From Findagrave: "?ar? Dow the wife of Jedadiah (sic) Dow decd ?9 4 176? in ye 2? year of her age"
Birth source: The book of Dow, page 204, #adbad. Married Dec. 30, 1761, Amesbury, Mass. Daughter of John & Patience (Swett) Dow
From The book of Dow:
Mary was the first wife of Jedediah Dow. She was killed by a stroke of lightening a few days after marriage. He married, 2nd, on Nov 3, 1763, Dorcas Neal. He died May 10, 1826, age 87 and was laid under an unhewn stone in an unmarked grave near the Weare meeting house.
Year of death is based on date of marriage and the above notes from The Book of Dow.
NOTE:
'This Mary Dow was confused with a cousin Mary Dow. The NH birth record is clear that the Mary Dow who was the daughter of John Dow and Patience Swett was born 28 Apr 1738 in Kensington MA. (The other Mary Dow was born in 1733 in Hampton to Jonathan Dow and Sarah Weare.)
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