Elihu Adams, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Elihu Adams

Brother of United States President John Adams

Date of Birth: 29-May-1741

Place of Birth: Braintree, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 18-Mar-1776

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Elihu Adams (May 29, 1741 – August 10, 1775) was a farmer and soldier in the Massachusetts Militia 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 (then still a part of Braintree).