Wikipedia.org says that Quincy, MA was “named after Colonel John Quincy, maternal grandfather of Abigail Adams and after whom John Quincy Adams was also named.” Knowing that Abigail Adams was the wife of John Adams, reading that made my brain hurt.
After 12 minutes of scratching my head, I finally understood that John Adams married Abigail Adams, and they had a kid and named him John Quincy Adams after Abigail’s mother’s father, John Quincy. The town itself is named after Abigail’s grandfather. Math! Check out archives.com for a comprehensive (John) Adams/(Abigail) Smith family tree.
Historians have said that John and Abigail Adams wrote many letters to each other during the American Revolutionary War, and these letters form an eyewitness account of the war. Abigail was so active in politics that many people called her “Mrs. President.”
On June 17, 1775, during the Battle of Bunker Hill, Abigail and her son, John Quincy Adams, watched the burning of Charlestown from Penn’s Hill. One hundred and twenty-one years later, the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) created the Abigail Adams Cairn to commemorate this.
Abigail Adams Cairn • Quincy, MA
Here’s where it gets interesting. The DAR put a time capsule in there, Read more of this post
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