Sarah Smith Adams
(1769-1828)
BIRTH
November 6, 1769
PLACE
New York
DEATH
August 8, 1828
PLACE
Utica, New York
FAMILY
FATHER
John Smith
(fl. 18th century)
MOTHER
Margaret Smith
(1734-1812)
BROTHER
William Stephens Smith
(1755-1816)
HUSBAND
Charles Adams
(1770-1800)
CHILDREN
Abigail Louisa Smith Adams Johnson
(1798-1836)
HOMES
NICKNAMES
Sally
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Sarah “Sally” Smith Adams (1769–1828) was the daughter of New York merchant John Smith and Margaret Stephens, and sister of William Stephens Smith. She married Charles Adams, son of John and Abigail Adams, in 1795. Their daughters were Susanna Boylston and Abigail Louisa. Charles’s illness and death in 1800 left Sarah a widow; Abigail’s letters document her Adams family connection. She died at Utica, though the reported August death day varies.
EARLY LIFE
Sarah Smith was born on Nov 6, 1769 in New York. 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.
No distinct public profession or office for Sarah Smith is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Sarah Smith died on Aug 8, 1828 in Utica, New York. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Sarah Smith died on Aug 8, 1828, in Utica, New York. Sarah “Sally” Smith Adams was the daughter of New York merchant John Smith and Margaret Stephens, and sister of William Stephens Smith. She married Charles Adams, son of John and Abigail Adams, in 1795. Their daughters were Susanna Boylston and Abigail Louisa. Charles’s illness and death in 1800 left Sarah a widow; Abigail’s letters document her Adams family connection. She died at Utica, though the reported August death day varies. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
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