Person:Abigail Smith (57)
Abigail Smith
chr.21 Jan 1637/38 Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England
d.Aft 1683 probably New York, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 13 Feb 1615/16
  1. Richard Smith1616/17 - 1690
  2. Susanna Smith1619 - 1693
  3. Anne Smith1621/22 -
  4. Joseph Smith1625 - Abt 1673
  5. Mary Smith1630 - Aft 1684
  6. Rebecca Smith1630 -
  7. Jonathan Smith1635 - 1711
  8. Abigail Smith1637/38 - Aft 1683
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  John AdamsEst 1637 - 1670
  • W.  Abigail Smith1637/38 - Aft 1683
m. 24 Aug 1657
  1. Rebecca Adams1658 - Bef 1726
  2. Abigail Adams1660 -
  3. Jeremiah Adams1664 - Bef 1735
  4. John Addoms1666 - Abt 1750
  5. Jonathan Addams1668 -
  6. Thomas Addoms1671 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  John Betts1627 - 1690
  • W.  Abigail Smith1637/38 - Aft 1683
m. 13 Mar 1672/73
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Abigail Smith
Gender Female
Christening[1] 21 Jan 1637/38 Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England
Marriage 24 Aug 1657 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto John Adams
Marriage 13 Mar 1672/73 to John Betts
Death[4] Aft 1683 probably New York, United States

Her second husband John Betts bought land in Huntington in 1680. They were settled there by 1684, when John Betts and his wife Abigail conveyed part of the farm to Edward Higbee “for and in consideration of a marriage” between Higbee and Abigail Adams.[4]

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Thompson, Neil D. Isaac Buswell and Rebecca (Buswell) Smith of Husbands Bosworth, Co. Leicester, and New England. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jan 2004)
    158:39.

    Abigail Smith, bp. (Husbands Bosworth) 21 Jan. 1637/8.

  2.   Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (1963)
    page 66.

    'BETTS, John (1627-1690) & 2/wf Abigail (SMITH) ADAMS, w John; 13 Mar 1672/3; Huntington, LI/CT'

  3.   Goldthwaite, Charlotte. Boardman Genealogy, 1525-1895: The English Home and Ancestry of Samuel Boreman, Wethersfield, Conn.; Thomas Boreman, Ipswich, Mass. : With Some Account of Their Descendants (Now Called Boardman) in America. (Hartford, Conn.: William F. J. Boardman, 1895)
    page 147.

    'He married Mch. 13, 1672-3, Mrs. Abigail Adams [footnote: she was dau. of Richard Smith, as is shown by a certificate, dated Aug. 26, 1657 [certifying that John Addams & Abigail Smith had the consent of their parents to be married]], widow of John Adams, ... '

  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
    59:316, 1905.
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