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]). 

Tombstone Tuesday ~ Edward Aiken, died 1747 in Londonderry, New Hampshire and his wife, Barbara

These tombstones were photographed at the Forest Hill Cemetery in Derry, New Hampshire.  At the time of death, this was the town of Londonderry.

HERE LIES BURIED

THE BODY OF MR.

EDWARD AIKEN

WHO DEPARTED

THIS LIFE NOV.

15th 1747 IN THE

86th YEAR OF

HIS AGE

HERE LIES BURIED

THE BODY OF MRS.

BARBARA THE WIFE OF

MR. EDWARD AIKEN

DIED AUGUST 3rd

??? IN THE

????? [underground]

There were three  AIKEN brothers, James, William and Edward,  who settled in Londonderry, New Hampshire in 1722.  They were Scots who came from Northern Ireland.  Edward was born about 1660 and he was first married to an Elizabeth in Ireland, and then he married a Barbara as his second wife.  He settled in the "Aiken Range" of Londonderry, New Hampshire which was 40 acres recorded as Lot #15 on June 21, 1723.  His children were Nathaniel, James, William, and Eleanor.

For more about the Aiken family, please see this link:
http://www.nh.searchroots.com/HillsboroughCo/Merrimack/documents/aiken-genealogy.txt  

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Tombstone Tuesday ~ Edward Aiken, died 1747 in Londonderry, New Hampshire and his wife, Barbara", Nutfield Genealogy, posted January 24, 2017,  (http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/01/tombstone-tuesday-edward-aiken-died.html: accessed [access date]).