Abigail Smith Adams
American
Patriot, Founding Mother - AsNotedIn
Lineage
- Father Rev William Smith (Congregationalist)
- Mother Elizabeth Quincy Smith
- Sister: Mary Smith Cranch
- Son: John Quincy Adams
Patriot, Founding Mother - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1744/11/22 | Elizabeth Quincy Smith, wife of William Smith Jr, gives birth to a daughter, Abigail, in an upstairs room in the parsonage of North Church. | Born | Abigail Adams Birthplace | Weymouth | |||
| 1764/10/25 | In the living room of the Weymouth Parsonage, Rev William Smith unites his daughter, Abigail Smith, in holy matrimony with John Adams of Braintree. | Bride | Abigail Adams Birthplace | Weymouth | Marriage of Abigail Smith and John Adams | ||
| 1764/10/25 | Abigail Adams spends the first night in her new home. | Home | John Quincy Adams Birthplace | Quincy | Marriage of Abigail Smith and John Adams | ||
| 1767/07/11 | Abigail Smith Adams, the wife of John Adams, gives birth to a son, John Quincy Adams, at home. | Mother | John Quincy Adams Birthplace | Quincy | John Quincy Adams' Birthday | ||
| 1775/05/21 | Staying at her parents' house in Weymouth, Abigail travels the mile to the waterfront to watch the Battle of Grape Island. | Witness | Weymouth | Massachusetts | |||
| 1775/06/17 | Abigail and John Quincy Adams watch the burning of Charlestown from the top of Penn's Hill in Braintree. Located at the corner of Franklin St and Viden Rd in Quincy, the Abigail Adams Cairn marks where they viewed the battle. | Witness | Quincy | Massachusetts | Battle of Bunker Hill | ||
| 1787/09/23 | John and Abigail Adams buy an old house and 75 acres of land from Leonard Vassal Borlund for 600 pounds. | Home | The Old House at Peacefield | Quincy | |||
| 1818/10/28 | Abigail Smith Adams dies of typhoid fever. | Died | The Old House at Peacefield | Quincy |