John Quincy Adams Family Tree: People, Sources and Citations

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Portrait	Person	Years	Life	On the chart
	John AdamsSecond President	1735–1826	Father of John Quincy. Sources1	Find on the chart
	Abigail AdamsMother	1744–1818	Born Abigail Smith at Weymouth. Sources1	Find on the chart
	Abigail Adams SmithSister	1765–1813	Known as Nabby. Sources1	Find on the chart
	Louisa Catherine AdamsWife	1775–1852	Born in London. Sources1 5	Find on the chart
	John Quincy AdamsSixth President	1767–1848	The centre of the chart. Sources1	Find on the chart
	Charles AdamsBrother	1770–1800	A lawyer in New York. Sources1	Find on the chart
	Thomas Boylston AdamsYoungest brother	1772–1832	A lawyer who sat in the Massachusetts legislature. Sources1	Find on the chart
	George Washington AdamsEldest son	1801–1829	Born in Berlin. Sources1	Find on the chart
JA	John Adams 2dSecond son	1803–1834	Private secretary to his father. Sources1	Find on the chart
LC	Louisa Catherine Adams IIDaughter	1811–1812	Died in infancy. Sources1 2	Find on the chart
	Charles Francis AdamsThird son	1807–1886	Minister to Britain. Sources1 3	Find on the chart
	Abigail Brooks AdamsWife of Charles Francis	1808–1889	Born at Medford. Sources1	Find on the chart
	John Quincy Adams IIGrandson	1833–1894	A Massachusetts politician. Sources3 6	Find on the chart
	Charles Francis Adams Jr.Grandson	1835–1915	A railroad reformer. Sources3 6	Find on the chart
	Henry AdamsGrandson	1838–1918	A writer. Sources3 6	Find on the chart
	Brooks AdamsGrandson	1848–1927	A historian. Sources3 6	Find on the chart

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APAGenogram Builder. (2026, November 10). The John Quincy Adams family tree, from John and Abigail to Charles Francis Adams. https://genogrambuilder.org/history/adams-family-tree
MLA“The John Quincy Adams Family Tree, from John and Abigail to Charles Francis Adams.” Genogram Builder, 10 Nov. 2026, https://genogrambuilder.org/history/adams-family-tree.
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HarvardGenogram Builder (2026) The John Quincy Adams Family Tree, from John and Abigail to Charles Francis Adams. Available at: https://genogrambuilder.org/history/adams-family-tree (Accessed: 10 November 2026).

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Sources

Every source for the John Quincy Adams family tree was opened on 10 November 2026. Wikipedia is cited only for the years of the four grandsons.

Massachusetts Historical Society

Adams Biographical Sketches

National Park Service, Adams National Historical Park

White House Historical Association

Louisa Adams

Wikipedia

Adams political family

Portrait credits

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John Adams, Gilbert Stuart, National Gallery of Art, about 1800 to 1815.
Abigail Adams, Gilbert Stuart, National Gallery of Art, 1800 to 1815.
Abigail Adams Smith, Mather Brown, 1785.
John Quincy Adams, Mathew Brady, about 1843 to 1848.
Louisa Catherine Adams, Gilbert Stuart, 1821 to 1826.
Charles Adams, Unknown author, before 1800.
Thomas Boylston Adams, Charles Knight, 1815.
George Washington Adams, Charles Bird King, about 1820.
Charles Francis Adams, Mathew B. Brady, National Portrait Gallery, about 1860.
Abigail Brooks Adams, Marian Hooper Adams, about 1883.
John Quincy Adams II, Lamb's Biographical Dictionary, 1900.
Charles Francis Adams Jr., Unknown author, Library of Congress, 1864.
Henry Adams, William Notman, about 1885.
Brooks Adams, Unknown author, about 1910.
The Old House at Peace field in Quincy, home of four generations of the Adams family.[^nps-house], National Park Service Digital Image Archives, undated.

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