean
David Allen
Suffolk: proved Boston, Sep 27, 1743, G William.
NEHGR v52:422.
ABSTRACT OF FAMILY OF BENJAMIN WHITE (father: JOHN)
BENJAMIN WHITE of Brookline died Jan 9, 1723; md SUSANNAH, dau of WILLIAM and SUSANNA (HAWKES) COGSWELL of Ipswich.
CHILDREN:
• Susanna
• ANN, b Jul 4, 1685; m. Peter Boylston of Boston. Their children: Benjamin Boylston, b Apr 29, 1705; Ann Boylston, b Nov 1, 1706; SUSANNA BOYLSTON, b Mar 5, 1709 m. Nov 23, 1734, JOHN ADAMS. MOTHER of PRESIDENT John ADAMS; Mary Boylston, b Sep 15, 1714; Elizabeth Boylston, b Jun 29, 1717; Jerusha Boylston, b Feb 3, 1719; Sarah Boylston, b Mar 16, 1723.
• Mary
• Susanna
• EDWARD
• Elizabeth
• Joanna
Brookline Historical Society
http://brooklinehistoricalsociety.org/events/buryingGround/slide4.asp
ANN WHITE BOYLSTON
Mrs. Peter Boylston
Brookline Historical Society
http://brooklinehistoricalsociety.org/events/buryingGround/slide4.asp
Adams Family Papers Online
John Adams autobiography, part 1, "John Adams," through 1776 sheet 2 of 53, Parents and schooling.
Brookline Historical Publication Society
PUBLICATIONS, NO. 4.
PAPERS OF THE WHITE FAMILY OF BROOKLINE, 1650-1807.
[Editor's Note: Published December, 1895.]
"For an account of the White family see Miss Woods' "Historical Sketches of Brookline," pages 203 and 313. The Roman numerals refer to the Clark collection of manuscripts in the Library. Papers not thus indicated belong to a descendant of the family now living in Brookline, who loaned them to the Librarian but prefers not to be mentioned here.
Narragansett No. 5 or Souhegan East, the present Bedford, N. H., offers an interesting study of speculation in land. It was one of seven townships granted by Massachusetts to 840 men who were engaged in the Narragansett war. See Coolidge and Mansfield's "History and description of New England," Vol. 1, pages 418-421 (Boston, 1859)."
— BROOKLINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Brookline Historical Publication Society, Publications of the Brookline Historical Publication Society, Brookline, MA: The Riverdale Press (1897), 41.
Lothrop, Thomas J., "John White of Watertown and Brookline, and Some of His Descendants", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 52 (1898), 421.
Pope, Charles Henry, ed., Paine Ancestry: The Family of Robert Treat Paine, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Including Maternal Lines, Boston: Printed for the Family (1912), 126-127.
Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 139.
Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 2, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999), 110.
Ann Boylston, nee White (1685-1772), was the maternal grandmother of John Adams, 2nd President of the United States of America.
Ann White Boylston was the maternal great-grandmother of John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States of America.
Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Brookline, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1929).
WHITE Ann, d. Benjamin and Susana, July 4, 1685. Roberts, Gary Boyd. Ancestors of American Presidents. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009).
Boylston, The --- Family, NEHGR, Vol 111, Jan 1957; NEHGS, americanancestors, dotorg.
White, John, Descendants of, NEHGR, v52, Oct 1898; americanancestors, dotorg.
Susannah Adams Boylston
Also spelled Susana and Susanna
• Mother of John Adams, 2nd President of the United States of America
• Grandmother of of John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States of America
Susannah Boylston
Born March 5 1708, in Brookline, Massachusetts
Daughter of Peter Boylston and Ann White.
Ann White, Susannah's mother, is a sister of Major Edward White. President John Adams writes about Edward White and Benjamin White (see images and links).
"SUSANNAH BOYLSTON was an early-American socialite, who came from a prominent family of scientists and medical doctors. She is among the least well known of the famous ADAMS family, for her name appears infrequently in the large body of ADAMS writings.
SUSANNA BOYLSTON married JOHN ADAMS, SR. on November 23, 1734.
The couple had three children.
• JOHN ADAMS, Patriot, Founding Father, Second President of the United States of America.
• PETER BOYLSTON ADAMS, Farmer and militia captain of Braintree, Massachusetts.
• ELIHU ADAMS Served in the Miltia as Company Commander. Elihu died at the beginning of the American Revolution.
Five years after the death of her first husband John Adams, Susannah married Lt. John Hall, who reportedly did not get along with her grown children.
