Samuel Adams Sr.

Samuel Adams Sr. (1689–1748) was an American brewer, father of American founding father Samuel Adams and first cousin once removed of John Adams.

Biography

He was born in Boston, on May 16, 1689. He was a deacon in the Congregational Church.[1]

He was a Boston Caucus member with Elisha Cooke.[2] In 1740, he helped create a Land Bank, in Massachusetts Bay Colony, using paper money to promote commerce, with a scarcity of gold and silver coins. In July 1741, the House of Commons passed a bill destroying the land bank, by making shareholders liable for the bank's debts.[3][4]

Family

In 1713, he married Mary Fifield.[1] They had twelve children. Three survived into adulthood, including Samuel Adams.[5] Adams Sr. died in 1748.

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References
  1. Mark Puls (28 July 2015). Samuel Adams: Father of the American Revolution. St. Martin's Press. pp. 31–. ISBN 978-1-250-09144-4.
  2. Andrew Stephen Walmsley (1 October 2000). Thomas Hutchinson and the Origins of the American Revolution. NYU Press. pp. 19–. ISBN 978-0-8147-9370-1.
  3. John K. Alexander (13 January 2004). Samuel Adams: America's Revolutionary Politician. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 5–. ISBN 978-1-4616-4278-7.
  4. Harlow Unger (2011). American Tempest: How the Boston Tea Party Sparked a Revolution. Da Capo Press. pp. 16–. ISBN 978-0-306-81976-6.
  5. Michael Burgan (1 January 2005). Samuel Adams: Patriot and Statesman. Capstone. pp. 16–. ISBN 978-0-7565-1069-5.
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