Susanna Boylston Adams (died young)

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Susanna Boylston Adams

Also Known As: "Suky", "Grace"
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Birthplace: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
Death: February 04, 1770 (1)
Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
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Daughter of John Adams, 2nd President of the USA and Abigail (Smith) Adams, First Lady of the United States
Sister of Abigail "Nabby" Smith (Adams); Hon. John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States; Charles Francis Adams; Capt. Thomas Boylston Adams, Esq. and Elizabeth Adams

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About Susanna Boylston Adams (died young)


Susanna, or "Suky" as she was affectionately called, was the youngest daughter of John and Abigail Adams. She was baptized on New Year's Day, 1769 by Dr. Samuel Cooper at the Brattle Street Church. It is not known what childhood illness brought Suky's life to an untimely end, but she was adored by her parents; in one letter from John Adams to Abigail he asks her to "kiss my little Suky for me." The baby's death was horrific for both parents, even in an age when childhood deaths were rather the "norm", and John Adams never spoke Suky's name again except once, many years later. Suky had been named in honor of John's mother, Susanna Boylston Adams.


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Susanna Boylston Adams (died young)'s Timeline

1768
December 28, 1768
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1770
February 4, 1770
Age 1
Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
February 1770
Age 1