Adams Family Genealogy

Henry Adams was born in England, and was one of the first person from the Adams Family to come to America. He arrived in Massachusetts in about 1632 with other members of the Family. Shown below is a portion of his Family Tree leading to two US Presidents, and to the Bower Family.

  1. Henry Adams 1583 & Edith Rosamund Squire 1587

  2. Lt Thomas Adams 1612 & Mary Blackmore abt. 1613
  3. Jonathan Adams 1646 & abt. Leah Gould 1650
  4. David Adams 1699 & Dorcas Paine 1699
  5. Levi Adams 1728 & Margaret Perkins 1729
  6. Capt david Adams 1756 & Abgail Carver 1754
  7. Dyer Adams 1781 & Nancy Jane Culley 1788
  8. Capt Samule Jones 1812 & Salima F. Adams 1816
  9. William Harvey Clendenin 1836 & Emily Carolin Jones 1839
  10. Dasiy Gertude Clendenin 1870 & DeWitte Clinton 1864
  11. Kenneth DeWitt Bower1893 & Charlotte Ellen Smart 1892
  12. Charles Smart Bower 1919 & Laura Mildred Ingham 1920
  13. Kenneth Charles Bower 1943 & Susan Ann Lund 1947

  1. Henry Adams 1583 & Edith Rosamund Squire 1587
  2. Joseph Adams 1626 & Abgail Baxter 1634
  3. Joseph Adams 1654 & Hannah Boss 1669
  4. Dea. John Adams 1690 & Susannah Boylston 1708
  5. Presideent John Adams 1735 & Abgail Smith 1735
  6. Presideent John Quincey Adams 1767 & Louisa Catherine Johnson 1775



John Adams was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. He was also the first Vice-President and second President of the United States. A lawyer who became an outspoken proponent of independence, the fact that we have a United States today at all is largely because of him.