Born c.1720, Adonijah Harrison died "in ye 25th year of his age". He was the son of Samuel Harrison "Esqr.", and his wife Jemima, whose name appears in small letters directly underneath "Samuel &" in the inscription. (See below.)
The young man's gravestone, made of brown sandstone, features a soul effigy of the winged skull type in its tympanum, a design typical of gravestones from the first half of the 1700's, and may be the work of a craftsman known only as the "Common Jersey Carver".
The young man's gravestone, made of brown sandstone, features a soul effigy of the winged skull type in its tympanum, a design typical of gravestones from the first half of the 1700's, and may be the work of a craftsman known only as the "Common Jersey Carver".
Born c.1720, Adonijah Harrison died "in ye 25th year of his age". He was the son of Samuel Harrison "Esqr.", and his wife Jemima, whose name appears in small letters directly underneath "Samuel &" in the inscription. (See below.)
The young man's gravestone, made of brown sandstone, features a soul effigy of the winged skull type in its tympanum, a design typical of gravestones from the first half of the 1700's, and may be the work of a craftsman known only as the "Common Jersey Carver".
The young man's gravestone, made of brown sandstone, features a soul effigy of the winged skull type in its tympanum, a design typical of gravestones from the first half of the 1700's, and may be the work of a craftsman known only as the "Common Jersey Carver".
Inscription
"Here Lyes ye Body of
Adonijah Son of Samuel &
......................Jemima
Harrison Esqr. Dec'd
Febry ye 28 1745
in ye 25th year
of his Age"
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Maternal link: Findagrave member Dana Fox Mariner
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