This page collects information about people with surname Adams who were known or believed to have lived in Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
Notable Individuals
- Henry Adams (1582-1646) - early English immigrant to America - family patriarch
- John Adams (1735-1826) - lawyer, politician, patriot, diplomat - 2nd President of the United States. His family home was in Quincy, Massachusetts.
- John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) - lawyer, politician, patriot, diplomat - 6th President of the United States.
- Abigail Smith (1744-1818) - wife of President John Adams.
- Henry Adams List of Famous Descendants
Notable Landmarks
External Links

- A genealogical history of Henry Adams, of Braintree, Mass., and his descendants; also John Adams, of Cambridge, Mass., 1632-1897" (1898) Kindle Edition by Andrew Adams.
- Adams Family Tree - Massachusetts Historical Sociaty
- Boston Brahmin = Adams political family
- Society of Mayflower Descendants
- Familypedia:Plymouth Colony
- OneGreatFamily.com -Search Adams Family Records
- Massachusetts Military Records - compiled by Fold3.com
- Tour Historic Norfolk County - Notable Families and Landmarks.
See Also
:Note, for the following tables, that there may be more than one county or district of this name and that some contributors may have entered a different (possibly shorter and/or ambiguous) name when this one was meant. Search for similar names to get a more complete result. Common abbreviations are "Co." and "Cty", but there may have been no word for "county" (or equivalent) included, or such a word may have been wrongly included.
Familypedia people with surname Adams in Norfolk County, Massachusetts
See also: Norfolk County, Massachusetts/bdm, Category:Adams (surname), Category:Resided in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, and Category:People from Norfolk County, Massachusetts
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Born in Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Baptised in Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Married in Norfolk County, Massachusetts
- See also Category:Married in Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Grouping is for "first marriage", "second marriage", etc as indicated in column headings
Birth place | Baptism place | Wedding2 date | Wedding2 place | Joined with-g2 | |
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Edward Adams (1629-1716) | Kingweston, Somerset, England | 1678 | Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts | Abigail Crafts (1634-1707) | |
John Adams (1657-1751) | Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts | 1695 | Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts | Susannah Breck (1667-1744) | |
Thomas Adams (1725-1812) | Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts | 27 September 1769 | Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts | Sarah Harris (1749-1826) |
Birth place | Baptism place | Wedding3 date | Wedding3 place | Joined with-g3 | |
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Edward Adams (1629-1716) | Kingweston, Somerset, England | 6 January 1709 | Norfolk County, Massachusetts | Sarah Taylor (c1640-) |