Zabdiel Adams (5 November 1739 1 March 1801), minister of Lunenburg, Massachusetts, was born in Braintree, now Quincy, November 5, 1739. His father was the uncle of John Adams, late president of the United States. He graduated from Harvard University in 1759, having made, while in that seminary, great proficiency in learning, and much improved the vigorous powers of mind, with which he was endued. He was ordained September 5, 1764, and died March 1, 1801, in the 62nd year of his age, and 37th of his ministry.