Born in Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Bass Sr.
and Ruth (Alden) Bass
Sister of
John Bass, Samuel Bass, Ruth (Bass) Webb, Joseph Bass, Mary (Bass) Spear and Sarah (Bass) Thayer
Wife of
Joseph Adams Jr.
— married
20 Feb 1688 in Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Mother of
Joseph Adams III, John Adams, Samuel Adams, Josiah Adams I, Hannah (Adams) Owen, Ruth (Adams) Webb, Bethiah (Adams) Hunt and Ebenezer Adams
Died
at age 38
in Braintree, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay
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Biography
Hannah Adams, born 22 June 1667, Braintree, was the daughter of John Bass and Ruth Alden. She married Joseph Adams, Jr. in Braintree, (then) Suffolk County, Massachusetts on 20 February 1688. She died in Braintree, Massachusetts 24 Oct 1705.[1][2]
Hannah Adams nee Bass (1667-1705) was the paternal grandmother of John Adams Jr., second president of the United States.
Granddaughter of John Alden of the Mayflower.
Children
Joseph and Hannah (Bass) Adams had the following (8) children:[3]
- Joseph, b. Jan. 1688/9; m. Elizabeth Knight, m. Elizabeth Pickering
- John, b. 8 Feb. 1690/1; m. Susannah Boylston
- Samuel, b. 28 Jan. 1693/4; m. Sarah Paine
- Josiah, b. 18 Feb. 1695/6; m. Bethiah Thompson
- Hannah, b. 21 Feb. 1697/8; m. Benjamin Owen
- Ruth, b. 21 March 1700; m. Rev. Nathan Webb
- Bethiah, b. 13 June 1702; m. Ebenezer Hunt, m. Benjamin Bicknell, m. Joshua Hawyard
- Ebenezer, b. 30 Dec. 1704; Anne Boylston
Sources
- ↑ Sprague, Waldo Chamberlain. Genealogies of the Families Of Braintree, Norfolk, Mass., 1640-1850 Including the modern town of Randolph & Holbrook and the city of Quincy, after the separation from Braintree in 1792-3... Pages 14, 15. (New England Historical and Genealogical Register 2001) Electronic Version
- ↑ Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Hannah Bass Adams (28 Jan 1667–24 Oct 1705), Find A Grave: Memorial #26678903 Maintained by Jack W. Davis (contributor 46900076) Unknown.
- ↑ Esther Littleford Woodsworth-Barnes, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol 16, Part 1, The Descendants of John Alden, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2002. "The Silver Book" Page 143
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.
- Genealogies of the Families Of Braintree, Norfolk, Mass., 1640-1850 Author: Waldo Chamberlain Sprague, AB Publication: Including the modern town of Randolph & Holbrook and the city of Quincy, after the separation from Braintree in 1792-3. Page: 18, 347.
- Information from the Alden Kindred website
See also:
- Our Family History a genealogy of the Heath, Palmer, Thayer, Goodnow and allied families
- Source Citation for North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
- Pennsylvania, Society of Mayflower Descendants Applications, 1911-1929
- Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Hannah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
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Robin Lee
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Joseph and Hanna did not have a daughter named Sarah. Her profile should be detached from these parents. (Esther Littleford Woodsworth-Barnes, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol 16, Part 1, The Descendants of John Alden, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2002. "The Silver Book" Page 143)
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Robin Lee
Bass-4146 and Bass-1 appear to represent the same person because: identical data,
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Hannah is 18 degrees from Emeril Lagasse, 19 degrees from Nigella Lawson, 19 degrees from Maggie Beer, 41 degrees from Mary Hunnings, 25 degrees from Joop Braakhekke, 27 degrees from Michael Chow, 19 degrees from Ree Drummond, 21 degrees from Paul Hollywood, 18 degrees from Matty Matheson, 19 degrees from Martha Stewart, 28 degrees from Danny Trejo and 24 degrees from Molly Yeh on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
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