Gowen looks to be romantically interested in Abigail, but she expresses unequivocally that she is not. Nevertheless, they do have a close friendship, and it seems likely that he does enjoy her company. Abigail was born on March 1816 in Weymouth, Massachusetts. Her father, John Adams, was the second president of the United States, while her mother, Abigail Smith, was the first wife of President John Adams. She had four siblings: Charles, Mary, Elizabeth, and Thomas Jefferson Adams. When Abigail was about nine years old, her father was elected to his second term, and she moved with her family to Washington, D.C. There she met and became good friends with Martha "Mary" Washington, the daughter of our first president George Washington. The two girls remained close friends for the rest of their lives. In addition, Abigail gained recognition for her writing skills when she wrote letters to her brother Charles, who was serving as a diplomatic representative of the United States in Paris, France. In 1824, shortly after their father's death, Abigail and her sister Elizabeth went to live with their uncle Thomas Jefferson Adams in his large plantation near Fredericksburg, Virginia.