This week's famous cousin is my 8th cousin 3x removed Abigail (Smith) Adams (1744-1818), the wife of the 2nd President of the United States, John Adams, and the mother of the 6th President of the Unitred States, John Quincy Adams.
Here is Abigail (Smith) Adams' Family Search Family Tree short biography:
When Abigail Smith was born on 22 November 1744, in Weymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Rev. William Smith , II, was 38 and her mother, Elizabeth Quincy, was 22. She married President John Adams on 25 October 1764, in Weymouth, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 28 October 1818, in Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Hancock Cemetery, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.
The Wikipedia profile for Abigail (Smith) Adams includes this information:
Abigail Adams (née Smith; November 22, [O.S. November 11] 1744 – October 28, 1818) was the wife and closest advisor of John Adams, the second president of the United States, and the mother of John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States. She was a founder of the United States, and was both the first second lady and second first lady of the United States, although such titles were not used at the time. She and Barbara Bush are the only two women in American history who were both married to a U.S. president and the mother of a U.S. president.
Adams's life is one of the most documented of the first ladies; many of the letters she wrote to her husband John Adams while he was in Philadelphia as a delegate in the Continental Congress prior and during the American Revolution document the closeness and versatility of their relationship. John Adams frequently sought the advice of Abigail on many matters, and their letters are filled with intellectual discussions on government and politics. Her letters also serve as eyewitness accounts of the American Revolutionary War home front.
Surveys of historians conducted periodically by the Siena College Research Institute since 1982 have consistently found Adams to rank as one of the three most highly regarded first ladies by historians.
Here is the Relative Finder chart showing my relationship to Abigail (Smith) Adams:
Are you related to Abigail (Smith) Adams? Check out her profile on the FamilySearch Family Tree and click the "View Relationship" link at the top of the page. Note that you have to have your profile connected to the FamilySearch Family Tree in order for this to work.
This shows that you never know to whom you might be related!!! I'm having lots of Genealogy Fun. Click here to see all of my famous cousins.
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