On October 25, 1764, Abigail wed John Adams, commencing a partnership characterized, and perhaps enriched, by separation. Between 1765 and 1772, she bore five children, one of whom, John Quincy ...

Abigail Adams gave birth to six children, three daughters and three sons, four of whom would live to adulthood. One of those four, John Quincy, would achieve the office of president. The other ...

Of all the words that spilled from Abigail Adams' pen, none are more famous than those of March 31, 1776. With her husband at the Continental Congress in Philadelphia arguing the case for ...

John and Abigail Adams wrote over a thousand letters to each other. They had plenty to tell one another during the months (sometimes years) that John was away from home helping found a new nation.

In 1774 the Massachusetts legislature sent Adams to the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia, beginning a separation from Abigail that would last nearly 10 years. He became the leader of ...

to Deacon John Adams and Susanna Boylston Adams. He is the eldest of three boys. November 11: Abigail Smith, the second of four children, is born to the Reverend William Smith and Elizabeth ...