(1744-1818) Massachusetts-born [[Patriot]]; wife of [[John Adams]] and mother of [[Gilded Age/John Quincy Adams]], the second and sixth presidents. Abigail was a member of the politically important [Quincy family](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincy_political_family); [[John Hancock]]'s wife was her cousin [Dorothy Quincy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Quincy). John and Abigail met when she was fifteen and married five years later. They had six children: [Abigail](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abigail_Adams_Smith "Abigail Adams Smith") ("Nabby"; 1765–1813), [John Quincy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Quincy_Adams "John Quincy Adams") (1767–1848), Susanna ("Suky", 1768–1770), [Charles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Adams_\(1770%E2%80%931800\) "Charles Adams (1770–1800)") (1770–1800), [Thomas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Boylston_Adams_\(1772%E2%80%931832\) "Thomas Boylston Adams (1772–1832)") (1772–1832), and Elizabeth (stillborn in 1777). When John Adams went to [[Dan's History Web/US 1/Notes to Fill/Philadelphia]] to attend the first and second [[Continental Congress]]es, Abigail and the children remained at the family farm in Braintree, twelve miles from Boston. Abigail and John wrote to each other regularly and she provided him with news from "the front" such as [[1775-6 - Woman at the Front]].