Adams

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"Esq. Gardner's Adam," a slave. Soldier of the Revolution.

 

Abel Adams, Soldier of the Revolution.
d. in Brookline of consumption, Jan. 16, 1782, aged 22 yrs.

"Mrs. Dr. Faulkner was the donor of the hospital that bears the name of her husband and adored step-daughter in Jamaica Plain. She then lived with her mother Mrs. Abel Adams, just over the town border."

H. N. B., p. 22.

Adams. Small stone in the grove.

Headstone, Effie Adams

Effie
daughter of
Mathew and Mary A. Adams
Died Apr. 19, 1876
Aged 2 yrs. 4 mos. 20 dys.
Gone to Jesus

 

Adams. Lot west of 77, or between 77 and lot 1.

Headstones, Martha Hill snf Issac Adams
In memory of
Martha W. Hill
wife of
Isaac M. W. Adams
who died June 3, 1830
aged 28 y'rs.
We part to meet again
In memory of
Isaac M. W. Adams
who died Oct. 26, 1855
aged 62 y'rs.
This life is a dream
Footstone
M. W. H. A.
Footstone
I. M. W. A.

"Isaac Adams came to Brookline about the year 1815-16. The history of Master Adams and his methods is a chapter which will shed much light on the progress of Brookline during the last forty years.

"He married Miss Martha Washington Hill of Portsmouth and after her death he had her name incorporated into his own by act of legislature, on this wise: 'Isaac Mahtra Wanshongtri Adams.'

"He was one of the first schoolmasters in the old brick school house on Walnut Street. William Hyslop gave to the town the triangular piece Of ground in the fork of the roads, west of the church, for a site for the old brick school house in 1793.

"Requiescat in pace, Master Adams! We trust thou hast found the Great Master more lenient with thee, than thou wert to his little ones."

H. F. W., Chap. XII. Pub. 1871.

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