John Adams was many things: lawyer, diplomat, member of the Continental Congress, and one of the original signers of the Declaration of Independence. Adams was born in Braintree ... up residence in ...

October 19: John Adams is born in Braintree, Massachusetts ... first president to live in the recently completed President's House in Washington, D.C. Abigail will join him mid-November, before ...

John Adams was born on October 30, 1735, in Braintree, Massachusetts. His father, a farmer and deacon, hoped that Adams would enter the clergy, but his Harvard professors thought his propensity ...