Descendancy of Pres. John Calvin Coolidge, Jr.
from Samuel Adams (___?-1688/9) and Rebecca Graves (1631-1664)

Samuel Adams; was born in England, one of nine children of Henry Adams, and Edith Squire.

See: Relationship Chart connecting Pres. Calvin Coolidge and the two Adams Presidents.

Samuel Adams married, as his second wife, Rebecca Graves (1631-1664). They had 11 children, one of whom was Susannah Adams(1661-1740/1).

Susannah married Daniel Waldo (1657-1737) and had 9 children, one of whom was Bethia Waldo (1688-___?). Although Bethia is not listed among the children of Susannah and Daniel on the web page for Daniel Waldo, she is listed as such in other sources.

Bethia Waldo married Edmund Littlefield (as her first husband) and had a daughter, Esther Littlefield (1714-1792).

Esther Littlefield married Samuel Soper, Jr. (1709-1749) and had a daughter, Esther Soper (1738-1812).

Esther Soper married Silas Briggs (1732-1813) and had a son, Asa Briggs (1755-1834).

Asa Briggs married Elizabeth Paul, and had a daughter, Sally Briggs (1784-1826). According to a transcription of the inscription on the gravestone for Sally Briggs in Plymouth VT, she died on July 31, 1826 at the age of 41 yrs, 8 mo. So, Sally would have been born in Oct. 1784. Her date of death, as reported in the transcription is contrary to other reports that list her death in 1869.

Sally Briggs married Isreal Putnam Brown (1781-1867).Sally Briggs was 14 years old (almost 15) at the time of their marriage in 1799. Sally and Israel are said to have had as many as 13 children including a daughter, Sally Brown (1801-1884).

Sally Brown married Isreal C. Brewer (c1797-1873), and had a daughter, Sarah Almeda Brewer (1823-1906).

Sarah Almeda Brewer married Calvin Galusha Coolidge (1815-1878), and had a son, John Calvin Coolidge (1845-1926).

John Calvin Coolidge married Victoria Josephine Moor (1846-1885), and had a son, John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. (1872-1933) 30th President of the United States.

See also the Cornish line of descent from Charlemagne to Calvin Coolidge (Click on Iodena Hunt)

See also Line of descent from Daniel Rose by Douglas John Murphy


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