Charles
Francis
Adams
Sr.
Born in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Ancestors 
Husband of
Abigail Brown (Brooks) Adams
— married
3 Sep 1829 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Louisa Catherine (Adams) Kuhn,
John Quincy Adams II,
Charles Francis Adams Jr.,
Henry Brooks Adams,
Arthur Adams,
Mary Gardner (Adams) Quincy and
Peter Chardon Brooks Adams
Died
at age 79
in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
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Biography
Charles born 1807, the son of John Quincy Adams, sixth U.S. President, grandson of second U.S. President John Adams. Served in the U.S. House of Representatives under President Abraham Lincoln. US Ambassador to the UK, 1861-68. Married Abigail Browne Brooks (1808-1889). Unitarian, Diplomat, Republican.
In 1860 U.S. minister (ambassador) to the Court of St James's (Britain), [1]
Sources
See also:
- "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N75Z-T7J : 17 March 2020), Charles F. Adams, 21 Nov 1886; citing Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, v 375 p 316, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,233.
- Residence (from 1809 to 1815) St Petersburg, Russia
- Residence (from 1815 to 1817) England
- EDUC (1825) Harvard University
- Residence (from 1826 to 1827) Washington District of Columbia, United States
- Residence (1850) Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts
- Occupation (BET. MAR 1861 - 1868) U.S. Minister to Great Britain
- Residence (1880) Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
- Residence (21 November 1886) London, England
- Obituary (22 Nov 1886) Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Obituary (23 Nov 1886) Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
- National Id 4190
- Occupation Diplomat - Author
- Occupation Lawyer
- scholastic-achievement England - Harvard
- Burial Mount Wollaston Cemetery, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 05 October 2020, 15:16), entry for Charles Frances Adams(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LCDP-P7R); contributed by various users.
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Charles is 2 degrees from John Adams, 13 degrees from Calvin Coolidge, 14 degrees from Dwight Eisenhower, 10 degrees from John Hanson, 12 degrees from William Harrison, 10 degrees from Thomas Jefferson, 11 degrees from Abraham Lincoln, 13 degrees from James Monroe, 11 degrees from Franklin Roosevelt, 13 degrees from Martin Van Buren, 12 degrees from George Washington and 17 degrees from Jana Diamond on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
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THANKS . Maggie
this is the link I found to connect the gap of Charles Francis Adams to a second wife. Adelaid Wall