Abigail Smith

Notes:

"You cannot be, I know, nor do I wish to see you, an inactive spectator....We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them." -- Abigail Adams to John

Her last words were, "Do not grieve, my friend, my dearest friend. I am ready to go. And John, it will not be long."

Birth:
North Parish Congregational Church

Buried:
is buried beside her husband in a crypt located in the United First Parish Church (also known as the Church of the Presidents) in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was 73 years old, exactly two weeks shy of her 74th birthday.

Abigail married John Adams on 24 Feb 1764 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. John (son of John Adams and Susannah Boylston) was born on 19 Oct 1735 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died on 04 Jul 1826 in Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. A. Adams
2. John Quincy Adams was born on 11 Jul 1767 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died in 1848.

Notes:

a liberal Congregationalist, and other forebears were Congregational ministers, and leaders in a society that held its clergy in high esteem. However, he did not preach about predestination, original sin, or the full divinity of Christ, instead emphasizing the importance of reason and morality.

William married E. Quincy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Nickname: Colonel
• Resided: Bef 1690, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
• Resided: Aft 1689, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
• Education: 1708, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; at Harvard

Notes:

He held the office of speaker of the house of representatives longer than any other person in the provincial period, and was for forty successive years a member of the council.

In 1717, he was elected to represent Braintree at the Massachusetts General Court, was re-elected in 1719, and served in that capacity until 1740. From 1727 to 1740, he served as the Speaker of the House. In 1741, Quincy was voted out of office, but was returned there in 1744, where he served four additional years. He died on July 13, 1767 at the age of 78, only two days after the birth of his namesake grandson.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d6/JohnQuincyMonument.jpg

Nickname:
Although officially only achieving the rank of major in the British army, he was commonly referred to as "Colonel".

Education:
was graduated at Harvard in 1708

John married E. Norton [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Resided: Bef 1690, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
• Resided: Aft 1690, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Notes:

Resided:
the family moved to Braintree, Massachusetts and established a homestead at Mount Wollaston, or Merry Mount, in what is present-day Quincy.

Died:
Bef 8 Jan 1698
- edmund quincy notes

aft 1890
- when son was 1 yr old, wikipedia

Daniel married A. Shepard. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]