Adams, John (7)

Adams, John (7), a Congregational minister, was born at Salem, Mass., Nov. 30, 1813. He graduated at Middlebury College in 1837; entered the Andover Theological Seminary, but did not remain long; preached in Warren, Vt., six months; was acting pastor at Cambridge, Mass., in 1839, and at Essex in 1840; was ordained July 21,1841, at Underhill North, Vt.; dismissed in October, 1843; installed at Sharon June 26,1844; dismissed May 1, 1857. He was acting pastor at Hanover Centre, N. H., from 1857 to 1861; and at Hillsborough Centre from that time until his death, May 19, 1879. See Statistics of Cong. Ministers, 1879.