John Adams expected great things from his eldest son, John Quincy. "You came into life with advantages which will disgrace you if your success is mediocre. ... And if you do not rise to the head ...

The Adams Memorial Foundation has taken on the mission of ensuring that John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Abigail Adams, Louisa Catherine Adams, and their descendants are given their rightful place ...

John Adams and John Quincy Adams were public figures who made significant contributions to the founding and expansion of the ...

The Adams family — John, Abigail, and their descendants, including the nation’s sixth president, John Quincy Adams — embodied the intellectual fortitude and moral courage that defined ...

followed by John Quincy in 1767; Susanna in 1768, but died in 1770; Charles was born in 1770; and Thomas in 1772. A sixth child, Elizabeth, was stillborn in 1777. In 1765 Adams took his first ...