Mary Adams, Infant, died 1818, Derry, New Hampshire ~ Tombstone Tuesday

This tombstone was photographed at the Forest Hill Cemetery in Derry, New Hampshire. At the time of this burial, this was Londonderry, New Hampshire.

Sacred

to the memory of

MARY ADAMS

daughter of Mr. Samuel &

Mrs. Sarah Adams

who died Nov. 9, 1818

aged 1 yr. & 14 days.

While cleaving to this darling dust,

And weeping at her grave

We would adore the wise and just

Who takes but what He gave.

Mary Adams, born abut 25 October 1817 and died 9 November 1818, was the infant daughter of Samuel Adams and Sarah Fitz, who were married on 3 March 1817 in Londonderry, New Hampshire.  They had three daughters: first, Mary Woodman (above), second Caroline Sawyer born 25 August 1819 and married Albert S. Newsmith, and third Louisa, born 17 February 1822 and married the Rev. Charles S. Porter.  They also had a son named George Fitz, born in Derry on 29 June 1824 and married Elizabeth W. Whitney.

Colonel Samuel Adams was born in Newbury, Massachusetts on 20 April 1779 and died 12 September 1861 aged 82 years.  He was a son of the Elder David Adams and Mary Woodman.  Colonel Samuel Adams was a descendant of Robert Adams (1602 - 1682) of Newbury.

Sarah Fitz, his wife, died 26 April 1878, aged 84 years.  Sarah was the daughter of Currier Fitz and Sarah George of Hampstead, Sandown and Derry, New Hampshire.  Her brother Daniel graduated from Dartmouth College and the Andover Theological Seminary and was a pastor at Ipswich, Massachusetts from 1826 to 1867.

To see an online version of The Descendants of Robert Adams of Newbury, Mass, by Andrew N. Adams, 1900,  (see page 126 for Colonel Samuel Adams) click this link:
http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~ankeny/folklore/Robert%20of%20Newbury/Robert%20Capture.pdf 


UPDATE -  January 22, 2020  A has reader figured out the missing words in the epitaph above "adore the wise" by googling the words of the poetry and matching it to this Barnstable, Massachusetts epitaph on Find A Grave:  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130618406/joseph-smith 

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Mary Adams, Infant, died 1818, Derry, New Hampshire ~ Tombstone Tuesday", Nutfield Genealogy, posted January 21, 2020, (https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2019/12/mary-adams-infant-died-1818-derry-new.html: accessed [access date]).

Tombstone Tuesday - Currier Fitz

This gravestone was photographed at Forest Hill Cemetery, East Derry, New Hampshire.

SACRED
To the memory of
CURRIER FITZ
Died Jan. 20, 1844
Aet. 77

SARAH
his wife
Died June 10, 1846

GEORGE FITZ
Son of Currier Fitz amd Sarah Fitz
Died at Winnsborough S. C.
March 29, 1826
Aet 25

B. DAY LOWELL

In the first photo, this might look like a normal sized stone, but don't be fooled by appearances.  I am still amazed at how tall some of these stones are in my area.  I'm 5'7" tall, so this is an enormous stone, carved by the prolific stone carver Benjamin Day of Lowell, Massachusetts.  It must have been some feat to get these enormous stones to Derry, New Hampshire from Lowell, Massachusetts before paved roads.  

Currier Fitz married Sarah George, and he was also a soldier in the American Revolution.   The name is seen spelled FITZ, FITTS or FITCH.    The son, George, was a rector at Mt. Zion College in South Carolina, and died young there.  Another son, the Reverend Daniel Fitz, was a pastor at Ipswich, Massachusetts. 

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Copyright 2011, Heather Wilkinson Rojo