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Martha <I>Adams</I> Willington

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Martha Adams Willington

Birth
Death
19 Dec 1765 (aged 24–25)
Burial
Waltham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.3764333, Longitude: -71.2216944
Memorial ID
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Wife of Joseph Willington. Died aged 25.
Wife of Joseph Willington. Died aged 25.

Inscription

"Time cuts down all both great and small - From death's arrest no age is free"

Here lie the remains of
Mrs. Susanna Willington
(Wife to Mr.
Joseph Willington.)

she died May ye 11th,
AD 1766
in ye 26th Year
of her Age.

Here lie the remains of
Joseph Adams
Willington (Son of
Mr. Joseph & Mrs.
Martha Willington

he died Jun
ye 27th, AD 1769
Aged 6 years
4 months
& 7 Days

Here lie the remains of
Mrs. Martha Willington
(Wife to Mr.
Joseph Willington.)

she died Dec'r ye 19th,
AD 1763
in ye 26th Year
of her Age.

"Spectator

There was I, standing as thou dost now,
& viewed the dead as thou dost me
Ere long thou'll lie, as low as I
& others stand & look on thee

Death is a debt to nature due,
As I have paid it so must you;
Prepare to pay this debt ere long,
Your sun, like mine, may set at noon"



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