John Adams was born circa 1779 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States to Samuel Adams (1752-1838) and Elizabeth Newhall (1756-1850) and died 2 November 1851 Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States of unspecified causes. He married Dolly Stuart (1782-1861) 23 March 1806 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He married Mary Ann Burdett (1826-1851) in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Nathan Stuart Adams (1806-1870) | |||
| John Adams (1807-1886) | |||
| Eliza Adams (1809-1885) | |||
| Alice Adams (1810-) | |||
| William Jefferson Adams (1812-1888) | 23 February 1812 Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States | 30 March 1888 Bennezette, Butler County, Iowa, United States | Jane Eastwood (1813-1852) Temperance Wiser (1822-1881) |
| Samuel Adams (1814-1878) | |||
| Eli Jones Adams (1816-1884) | |||
| Sidney Adams (1820-1846) | |||
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Joseph Newhall Adams (1778-1888) | |||
| John Adams (1779-1851) | 1779 Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States | 2 November 1851 Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States | Dolly Stuart (1782-1861) Mary Ann Burdett (1826-1851) |
| Sally Newhall Adams (1779-1889) | |||
| Samuel Adams (1781-1861) | |||
| William Adams (1785-1885) | |||
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| George Adams (1791-1868) | |||
| James Adams (1793-1874) | |||
| Rebecca Adams (1796-) | |||
| Charles Adams (1801-1866) | |||
Residences
Vital Records
1850 US Census
Review of the 1850 Federal Census reveals John Adams as a "pauper" resident of the Leominster Poor House. This is one year before his death in 1851. Cannot find his wife (Dolly Stuart Adams) on the 1850 Federal Census, but she appears on the 1855 Massachusetts Census living with her son Eli J Adams. Dolly appears on the 1860 Census living with her son John Adams Jr. in Princeton.
The Genealogical History of Henry Adams
Additionally, according to A genealogical history of Henry Adams, of Braintree, Mass., and his descendants : also John Adams, of Cambridge, Mass., 1632-18, John married a second time to Mary Ann Burdett who died at age 25 on November 11,1851. See page 35 for this reference.