I knew there was a reason that I liked Sam Adams beer!

Must be that fact that after spending just about all day yesterday working on my tree I discovered that I am a 4th cousin 9x removed of John Adams [yup, the President John Adams]

 and Sam Adams [yup, Sons of Liberty Sam Adams]!

I just sat there for the longest time time thinking 'how cool is that'!?!?

Here's how it started.................

I received a hint on a Henry Adams for my tree at Ancestry.com. Curious as to who this Henry Adams might be, I started to investigate.

This particular Henry Adams had been born in England in 1531 and was my 13th great grandfather!! Talk about a hint! Sheesh! 

I started researching him and the first thing that pops up is a FindAGrave.com reference, so I click on the link............

Not very interesting until I read the source material at the bottom which reads "Source: Henry Adams of Somersetshire, England and Braintree, Mass., compiled by J. Gardner Bartlett for Edward Dean Adams, 1927

Being a history buff I honed in on Braintree right away. Anyone knowing a bit of history knows that President John Adams came from Braintree [now Quincy] Massachusetts. That's when the spark ignited and this little tiny voice in my head said 'just maybe!!!'

So, a million pieces of paper later...............

this is what I came up with:

Henry Adams was my 13th great grandfather, he had a son,

Richard Adams, my 12th great grandfather, he had a son,

Robert Adams, my 11th great grandfather, he had a son,

Robert Adams, my 10th great grandfather, he had a daughter,

Elizabeth Adams Phelps, my 9th great grandmother, she had a daughter,

Eleanor Phelps Chandler, my 8th great grandmother, she had a son,

William Moses Chandler, Jr, my 7th great grandfather, he had a daughter, 

Lydia Chandler Crosby, my 6th great grandmother, she had a son,

Ezra Crosby, my 5th great grandfather, he had a daughter,

Sybil Crosby Wheeler, my 4th great grandmother, she had a daughter,

Martha Wheeler Bryant, my 3rd great grandmother, she had a son,

Walter Roland Bryant, my 2nd great grandfather, he had a daughter,

Martha Ada Bryant White, my great grandmother, who had a daughter,

Mildred Ada White Tingley Van Keuren, who had a daughter,

June Carole Tingley Roth, who had a daughter............

ME!!

You should be asking now - so where does John Adams come in?

Well, Richard, mentioned above had a bunch of sons, we descend through his son, Robert, and John Adams descends through his son, Henry.

Oh, and in case you are wondering, Sam Adams also descends through Henry, so I am also a 4th cousin 9x removed from him also!

Whew!!