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Abigail Adams Smith (July 14, 1765 – August 15, 1813), nicknamed "Nabby", was a daughter of Abigail and John Adams, founding father and second President of the United States, and the older sister of John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the United States. She was named for her mother.
In a letter from Abigail to John Quincy after his death, she stated Adams died in New York City of "dropsy of the chest" or pleurisy. [8] [9] Pleurisy can be caused by a multitude of respiratory diseases, such as tuberculosis, pneumonia, and cancer. He was the first child of a president to die while the president was in office. He was 30 years old.
Abigail Adams (née Smith; November 22, [O.S. November 11] 1744 – October 28, 1818) was the wife and closest advisor of John Adams, the second president of the United States, and the mother of John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States.
Thomas Boylston Adams (September 15, 1772 – March 12, 1832) was the third and youngest son of second United States president John Adams and Abigail (Smith) Adams.He worked as a lawyer, a secretary to his brother John Quincy Adams while the latter served as United States ambassador to the Netherlands and Prussia, the business manager of and a contributor to the political and literary journal ...
In time, Adams grew close to Abigail. They were married on October 25, 1764, despite the opposition of Abigail's mother. The pair shared a love of books and proved honest in their praise and criticism of each other. After his father's death in 1761, Adams had inherited a 9 + 1 ⁄ 2-acre (3.8 ha) farm and a house where they lived until 1783 ...
With John away in Philadelphia at Second Continental Congress, Abigail was home tending the family farm and five children while following political and military developments with a close and acute ...
[9] Together, John and Susanna were parents of the following children: John Adams (1735–1826), the 2nd president of the United States. Peter Boylston Adams (1738–1823), a farmer, militia captain of Braintree, Massachusetts. Elihu Adams (1741–1775), a company commander in the militia during the American Revolution who died from dysentery.
Joining the rally to support bringing the Abigail Adams and John Quincy Adams statue to the Hancock-Adams Common in Quincy are, from left, Kora Bebo, 6, her brother, Brayden Bebo, 4, and ...