Susannah (Boylston) Adams died April 17, 1797, in Quincy, Massachusetts, aged 89 years old, during the first year of her son John Adams's presidency."
SPELLING VARIATIONS:
Susannah is sometimes seen spelled as Susanna or Susana.
Susannah's birth year may be 1708 or 1709 instead of 1699.
SOURCES:
"Women in History"
Online blog
Susannah Boylston Adams
Genealogy website for:
John ADAMS, Sr.
Susanna BOYLSTON
Husband: John ADAMS, Sr.
Birth: 8 Feb 1690/1, Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA
Death: 25 May 1761, Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA
Father: Joseph ADAMS, Jr.
Mother: Hannah BASS
Marriage: 23 Nov 1734, Brookline, Norfolk Co., MA
Wife: Susannah BOYLSTON
Birth: 5 Mar 1708/9, Brookline, Norfolk Co., MA
Death: 17 Apr 1797, Quincy, Norfolk Co., MA
Other spouses: m2. John HALL
Father: Peter BOYLSTON (c1673-1743) of Brookline
Mother: Ann WHITE (1685-1772) of Brookline
Children:
1. John ADAMS, Jr., b. 19 or 30 Oct 1735, Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA
2. Peter Boylston ADAMS, b. 1738
3. Elihu ADAMS, b. 1741
Keywords for search engines: genealogy; USA, US, United States, Massachusetts
Sources:
1. Gary Boyd Roberts. 1995. Ancestors of American Presidents. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA.
2. From a web site: Genealogy of the US Presidents. [link died] Data there said to be extracted from Funk & Wagnall's The Presidents.
FURTHER READING AND SOURCES:
Adams history in his own handwriting
Braintree, MA: Vital Records, 1643-1793,
Births, Vol. 1, p. 202, Birth record for son John Adams, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).
New England Historical and Genealogical Register, (New England Historic and Genealogical Society), 1982, Vol. 136, p. 308.
Brogan, Hugh and Charles Mosley, American Presidential Families, New York: Macmillan Publishing Company (1993), 132, 135.
Levin, Phyllis Lee, Abigail Adams: A Biography, New York: Thomas Dunne Books, An imprint of St. Martin's Press (2001). See chart in book.
Lothrop, Thomas J., "John White of Watertown and Brookline, and Some of His Descendants", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 52 (1898), 422.
McCullough, David, John Adams, New York: Simon & Schuster (2001), 30.
Pope, Charles Henry, ed., Paine Ancestry: The Family of Robert Treat Paine, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Including Maternal Lines, Boston: Printed for the Family (1912), 127.
Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 139.
Roberts, Gary Boyd and William Addams Reitwiesner, American Ancestors and Cousins of The Princess of Wales, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (1984), 34, Ancestry.com (Online Database).
Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 432, 465-466.
Seward, William H., Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams, Sixth President of the United States, New York: Miller, Orton & Mulligan (1856), 18-19.
Williams, Alicia Crane, ed., Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Vol. 16, Part 1, Family of John Alden, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (1999), 490.
FIND A GRAVE
Will of Peter Boylston. Signed 30 Aug 1743. Proved Sep 27, 1743.
In the Name of God amen, the thirtyeth day of august in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and fourty three, I Peter Boylston of Boston Shopkeeper ... to be buried in decent Christien Burial at the discretion of My Executors ...
Item: [payment of] just debts and funeral charges be made
Item: to beloved son Benjamin Boylston all my land in Mendon
Item: to son Benjamin Boylston all my wearing apparel.
Item: to Ann my Beloved Wife all my Money, Bills Bonds and all my Debts during her life
Item: to [A]nn my Beloved Wife my Negro, hous[e]hold movably, and my shop goods
Further: after my Wifes decease, an equal share of the estate given to my wife, [to be] divided amongst my six daughters, viz: daughter ann Adams, daughter Susanna Adams, daughter Mary[? blurred] Simpson, daughter Elizabeth Coningham, daughter Jerusha, daughter Sarah.
Further: appoint my wife and my "Son" John Adams Execut'r
Signed Peter Boylston.
[subscribed by]
James Day
Daniel McKean
David Allen
Suffolk: proved Boston, Sep 27, 1743, G William.
NEHGR v52:422.
ABSTRACT OF FAMILY OF BENJAMIN WHITE (father: JOHN)
BENJAMIN WHITE of Brookline died Jan 9, 1723; md SUSANNAH, dau of WILLIAM and SUSANNA (HAWKES) COGSWELL of Ipswich.
