Mary McAfee Aiken, died 1828, Merrimack, New Hampshire - Tombstone Tuesday

 This tombstone was photographed at the Turkey Hill Graveyard, Merrimack, New Hampshire.

IN

Memory of

MRS. MARY

relict of Lt. John Aiken,

who died April 12

1828. AEt 65

Surviving friends come take a thought,

How soon the grave must be your lot;

Make sure of Christ while life remains,

And death will be eternal gain. 

Mary McAfee was born 16 May 1763 in Bedford, New Hampshire, the daughter of Matthew McDuffee and Susanna Morrison.  The name McAfee and McDuffee were considered different spellings of the same family name. Mary married John Aiken in 1781, and she died on 12 April 1828 in Merrimack. See this link for more about the McAfee/McDuffee family  http://www.nh.searchroots.com/HillsboroughCo/Merrimack/familytrees10.htm  

John Aiken was born 18 November 1728 in Londonderry, New Hampshire, a descendant of  Edward Aiken of Ulster, Northern Ireland.  John Aiken was a veteran of the Revolutionary War, and is listed in Parker's History of Londonderry, NH, page 22. 

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To cite/link to this blog post:  Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Mary McAfee Aiken, died 1828, Merrimack, New Hampshire - Tombstone Tuesday", Nutfield Genealogy, posted 21 November 2023, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2023/11/mary-mcafee-aiken-died-1828-merrimack.html: accessed [access date]).