serviceyears branch relations death_place death_date birth_place allegiance battles birth_date placeofburial rank article_title name
1775 continental army john adams -lrb- mother -rrb- john adams , 2nd president of adams the united states -lrb- elder brother -rrb- , sr. -lrb- father -rrb- susanna boylston cambridge , massachusetts bay 10 august 1775 braintree , massachusetts bay united states 1776 united states of america '' boston battles of lexington and concord ` american revolutionary war '' ' siege of 29 may 1741 union cemetery holbrook , massachusetts , u.s. captain elihu adams
 elihu adams
elihu adams

elihu adams -lrb- may 29 , 1741 -- august 10 , 1775 -rrb- was a soldier in the continental army 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 -lrb- then still a part of braintree -rrb- .
