From Patten Genealogy by Malcolm Clark Patten:

Henry Adams, our immigrant ancestor, came over from Braintree, England to Braintree, Massachusetts about 1632. In 1639, he was allotted 40 acres of land for the 10 persons in his family. It is believed that Henry's wife and daughter Ursula returned to England and died there. Henry's son, Jonathan, was the only son not to make the 3000 mile trip with his family, but came over 12 years later. President John Adams was the great great grandson of Henry Adams. Henry's oldest son, Henry, was killed by Indians while standing in his doorway, during "King Philip's War", when Medfield was raided by the Indians. His wife, Elizabeth Paine, was ill in bed in the house of Rev. John Wilson, a doctor as well as a minister, was killed by accidental discharge of a gun in the room below, in the hands of the Captain of the garrison. One of the two grandsons of Henry Jr., Joseph Adams, was grandfather of John Adams, second president of the United States

Founder Braintree, Mass Settler in West Cambridge Immigrant ancestor of the Adams family in America. Born in Barton St. David, Somersetshire, England. Henry Adams and his wife and children except Jonathan, aged twenty -four, left Somersetshire for America in 1638. It was on 24 February, 1639 - 40 that Henry Adams was granted by the town of Boston, forty acres of land for "10 heads" at a price of three shillings per acre, at Mount Wallaston. This was an area which had been incorporated into the town of Braintree, Massachusetts. Henry Adams was a farmer and it is presumed by some that he was a malster, a maker of malt. In any case, he fathered nine children who, in turn, were parents to his 89 grandchildren. It is interesting to note that all nine of his children grew to maturity and raised families, unique in those early years when most families lost some children to a variety of hazards