CHILDREN:
• Susanna
• ANN, b Jul 4, 1685; m. Peter Boylston of Boston. Their children: Benjamin Boylston, b Apr 29, 1705; Ann Boylston, b Nov 1, 1706; SUSANNA BOYLSTON, b Mar 5, 1709 m. Nov 23, 1734, JOHN ADAMS. MOTHER of PRESIDENT John ADAMS; Mary Boylston, b Sep 15, 1714; Elizabeth Boylston, b Jun 29, 1717; Jerusha Boylston, b Feb 3, 1719; Sarah Boylston, b Mar 16, 1723.
• Mary
• Susanna
• EDWARD
• Elizabeth
• Joanna
Brookline Historical Society
http://brooklinehistoricalsociety.org/events/buryingGround/slide4.asp
Mrs. Peter Boylston
Brookline Historical Society
http://brooklinehistoricalsociety.org/events/buryingGround/slide4.asp
Adams Family Papers Online
John Adams autobiography, part 1, "John Adams," through 1776 sheet 2 of 53, Parents and schooling.
Brookline Historical Publication Society
PUBLICATIONS, NO. 4.
PAPERS OF THE WHITE FAMILY OF BROOKLINE, 1650-1807.
[Editor's Note: Published December, 1895.]
"For an account of the White family see Miss Woods' "Historical Sketches of Brookline," pages 203 and 313. The Roman numerals refer to the Clark collection of manuscripts in the Library. Papers not thus indicated belong to a descendant of the family now living in Brookline, who loaned them to the Librarian but prefers not to be mentioned here.
Narragansett No. 5 or Souhegan East, the present Bedford, N. H., offers an interesting study of speculation in land. It was one of seven townships granted by Massachusetts to 840 men who were engaged in the Narragansett war. See Coolidge and Mansfield's "History and description of New England," Vol. 1, pages 418-421 (Boston, 1859)."
— BROOKLINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Brookline Historical Publication Society, Publications of the Brookline Historical Publication Society, Brookline, MA: The Riverdale Press (1897), 41.
Lothrop, Thomas J., "John White of Watertown and Brookline, and Some of His Descendants", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 52 (1898), 421.
Pope, Charles Henry, ed., Paine Ancestry: The Family of Robert Treat Paine, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Including Maternal Lines, Boston: Printed for the Family (1912), 126-127.
Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 139.
Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 2, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999), 110.
Ann Boylston, nee White (1685-1772), was the maternal grandmother of John Adams, 2nd President of the United States of America.
Ann White Boylston was the maternal great-grandmother of John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States of America.
Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Brookline, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1929).
WHITE Ann, d. Benjamin and Susana, July 4, 1685. Roberts, Gary Boyd. Ancestors of American Presidents. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009).
Boylston, The --- Family, NEHGR, Vol 111, Jan 1957; NEHGS, americanancestors, dotorg.
White, John, Descendants of, NEHGR, v52, Oct 1898; americanancestors, dotorg.
Susannah Adams Boylston
Also spelled Susana and Susanna
• Mother of John Adams, 2nd President of the United States of America
• Grandmother of of John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States of America
Susannah Boylston
Born March 5 1708, in Brookline, Massachusetts
Daughter of Peter Boylston and Ann White.
Ann White, Susannah's mother, is a sister of Major Edward White. President John Adams writes about Edward White and Benjamin White (see images and links).
"SUSANNAH BOYLSTON was an early-American socialite, who came from a prominent family of scientists and medical doctors. She is among the least well known of the famous ADAMS family, for her name appears infrequently in the large body of ADAMS writings.
SUSANNA BOYLSTON married JOHN ADAMS, SR. on November 23, 1734.
The couple had three children.
• JOHN ADAMS, Patriot, Founding Father, Second President of the United States of America.
• PETER BOYLSTON ADAMS, Farmer and militia captain of Braintree, Massachusetts.
• ELIHU ADAMS Served in the Miltia as Company Commander. Elihu died at the beginning of the American Revolution.
Five years after the death of her first husband John Adams, Susannah married Lt. John Hall, who reportedly did not get along with her grown children.
Susannah (Boylston) Adams died April 17, 1797, in Quincy, Massachusetts, aged 89 years old, during the first year of her son John Adams's presidency."
SPELLING VARIATIONS:
Susannah is sometimes seen spelled as Susanna or Susana.
Susannah's birth year may be 1708 or 1709 instead of 1699.
SOURCES:
"Women in History"
Online blog
Susannah Boylston Adams
Genealogy website for:
John ADAMS, Sr.
Susanna BOYLSTON
Husband: John ADAMS, Sr.
Birth: 8 Feb 1690/1, Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA
Death: 25 May 1761, Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA
Father: Joseph ADAMS, Jr.
