death_date death_place birth_place birth_date dead article_title name
13 march 1832 quincy , massachusetts quincy , massachusetts september 15 , 1772 deceased thomas boylston adams -lrb- 1772 -- 1832 -rrb-
 thomas boylston adams
thomas boylston adams -lrb- 1772 -- 1832 -rrb-

thomas boylston adams -lrb- september 15 , 1772 -- march 13 , 1832 -rrb- was the third and youngest son of john and abigail -lrb- smith -rrb- adams .
adams lived with relatives in haverhill , massachusetts during his father 's diplomatic missions in europe , after abigail adams joined him in 1784 .
he graduated from harvard university in 1790 and studied law at his family 's behest , but brother john quincy adams did not believe he had the skills to practice law successfully .
adams accompanied his brother john quincy in the netherlands and prussia from 1794 to 1798 , serving as his secretary .
in 1805 , he married ann harrod of haverhill and the couple produced seven children in only eleven years .
they settled in quincy , which he represented in the massachusetts legislature in 1805-06 .
adams was elected a fellow of the american academy of arts and sciences in 1810 .
in 1811 , he was appointed chief justice of the circuit court of common pleas for the southern circuit of massachusetts .
like his brother charles , thomas had problems with alcoholism .
he died in quincy in 1832 , deeply in debt .
