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Biography of Abigail Smith Adams By: Kayla Porter //Abigail Adams was born on November 11, 1744 in Weymouth, Massachusetts and she died in October 28, 1818 and she was buried next to her husband United Faith Parish Church. Her father was William Smith and he was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts and died in September 31, 1783 in Weymouth, Massachusetts. He was a Congregationalist minister. Her mother was Elizabeth Quincy and she was born in 1721 Braintree, Massachusetts and she married William Smith in 1740 and died in Weymouth Massachusetts in 1775. She had two sisters and one brother. Their names were Mary, Betsy, and Billy// //. Abigail was often sick when she was young but when she grew up she was tall and slender and had brown hair and brown eyes and she 5 feet and 1 inch tall. Her religion is a Congregationalist. Abigail went to an all girls school called Dame. She was also given access to the extensive libraries of her father and maternal grandfather, taking special interest in philosophy, theology, Shakespeare, the classics, ancient history, and government and law. She was also taught by her Grandmother too. Later she taught herself Science. Reading and corresponding with family and friends occupied most of her time as a young women. But she did not play cards, sing or dance. Abigail was 20 when she and John were about to married and John was 27. She was married to John Adams on October 25, 1764 in Weymouth, Massachusetts. After the ceremony they drove in horse and carriage to a cottage that stood beside the one that John Adams had been born and raised in. This became there first home. But then they moved to Boston in a series of rented homes before buying a large farm. John Adams was a lawyer to the Smith family too. In ten years of being together they had two daughters and three sons. Their names were Nabby, Susanna, Charles, John, and Thomas. When John had to go traveling as a circuit judge she watched after the family and home. There were long separations between her and John while he was serving the country that they both loved. There were books written about her struggling at home while he was at war and how she was lonely and she had to teach her children when education was interrupted. In 1784 John and Abigail went to Paris. After 1785 she took the difficult role of being the wife of the first United States Minister to Great Britain. Later in 1788 they returned to Massachusetts happily and stayed in a house that they had just acquired for the rest of there lives. Then as a wife of the first vice president Abigail became good friends with Mrs.Washington. Then after 1791 poor health forced her to stay in Quincey as much time as possible.  She went through illnesses and problems. When John was elected president she continued entertaining even in the primitive conditions that she found in the new capital in 1801. Abigail was a very important person in the 17-1800s because she helped women rights because women were not treated as well as men were treated and she didn't like it. She went with her husband to many places and she even gave him advice when she wrote him letters. Abigail was remembered for many reasons because she was married to the second president of the United States and she was the mother of the sixth president of the United States. She was committed to help women get educated and she was also against slavery. Abigail Adams worked hard for womans rights and did a lot for them. After Abigail died she left her country a remarkable record as patriot and she was the First Lady. Like they say she was a wife of one president and mother of another.These are some of the things that people made to remember Abigial Adams by. The first one is a statue of Abigail Adams at the Boston Womens Memorial. The second one is another statue at The United Faith Parish Church. The statue is suppose to be Abigail and her young son John at the ages they would have been when they witnessed the Battle of Bunker Hill. The third one is a coin made with Abigail Adams on it and she is suppose to be writing something down. She was A graduate at the // LINKS: www.pocanticohills.org/womenenc/**adams**.htm I used google for pictures of Abigail A book called __The World of Abigail Adams by Edith B. Gelles [|www.whitehouse.gov/about/first_ladies/**abigail] adams**/**__ www.abigailadams**.org/  