Matthew Adams (died 1753) was a distinguished writer in Boston, Massachusetts, though a mechanic, or "tradesman," yet had a handsome collection of books and cultivated literature. Benjamin Franklin acknowledges his obligations for access to his library. He was one of the writers of the Essays in the New England Journal. He died poor, but with a reputation more durable than an estate, in 1753.His son, Rev. John Adams, a graduate of 1745, was the minister of Durham, New Hampshire, from 1748 to 1778. By a grant of 400 acres (1.6 km2) of land he was induced to remove to the small plantation of Washington or Newfield, county of York, Maine, having only 5 families, in February 1781. Wikipedia
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