Mother: Hannah BASS
Marriage: 23 Nov 1734, Brookline, Norfolk Co., MA
Wife: Susannah BOYLSTON
Birth: 5 Mar 1708/9, Brookline, Norfolk Co., MA
Death: 17 Apr 1797, Quincy, Norfolk Co., MA
Other spouses: m2. John HALL
Father: Peter BOYLSTON (c1673-1743) of Brookline
Mother: Ann WHITE (1685-1772) of Brookline
Children:
1. John ADAMS, Jr., b. 19 or 30 Oct 1735, Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA
2. Peter Boylston ADAMS, b. 1738
3. Elihu ADAMS, b. 1741
Keywords for search engines: genealogy; USA, US, United States, Massachusetts
Sources:
1. Gary Boyd Roberts. 1995. Ancestors of American Presidents. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA.
2. From a web site: Genealogy of the US Presidents. [link died] Data there said to be extracted from Funk & Wagnall's The Presidents.
FURTHER READING AND SOURCES:
Adams history in his own handwriting
Braintree, MA: Vital Records, 1643-1793,
Births, Vol. 1, p. 202, Birth record for son John Adams, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).
New England Historical and Genealogical Register, (New England Historic and Genealogical Society), 1982, Vol. 136, p. 308.
Brogan, Hugh and Charles Mosley, American Presidential Families, New York: Macmillan Publishing Company (1993), 132, 135.
Levin, Phyllis Lee, Abigail Adams: A Biography, New York: Thomas Dunne Books, An imprint of St. Martin's Press (2001). See chart in book.
Lothrop, Thomas J., "John White of Watertown and Brookline, and Some of His Descendants", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 52 (1898), 422.
McCullough, David, John Adams, New York: Simon & Schuster (2001), 30.
Pope, Charles Henry, ed., Paine Ancestry: The Family of Robert Treat Paine, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Including Maternal Lines, Boston: Printed for the Family (1912), 127.
Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 139.
Roberts, Gary Boyd and William Addams Reitwiesner, American Ancestors and Cousins of The Princess of Wales, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (1984), 34, Ancestry.com (Online Database).
Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 432, 465-466.
Seward, William H., Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams, Sixth President of the United States, New York: Miller, Orton & Mulligan (1856), 18-19.
Williams, Alicia Crane, ed., Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Vol. 16, Part 1, Family of John Alden, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (1999), 490.
FIND A GRAVE
Will of Peter Boylston. Signed 30 Aug 1743. Proved Sep 27, 1743.
In the Name of God amen, the thirtyeth day of august in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and fourty three, I Peter Boylston of Boston Shopkeeper ... to be buried in decent Christien Burial at the discretion of My Executors ...
Item: [payment of] just debts and funeral charges be made
Item: to beloved son Benjamin Boylston all my land in Mendon
Item: to son Benjamin Boylston all my wearing apparel.
Item: to Ann my Beloved Wife all my Money, Bills Bonds and all my Debts during her life
Item: to [A]nn my Beloved Wife my Negro, hous[e]hold movably, and my shop goods
Further: after my Wifes decease, an equal share of the estate given to my wife, [to be] divided amongst my six daughters, viz: daughter ann Adams, daughter Susanna Adams, daughter Mary[? blurred] Simpson, daughter Elizabeth Coningham, daughter Jerusha, daughter Sarah.
Further: appoint my wife and my "Son" John Adams Execut'r
Signed Peter Boylston.
[subscribed by]
James Day
Daniel McKean
David Allen
Suffolk: proved Boston, Sep 27, 1743, G William.
NEHGR v52:422.
ABSTRACT OF FAMILY OF BENJAMIN WHITE (father: JOHN)
BENJAMIN WHITE of Brookline died Jan 9, 1723; md SUSANNAH, dau of WILLIAM and SUSANNA (HAWKES) COGSWELL of Ipswich.
CHILDREN:
• Susanna
• ANN, b Jul 4, 1685; m. Peter Boylston of Boston. Their children: Benjamin Boylston, b Apr 29, 1705; Ann Boylston, b Nov 1, 1706; SUSANNA BOYLSTON, b Mar 5, 1709 m. Nov 23, 1734, JOHN ADAMS. MOTHER of PRESIDENT John ADAMS; Mary Boylston, b Sep 15, 1714; Elizabeth Boylston, b Jun 29, 1717; Jerusha Boylston, b Feb 3, 1719; Sarah Boylston, b Mar 16, 1723.
• Mary
• Susanna
• EDWARD
• Elizabeth
• Joanna
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