A gravestone exists for him in the Old Main Street Celetery, NewLondon, NH. He served as a private in the Revolutionary Warbefore he was twenty, and was "published with molly Bancroft ofRowley on 18 Aug 1779. (Published is an old New England term forreading the banns of marriage.) His gravestone inscriptionreads: ENSIGN SOLOMON ADAMS - A SOLDIER IN THE REVOLUTION.Coming to New London, NH, with his father and brothers soonafter 1780, Solomon cleared the land around Bucklin's corner (onLot #108) a little northeast of his father's house on the "BakerPlace." He first built a barn on the southwesterly side of thefield opposite the C. W. Bucklin house, but finding no waterthere after several trials, changed his location to a spot nearthe willow tree which is still standing at the corner. Solomon'sfamily lived here several years; he then sold the farm andbuildings to Ebenezer Sargent, who made his home in the oldhouse while he was erecting the dwelling which has since beenremodeled and practically rebuilt by Charles W. Bucklin. TheAdams house was moved to a spot on the same farm, beyond theJohn Ellis house and on the opposite side of the road, near alane running north. This house was occupied by Reuben Fellows.After the sale of his farm to Ebenezer Sargent, Solomon movedhis family to the Caleb Segur house on pleasant Street (Lot #80)now the "Red Gables", as transformed by Maj. William A. Messer.