Adams, Samuel
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born on | 16 September 1722 Jul.Cal. (27 Sep 1722 greg.) at 12:00 (= 12:00 noon ) | ||||
Place | Boston, Massachusetts, 42n22, 71w04 | ||||
Timezone | LMT m71w04 (is local mean time) | ||||
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Biography
American statesman, a founding father of the USA, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and member of a noted family; his second cousin was John Adams who would become the nation's second President.
Samuel Adams was a founder of the Sons of Liberty and was a principal in the protest against the Stamp Act and in the protest known as the Boston Tea Party. He wrote prolifically in protest of British rule before and during the Revolutionary War. As a member of the Massachusetts Assembly, he advocated for a Continental Congress. After its formation he was appointed a representative.
In 1789 he was appointed lieutenant governor of the state of Massachusetts. Five years later, in 1794, he was elected Governor, a seat he held until his retirement in 1797. He died on 2 October 1803 in Boston, age 81. Boston's Republican newspaper the Independent Chronicle eulogized him as the "Father of the American Revolution".
Relationships
- other kin relationship with Adams, John (born 30 October 1735). Notes: Second cousins
Events
- Work : Gain social status 1794 (Elected Governor of Massachusetts)
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield quotes a transcription of the Adams Family Bible in the book, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1854), p. 283: "Samuel Adams their second son, born the sixteenth day of Septbr at twelve of the Clock at noon, being Sabbath day, 1722."
Categories
- Family : Childhood : Family noted
- Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages (Two)
- Family : Relationship : Widowed (First marriage)
- Family : Parenting : Kids more than 3 (Six)
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs
- Vocation : Politics : Activist/ political
- Vocation : Politics : Public office
- Notable : Famous : Founder/ originator
- 1722 births
- Birthday 16 September
- Birthplace Boston, MA (US)
- Sun 4 Libra
- Moon 10 Taurus
- Asc 15 Sagittarius
- 1803 deaths
- Family : Childhood : Family noted
- Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages
- Family : Relationship : Widowed
- Family : Parenting : Kids more than 3
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs
- Vocation : Politics : Activist/ political
- Vocation : Politics : Public office
- Notable : Famous : Founder/ originator