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Abigail "Nabby" Adams Smith

BIRTH

Jul 14, 1765

Braintree, Massachusetts

DEATH

August 15, 1813

Quincy, Massachusetts

FAMILY

FATHER:

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John Adams

(1735-1826)

MOTHER:

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Abigail Adams

(1744-1818)

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Smith, Abigail "Nabby" Adams

(1765-1813)

Abigail Adams Smith 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.

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BIRTHPLACE:

MUSEUM

John Quincy Adams Birthplace

133 Franklin St, Quincy, MA 02169

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BROTHER

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John Adams Sr.

(1691-1761)

BROTHER

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Thomas Boylston Adams

(1772-1832)

BROTHER

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John Quincy Adams

(1767-1848)

BROTHER

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Charles Adams

(1770-1800)

HUSBAND

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William Stephens Smith

(1755-1816)

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Caroline Amelia Smith De Windt

(1795-1852)

Places
Image
Address
GPS
Site
John Adams Peacefield
1250 Hancock St, Quincy, MA 02169
MUSEUM
John Quincy Adams Birthplace
133 Franklin St, Quincy, MA 02169
MUSEUM

DIED:

Quincy, Massachusetts

Aug 15, 1813

Abigail "Nabby" Adams Smith was born on Jul 14, 1765 in Braintree, Massachusetts. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.

The available biographical record identifies Abigail "Nabby" Adams Smith with work or public activity as a hostess. Those roles provide the clearest documented basis for including this person in the database and should be read in the political, military, professional, or household context of the period. Abigail "Nabby" Adams Smith died on Aug 15, 1813 in Quincy, Massachusetts. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.

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