Meet the Adamses

Meet Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams and First Ladies Abigail Adams and Louisa Catherine Adams.

For biographies of other members of the Adams family, click here.

Family Tree

The Adams Family Tree includes nine generations of John and Abigail Adams' ancestors and descendants, dating from 1590 to 1935.

Upcoming Events

Author Talk

We the People: The 500-Year Battle Over Who Is American

27Feb 6:00PM 2020

There is a pre-talk reception at 5:30.

Ben Railton argues that throughout our history two competing yet interconnected concepts have battled to define our national identity and community: exclusionary and ...

Brown Bag

A Vast Consolidation: Agents of Empire, the United States Navy, and the Processes of Pacific ...

28Feb 12:00PM 2020

This project explores the ways through which New England merchants, ship captains, sailors, and missionaries who were living and working throughout the Pacific’s ...

Teacher Workshop

Lessons from the Boston Massacre: Media Literacy in the 18th Century & Today

29Feb 9:00AM 2020

Registration Fee: $25

In honor of the 250th anniversary of the infamous Boston Massacre, we will explore the events leading up to it and the conflict's aftermath, which played out both in the ...

See our calendar for all events

From our Blog

This Week @MHS

Join us for a program this week! Here is a look at what is going on: - Tuesday, 29 January, 5:15 PM: Better Teaching through Technology, 1945-1969, with Victoria Cain, Northeastern ...

Founder to Founder

Like so many good stories here at the Historical Society, it began with a reference question. Jeremy Belknap, hunting through his sources, asked Vice President John Adams for some help. Belknap, the ...

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