Abigail BAXTER

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Daughter of Gregory Baxter and Margaret Paddy

Abigail married Joseph ADAMS on 26 Nov 1650. Joseph was born on 9 Feb 1626 in Kingweston, Somerset, England; died on 6 Dec 1694 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hannah married Deacon Samuel SAVIL on 10 Apr 1672/3. Samuel died on 14 Dec 1700. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Joseph was selectman in Braintree in 1673, and in 1698/9. He d. in Braintree, 12 Feb., 1736/7. Joseph Adams and John Bass were credited to Braintree for services in the war with the Indians, Aug., 1676.

Joseph married Mary CHAPIN on 20 Feb 1682. Mary was born on 27 Aug 1662; died on 14 Jun 1687. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth HOBART. Elizabeth was born about 1668; died on 13 Feb 1739. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abigail married John BASS in abt. 1687. John (son of John BASS and Ruth ALDEN) was born on 26 Nov 1658 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died on 30 Sep 1724 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He was a sea captain and merchant; res. Boston after 1687; d. 12 Nov., 1702; widow m. ? Winkley and was deceased Sept., 1712. Widow Hannah was appointed administratrix Feb. 16, 1702/3 and John Webb was appointed administrator 'de bonis non', July 10, 1707.

Family/Spouse: Hannah WEBB. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Hannah CHECKLEY on 19 Oct 1694. Hannah died before Sep 1712. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Bethia married John WEBB in May 1680. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Deacon Samuel BASS before 18 Jul 1694. Samuel (son of John BASS and Ruth ALDEN) was born on 25 Mar 1660 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died on 20 Feb 1751 in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Peter married Mary WEBB on 12 Feb 1695. Mary died on 11 Oct 1725. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mehitable married Thomas WHITE, Jr. on 21 Jul 1697. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Ephraim JONES, Jr. on 1-5 Apr 1714. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abigail married Seh CHAPIN, Jr. on 5 Feb 1713. Seh was born on 2 Jul 1692 in Mendon, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Elizabeth KNIGHT on 13 Oct 1720 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Elizabeth was born on 8 Jul 1685 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire; died on 10 Feb 1757 in Newington, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Elizabeth PICKERING on 3 Jan 1760 in Greenland, New Hampshire. Elizabeth was born about 1700; died on 7 Feb 1762. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Susanna BOYLSTON on 23 Nov 1734 in Brookline, Massachusetts. Susanna (daughter of Peter BOYLSTON and Ann WHITE) was born on 05 Mar 1708/9 in Brookline, Massachusetts; died on 17 Apr 1797 in Quincy, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Sarah PAINE on 6 Oct 1720 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Sarah was born on 3 Jul 1697 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died on 23 Jun 1777; was buried in Hancock Cemetery, Braintree, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Cause of Death (Facts Pg): "by the oversetting of his cart when the oxen ran away"

Josiah married Bethiah THOMPSON on 20 Nov 1718 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Bethiah was born on 20 Mar 1692/3 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died on 14 Sep 1776 in Mendon, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hannah married Benjamin OWEN on 4 Feb 1725 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Benjamin was born on 1 Nov 1691 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died after 1 Apr 1754. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ruth married Nathan WEBB on 23 Nov 1731 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Nathan was born on 9 Apr 1705 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died on 14 Mar 1772 in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Bethiah married Ebenezer HUNT on 28 Apr 1737 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Ebenezer was born on 6 Apr 1694 in Weymouth, Massachusetts; died on 1 Oct 1761 in Weymouth, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Bethiah married Benjamin BICKNELL on 9 May 1767 in (int.) Weymouth, Massachusetts. Benjamin (son of John BICKNELL and Sarah ?) was born on 8 Jun 1694 in Weymouth, Massachusetts; died on 27 Oct 1772 in Weymouth, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Bethiah married Lt. Joshua HAYWARD on 8 Jan 1777 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Joshua was born on 26 May 1699 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died on 10 May 1794 in Randolph, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ebenezer married Anne BOYLSTON on 21/24 Mar 1729 in Brookline, Massachusetts. Anne (daughter of Peter BOYLSTON and Ann WHITE) was born on 1 Nov 1706 in Brookline, Massachusetts; died on 18 Feb 1770 in Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Joanna GILMAN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: 2nd President of the United States, Vice President: Thomas Jefferson
• Fact: First Vice President of the United States under George Washington
• Fact: Signer of the Declaration of Independence

