Joseph Adams was born on 24 December 1654 in Braintree, Suffolk (now Norfolk) County, the Massachusetts Bay Colony, which at that time was part of the of the New England Confederation. He was the son of Joseph Adams and Abigail Baxter. He married Hannah Bass, daughter of John Bass and Ruth Alden, on 2 March 1688 in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, which at that time was part of the of the Dominion of New England.^1,2 His wife Hannah died on 24 October 1705. He died on 12 February 1736/37 in Braintree, Suffolk (now Norfolk) County, the Massachusetts Bay Colony, which at that time was part of the of the Province of Massachusetts Bay.

     Hannah Bass was born on 22 June 1667 in Braintree, Suffolk (now Norfolk) County, the Massachusetts Bay Colony, which at that time was part of the of the New England Confederation. She was the daughter of John Bass and Ruth Alden. She married Joseph Adams, son of Joseph Adams and Abigail Baxter, on 2 March 1688 in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, which at that time was part of the of the Dominion of New England.^1,2 She died on 24 October 1705 in Braintree, Suffolk (now Norfolk) County, the Massachusetts Bay Colony, which at that time was part of the of the Province of Massachusetts Bay.

Hannah Bass was the grand-daughter of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins of the Mayflower trip.

     John Adams was born on 8 February 1690/91 in Braintree, Suffolk (now Norfolk) County, the Massachusetts Bay Colony, which at that time was part of the of the Dominion of New England. He was the son of Joseph Adams and Hannah Bass. He married Susannah Boyleston on 23 November 1734 in Brookline, Suffolk (now Norfolk) County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Province of Massachusetts Bay.¹ He died on 25 May 1761 in Braintree, Suffolk (now Norfolk) County, the Massachusetts Bay Colony, which at that time was part of the of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. He was a farmer.

     Susannah Boyleston was born on 5 March 1708/9 in Brookline, Suffolk (now Norfolk) County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Province of Massachusetts Bay. She married John Adams, son of Joseph Adams and Hannah Bass, on 23 November 1734 in Brookline, Suffolk (now Norfolk) County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Province of Massachusetts Bay.¹ Her husband John died on 25 May 1761. She died on 17 April 1797 in Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

     John Adams was born on 19 October 1735 in Braintree, Suffolk (now Norfolk) County, the Massachusetts Bay Colony, which at that time was part of the of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. He was the son of John Adams and Susannah Boyleston. He married Abigail Smith on 25 October 1764.¹ He died on 4 July 1826 in Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

John Adams was the second president of the U.S. He graduated from Harvard in 1755, taught school and studied law. In 1765 he argued against taxation without representation before the Royal Governor. In 1770 he defended the British soldiers who fired on civilians in the "Boston Massacre." As a delegate to the Continental Congress he signed the Declaration of Independence. In 1782 he was the first American minister to England. He was elected Vice President in 1788 and 1792, and President in 1796. To fight alien influence and muzzle criticism he supported the Alien and Sedition laws of 1798, which led to his defeat for reelection. He died on the same day as his longtime rival, Thomas Jefferson. This was on the anniversary of the Nation's independence.

     Abigail Smith was born on 23 November 1744 in Weymouth, Norfolk County, the Massachusetts Bay Colony, which at that time was part of the of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. She married John Adams, son of John Adams and Susannah Boyleston, on 25 October 1764.¹ She died on 28 October 1818 in Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Abigail Smith was a direct descendant of King Edward III of England.

     John Quincy Adams was born on 11 July 1767 in Braintree, Suffolk (now Norfolk) County, the Massachusetts Bay Colony, which at that time was part of the of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. He was the son of John Adams and Abigail Smith. He married Louisa Catherine Johnson in 1797.² He died on 23 February 1848 in in the speaker's room of the House of Representatives, Washington, District of Columbia.

John Quincy Adams, an independent Federalist, was the 6th President of the U.S. He was educated in Paris, Leyden and at Harvard, graduating in 1787. He served as American minister in various European capitals and helped draft the peace treaty for the War of 1812. He was a U.S. Senator from 1803-1808. President Monroe made him Secretary of State in 1817 and he negotiated the cession of Florida from Spain, supported exclusion of slavery from the Missouri Compromise, and helped formulate the Monroe Doctrine. In 1824 he was elected President by the House of Representatives after he failed to win an Electoral College majority. His expansion of executive powers was strongly opposed and he was beaten in 1828 by Andrew Jackson. In 1821 he entered congress and served 17 years with distinction. He opposed slavery, the annexation of Texas, and the Mexican War. He helped establish the Smithsonian Institution.

     Abigail Baxter was born in September 1634 in Roxbury, the Massachusetts Bay Colony. She married Joseph Adams, son of Henry Adams and Edith Squire, on 2 November 1650 in Braintree, Suffolk (now Norfolk) County, the Massachusetts Bay Colony, which at that time was part of the of the New England Confederation.¹ She died on 27 August 1692 in Braintree, Suffolk (now Norfolk) County, the Massachusetts Bay Colony, which at that time was part of the of the Province of Massachusetts Bay.

     Fumiyo Yasui is the daughter of Gembei Yasui. She married (unknown given name) Yamada.