Abigail’s parents, William Smith and Elizabeth Quincy, are married.
Abigail Adams born in Weymouth, Massachusetts.
John Adams meets and begins to court Abigail Adams.
Abigail Smith and John Adams are married.
Abigail Smith and John Adams are married by her father, William Smith in Weymouth and move to John's house in Braintree
Abigail “Nabby” Adams born.
John and Abigail move to the first of three residences in Boston. Susanna Adams born.
British troops arrive to take up residence in Boston
Adamses return to Braintree
Thomas Boylston Adams Born
Adamses move back to Boston
John Travels to First Continental Congress in Philadelphia
This trip is the first of many long separations.
John leaves to attend Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia
Siege of Boston by British Forces
- Battle of Grape Island (May 21, 1775): Abigail, staying at her parents’ house in Weymouth, travels the mile to the waterfront to view the battle.
- Battle of Bunker Hill (June 17, 1776): Abigail and John Quincy climb to the top of Penn’s Hill in Braintree to watch the Battle of Bunker Hill.
- Death of Abigail’s mother from dysentery
John named to the committee to write the Declaration of Independence
- British evacuate Boston
- Abigail and her children are inoculated for smallpox
Abigail gives birth to Elizabeth Adams, who is stillborn, while John is in Philadelphia
John travels on diplomatic mission to the Netherlands and France, taking John Quincy with him
John writes the Massachusetts State Constitution, the world’s oldest functioning written Constitution
Death of William Smith, Abigail’s father
Abigail and John live first in Paris and then in London as the first Ambassadors to Great Britain
Marriage of Abigail “Nabby” Adams II to William Stephens Smith
William Steuben Smith born, the Adamses’ first grandchild
John Adams serves as first Vice President of the United States
Abigail and John reside in New York and Philadelphia, the
first homes of the United States national capital.
Quincy becomes a separate town, named after Abigail’s mother’s family
John is reelected Vice President and returns to Philadelphia; Abigail remains in Quincy
John Adams is elected the country’s second President
John Adams Presidential term; Abigail and John reside in Philadelphia and Washington D.C.
Abigail and John become the first residents of the completed White House. Charles Adams dies in New York City
John defeated in Presidential election by Thomas Jefferson; John and Abigail retire to Quincy, ending their four decades of correspondence
Death of Abigail “Nabby” Adams in Quincy
Death of Abigail Adams in Quincy
Death of John Adams in Quincy
