Death and Descendants
McAdam died in Moffat, Dumfriesshire, while returning to his home in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, from his annual summer visit to Scotland. His three sons, and in turn four grandsons, followed him into the profession and assisted with the management of turnpike trusts around the country. His second surviving son, James Nicholl MacAdam, the "Colossus of Roads", was knighted for managing turnpike trusts—a knighthood, it is said, previously offered to his father but declined.
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