Olive (Wight) Adams (1777 - 1856)

Born 30 Apr 1777 in Dublin, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States

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Descendants

Died 22 Apr 1856 at age 78 in Gilead, Oxford, Maine, United States

Biography

Olive was born in April 30, 1777. She married Isaac Adams in August, 1803. Olive was the second wife of Isaac Adams, and a first cousin of his first wife, Deborah Twitchell, both being granddaughters of Joseph Twitchell and Deborah Fairbanks.

She was of a "sympathizing, amiable disposition, and was a happy companion, an affectionate, tender mother and a kind neighbor".^[1]

She passed away on either March 22 or April 22, 1856. She is buried in Chapman Cemetery in Gilead, Maine. Her stone's death date reads "Mar. 22, 1856", rather than April 22. The death date of April 22 is referenced in the Wight genealogy.

Sources

1. ↑ The Bethel Courier (Bethel, Me.), 8 Apr 1859, Page 4

• History of the town of Jaffrey, New Hampshire, from the date of the Masonian charter to the present time, 1749-1880; with a genealogical register of the Jaffrey families,.., by Cutter, Daniel Bateman, 1808-1889; Jaffrey (N.H. : Town), Publication 1881, Concord, New Hampshire, by the Republican Press Association. (Page 216). Online here: https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofj1749cutt
• Wight, William Ward. The Wights. A record of Thomas Wight of Dedham and Medfield and of his descendants, 1635-1890. Milwaukee: Swain & Tate, Printers, 1890. p. 119
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/167606594/olive-adams : accessed 11 July 2021), memorial page for Olive “Olwa” Wight Adams (1776–20 Mar 1856), Find a Grave Memorial ID 167606594, citing Chapman Cemetery, Gilead, Oxford County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Stan Arnold (contributor 48121400) .