Dr. William Weston Adams (November 15, 1786 – August 11, 1831) was an American politician, planter, medical doctor, and graduate of Yale University.
"William Weston Adams was a 'tall and very handsome man, possessing elegant manners.'
He and his wife Sarah Epps Goodwyn are said to have been one of the most strikingly handsome couples of their day."
[1][2] His nephew James Hopkins Adams graduated from Yale University, and was the 66th Governor of South Carolina from 1854 to 1857.
William's nephew James Pickett Adams (1828–1904) was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, and was Major in the Confederate States Army.