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2nd United States President, first United States Vice President, Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Massachusetts, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, and Revolutionary War Patriot. Born the first of two sons to John and Susanna Boylston Adams, he was born in Braintree, Massachusetts (now part of Quincy, MA), where his father was a Puritan farmer, a lieutenant in the militia, a town selectman (town councilman), and a descendant of the first settlers who had arrived in 1636 to found the town. John attended Harvard College, and after graduating in 1755, taught school in Worcester, Massachusetts for a few years. He decided that he wanted to become a lawyer, and studied law under James Putnam, a prominent lawyer in Worcester. In 1758, he was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar. A careful student, he would write detailed descriptions of events, court cases, and impressions of men, so that he could later study them and reflect upon them. His 1761 notes of the court argument of attorney James Otis on the legality of the Writs of Assistance has served to be one of the best historical records of that argument, helping historians to understand both that law, the public perceptions of the effects of that law, and the patriotism that existing in James Otis. With the Stamp Act of 1765, Adams rose to prominence as an opponent of the king, in which he argued to the Royal Governor that without representation in Parliament, Massachusetts had not assented to the Stamp Act. In 1770, following the Boston Massacre, the British soldiers involved were charged with murder. When no lawyer in Boston would agree to defend them, Adams argued on their behalf, and got six of them acquitted, with two soldiers who had fired directly into the crowd convicted only of manslaughter with dismissal from the Army. That same month, Adams was elected to the Massachusetts General Legislature, beginning his political career. Adams attended the First and Second Continental Congresses as a representative from Massachusetts. Believing in independence, he nominated George Washington of Virginia for Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army. Tired of repeating his arguments for independence, Adams wrote a pamphlet "Thoughts on Government" (1776), which articulated his thoughts on independence and, more influentially, on the thought that monarchs, the aristocracy, and the common people all had to be mixed together and represented, in order to bring their support to the government. This thought was considered very radial at the time. "Thoughts on Government" was extremely influential on political thinkers, and was referenced as an authority in virtually every state when each wrote their state constitution. Adams would help write the Declaration of Independence, and would sign as a Massachusetts delegate. During the Revolution, he served as head of the Board of War and Ordnance, seeing that the Continental Army received the supplies it needed. In 1779, he wrote most of the Massachusetts Constitution, with help from his cousin, Sam Adams, and patriot James Bowdoin. During the Revolutionary War, Adams successfully negotiated treaties of recognition and friendship with France, Holland and Prussia, giving the United States its first foreign recognition as a nation. In 1785, he was appointed as the first Ambassador from the United States to Great Britain since the Revolution. When the Constitution of the United States was adopted, Adams ran for President, coming in second behind General George Washington. In accordance with the US Constitution, that made Washington President and Adams Vice President. As President of the Senate (the only duties that the Constitution gave the Vice President) he cast 29 tie-breaking votes, a record that still stands today. As the first Vice President, he set the standards for the sessions of the Congress, many of which are still enforced even today. In 1796, Adams ran for President on the Federalist Party platform against Governor Thomas Pinckney (Federalist), Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican Party) and Senator Aaron Burr (also Democratic-Republican). In a narrow victory, Adams won the Presidency over the next candidate, Thomas Jefferson, thus, under the rules then in place, Jefferson become Adams' Vice President. In the next four years, President Adams built up the Navy, fought an undeclared war with France, and signed into law the Alien and Sedition Acts as an legal instrument against French actions in America (but was used by some politicians to silence their political opponents) and gave the first ever State of the Union address. In the election of 1800, each candidate ran for the first time with a vice presidential running mate. In this election, Jefferson teamed with Aaron Burr to defeat John Adams and his running mate, Charles Pinckney. Just before leaving the Presidency, Adams became the first US President to occupy the newly constructed White House, the official residence of the President. In his final days as President, Adams appointed his Secretary of State, John Marshall, as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; Marshall would go on to establish much of the legal decisions that influence the Supreme Court even today, and he is considered one of the best Chief Justices the US ever had. Following his defeat, Adams retired into private life, returning to his farm in Massachusetts. He and Jefferson were bitter by the infighting of politics and would not speak to each other again until 1812, when Adams finally reconciled with Jefferson. Becoming friends again, the two men corresponded on a number of political and philosophical discussions, giving future historians deep insight into political thought of the times and of the two men. Sixteen months before his death, Adams' son, John Quincy Adams, became the sixth President of the United States, the first son of a President to achieve this office. On July 4, 1826, on the 50th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Adams died at his home in Quincy. His last words were "Jefferson lives," considered a tribute of his deep affection for his friend and former rival. However, Thomas Jefferson had died a few hours earlier than his friend, John Adams, that same day.

Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson

John married Abigail SMITH on 25 Oct 1764 in Weymouth, Massachusetts. Abigail (daughter of Rev. William SMITH, Jr. and Elizabeth QUINCY) was born on 23 Nov 1744 in Braintree, Massachusetts; died on 28 Oct 1818 in Quincy, Massachusetts; was buried in Quincy Congregational Church, Quincy Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He was a Representative in the General Court from Braintree, 1792 and 1794, and d. 2 June 1823, age 85.

Peter married Mary CROSBY on 20 Aug 1768 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts. Mary was born in 1749. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Capt. Elihu settled in Randolph, Mass., the part now Holbrook. He was captain of the Braintree company at the siege of Boston, when he contracted a fever, and d. March 18, 1776; his widow was appointed guardian of the minor children, John and Elisha.

Elihu married Thankful WHITE on 20 Sep 1765 in (pub) Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts. Thankful was born on 25 Mar 1747 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts; died on 22 May 1822 in Abington, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]