Thomas Boylston Adams | |
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Chief Justice of Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Circuit of Massachusetts | |
In office 1811–1812 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Braintree, Massachusetts | September 15, 1772
Died | March 13, 1832 Quincy, Massachusetts | (aged 59)
Resting place | Mount Wollaston Cemetery, Quincy, Massachusetts |
Spouse |
Ann Harrod
(m. 1805) |
Relations | See Adams family |
Children | Abigail Smith, Elizabeth Coombs, Thomas Boylston, Frances Foster, Isaac Hull, John Quincy, and Joseph Harrod |
Parent(s) | John Adams Abigail Smith Adams |
Alma mater | Harvard College |
Thomas Boylston Adams (September 15, 1772 – March 12, 1832) was the third and youngest son of second United States president John Adams and Abigail (Smith) Adams. He worked as a lawyer, a secretary to his brother John Quincy Adams while the latter served as United States ambassador to the Netherlands and Prussia, the business manager of and a contributor to the political and literary journal Port Folio, and a Massachusetts chief justice.