Tombstone Tuesday ~ David Adams and Mary Woodman, buried at Derry, New Hampshire

This tombstone was photographed at the Forest Hill Cemetery in East Derry, New Hampshire.  This town was part of Londonderry, New Hampshire until the schism, or split of the towns, in 1827.

Elder DAVID ADAMS

died Jan. 24, 1838 A.E. 83 years

          MARY his wife

died Sep. 19, 1816 A. E. 64

                SAMUEL ADAMS

died Jan. 12, 1822 A.E. 69

MARY, Daughter of

DAVID & MARY ADAMS

died April 2, 1838. A.E. 57

This is an enormous gravestone (taller than me, and I'm 5 foot 7 inches), but it is half empty of inscriptions.  Perhaps the Adams family was planning on listing many more family members? There were many Adamses buried nearby.  If you would like to see the blog post for the dark gray tombstone to the left of the large slab, click HERE (it is the burial spot of their son, David Adams, Jr. who died when a senior at Harvard College). 

David Adams, the son of Samuel Adams and Mary Jewett, was born 10 December 1754 in Newbury, Massachusetts.  He was married on 22 September 1778 in Newbury to Mary Woodman, daughter of John Woodman and Hannah Adams, who was born 9 November 1752 in Newbury.  They had seven children:   Samuel, Mary, David Adams II, John Woodman, Hannah, Elizabeth and Sally.  David Adams was the brother of Samuel Adams, who married Mary's sister, Elizabeth Woodman (two brothers married two sisters).  

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Tombstone Tuesday ~ David Adams and Mary Woodman, buried at Derry, New Hampshire", Nutfield Genealogy, posted November 27, 2018, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/11/tombstone-tuesday-david-adams-and-mary.html: accessed [access date]).