East Hoosuck Society of Friends Plaque - Adams, MA
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A bronze plaque honoring the members of the East Hoosuck Society of Friends who participated in the American Revolutionary War is affixed to a rock outcrop in Maple Street Cemetery in Adams, MA.
Waymark Code: WM139BJ
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 10/18/2020
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The first Quakers, formally known as the Society of Friends, that settled in present day Adams, MA came from Smithfield, RI in the 1760s. The area was then known as East Hoosac. Despite their pacifists beliefs many Quakers in the area joined the Continental Army to defend their homes from British attack.
A large bronze plaque placed on a rock outcrop south of the Quaker Meetinghouse and north of their unmarked graves is contains the image of an eagle with spread wings perched on a flag shield superimposed over four flags and laurel leaves. The plaque is inscribed:
IN MEMORY
OF THOSE MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES OF THE EAST HOOSUCK
SOCIETY OF FRIENDS WHO, LAYING ASIDE THEIR RELIGIOUS
SCRUPLES, TOOK UP ARMS, IN THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE
IN DEFENSE OF THEIR HOMES AND LIBERTIES.
IN THE FRIENDS BURIAL GROUND BEFORE THIS BOULDER LIE
OLIVER CHEESBROUGH DIED 11TH 9TH MO. 1832
JOHN FISK " 6TH 4TH MO. 1817
ABRAHAM HOWLAND " 3RD 12TH MO. 1827
GEORGE LAPHAM " 1ST 1ST MO. 1832
GEORGE MARTIN DIED 24TH 2ND MO. 1800
JOHN POWER " 1805
JAMES POTTER " 22ND 1ST MO. 1849
SYLVANUS SCOTT " 27TH 6TH MO. 1827
EZRA WHITAKER " 12TH 1ST MO. 1823
BURIED ELSEWHERE ARE;
NOAH ALDRICH GILBERT HOWLAND BENJAMIN SLOCUM
CALEB ATWATER DAVID JEWELL JOHN WELLS
GIDEON BRALEY JESSE JEWELL SAMUEL WELLS
THOMAS POWELL
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