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Born in Weymouth, Massachusetts a mere 12 miles from Boston. Her father Reverend William Smith, and mother Elizabeth, had four children, Abigail being the second.
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John Adams was a freind of the family tutor and they met and fell in love when she was 17. Abigail’s pastor father married them in the First Congregational Church.
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Named Abigail “Nabby” Adams, she was a helpful companion to her mother. She was born just nine months after John and Abigail married.
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John Quincey Adams was named after his great grandfether on his mother’s side. He would later become the sixth POTUS.
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Susanna Adams was the youngest daughter and died at age two of illness.
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Charles Adams was their fourth child and was born in New York. He struggled with alcoholism and later died because of it.
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She meets up with her husband in france while he is the ambassador for the United States
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John Adams runs for president against Thomas Jefferson and follows Washington as the second POTUS.
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After losing the next election, they retire home to live quietly on their ranch. Their correspondence stops here.
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Died living with her husband on the family farm. She is buried along with John in the First Church of Quincy.
