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 1744 - 1818 (73 years)
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| Name |
Abigail Smith [1] |
| Birth |
11 Nov 1744 |
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Female |
| Death |
28 Oct 1818 |
| Person ID |
I60083 |
Cecilie Family |
| Last Modified |
9 Jan 2006 |
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| Notes |
Abigail Smith Adams (November 11, 1744 - October 28, 1818) was the wife of John Adams, the second President of the United States, and is seen as the second First Lady of the United States, though that term was not coined until after her death. Born in Weymouth, Massachusetts, Abigail lacked formal education. On her mother's side she was descended from the Quincys, a family of great prestige in the Massachusetts colony; her father and other forebearers were Congregational ministers, leaders in a society that held its clergy in high esteem. Abigail Smith married John Adams in 1764. The young couple lived on John's small farm at Braintree (later renamed Quincy) or in Boston as his practice expanded. In ten years she bore three sons and two daughters, including another President, John Quincy Adams. Abigail Adams is remembered today for the many letters she wrote to her husband while he served his country in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during the Continental Congresses and the Constitutional Convention. Passages from those letters figured prominently in the Broadway musical 1776 (and the 1972 film of it, with Virginia Vestoff as Abigail Adams).
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- [S1096] David M, Royals, Rebels, Presidents, Paupers, Thinkers, and Thieves, (http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jdp-fam&id=I28323).
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