Elihu Adams
Deceased Person
1741 – 1776
Who was Elihu Adams?
Elihu Adams was a soldier in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He was born in Braintree to John Adams, Sr. and Susanna Boylston; his elder brothers were John Adams, the second President of the United States, and Peter Boylston Adams, who also served as a militia captain during the Revolution. He married Thankful White in 1765, and had at least two children - Susanna, born in 1766, and John, born in 1768.
Adams served as captain of the Braintree Company at the Siege of Boston, and as a minuteman who fought on the Concord Green in 1775. He died of dysentery on August 10, 1775, at the age of 34, and was buried at what is today known as the "Old Section" of Union Cemetery in Holbrook, Massachusetts.
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- Born
- May 29, 1741
Braintree - Siblings
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Died
- Mar 18, 1776
Cambridge
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on July 23, 2013
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