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REYNOLDS HISTORICAL GENEALOGY COLLECTION
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GOD'S ACRE
Photographs taken by Mary E. Brooks and Harry W. Flieg
OLD MIDDLE STREET BURYING-GROUND 1745-1905 IN GOSHEN, CONNECTICUT
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GOD'S ACRE
OLD MIDDLE STREET BURYING GROUND Zš 905
IN GOSHEN CONNECTICUT
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Chronicle of an Ancient Burying-ground.
Brooks, Mary Elina, 1863- E 9354 .12 God's acre. Photographs taken by Mary E. Brocks and Harry W. Flics. Old Middle street burying-ground, 1745-1905, in Gochen, Connecticut. Waterbury, Conn. , 19057 ] Q.
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historical Sketrh of Old Middle Street Butrying-Ground at Goshen, Connecticut
By Mary E. Brooks
C HE township of Goshen was surveyed and laid out in 1731, but the first settlement was not made until 1738. It is probable that in the original division of lots in the town, two acres of land were sequestered for a burying-ground, though we have no record of the fact. The first mention of the burying-ground is in two decds between Abel Phelps and the Town Committee, in 1745, which show that these two acres adjoined the land of Mr. 'Phelps, and were in fact taken out of his farm. The deeds are as follows: (Vol. 2, page 268.)
Abel Phelps Leafe from the Comtee
Whereas at a Town Meeting Held in Goshen Desember ye 17th A 1744 we Sam! Thomfon and Amos Thomfon Both of sd Goshen were chosen a Comtee and Empowered to Let and Leafe a piece of Land Belonging to ye Inhabitants of sd Town: unto Abel Phelps, of Goshen for ye term of 999 years
Know all Men by thefe Presents that we ye sd Samll Thomfon and Amos Thomfon Do By Virtue of the Power and authority to us Granted and for and in Confideration of Lands made over and conveyed unto ye Inhabitants of sd. Town of Goshen By Abel Phelps of sd Goshen for an Highway . . . . Do let and Leafe unto ye sd Abel Phelps and to his Heirs and afsigns for ye Term of 999 years a Certain piece of Land Lying and Being in sd Goshen and is that Land Sequestercd at ye South part of sd Town for a Burying Place and sd Phelps his Heirs or afsigns is only to Emprove sd Land for mowing or Pasturing and that without Let Hindrance or Molestation of any of ye sd Inhabitants of sd Goshen in Burying their Dead sd Piece of Land is Bounded as followeth.
To Have and to hold the above Leafed Premifses to him ye sd Abel Phelps & his Heirs and afsigns for the Term of 999 years and to their own proper ufe
THE NEGLECTED GOD'S ACRE IN OLD GOSHEN.
Here in this tangle of undergrowth, behind this dilapidated stone wall, lay forgotten generations. Time had even obliterated the vision of their last resting place, and the traveler along the ancient high- way little knew that in this wild retreat lay the forefathers of a good and sturdy people.
Photograph taken at the Old Middle Street Burying-ground in 1905.
Sketch of the Old Middle Strret Burying-Grind
and Behoof and alfo we ye sd Sam" Thomfon and Amos Thomfon By Virtue of ye Power to us Granted Declare that we have good right to Leafe ye Premises as in. manner and form as is above Named then ye sd Lease Given me By the sd. Town Comtee to Be Void and of None Effect.
As Witness my Hand and Scal the 23d Day of Desember A. D. 1745 Signed Sealed and Delivered
in Presence of Zenus Ward John Bcech
Abel Phelps & a scal
Dated Desember ve 24th A:D 1745 Goshen in Hartford County ye Day & Date Amos Thomson of above written there Perfonally Clerk appeared Abel Phelps ye Signer and Scaler of yo above written Instrument and acknowledged the same to Be his free Voluntary Act and Deed Before me John Beech Justice of ye Peace. Abel Phelps.
Town's Comtee Leafe
Know all Men by thefe Presents that I Abel Phelps of Goshen in ye County of Hartford and Colony of Connecticut in New England For the Confideration of a Certain Leafe Given me By ye sd Town contes of a certain piece of Land Lying in sd Goshen and near to my Houfe and is that Land Sequestered for a Burying Place Do Give full Liberty for ye Term of 999 years of ye whole of fd Land to Samt Thompson and Amos Thompson both of ye Town County and Goshen
Colony afore sd and to ye Rest of ye Inhabitants of sd Goshen to ufe for Burying ye Dead and that ye said Sam! Thomson and Amos Thomson and yc Rest of ye Inhabitants of sd Goshen may Pass & Repafs on fd Land and Ereet Monuments at ye Graves of ye Dead without Let Hindrance Molestation or Damage from me my Heirs or any other person By or under me or them and thefe Prefents are so to Be underftood that if I my Heirs or any By or under me or them fhall Ilinder molest or Damage any of ye sd inhabitants of Goshen for ye term of 999 years in ye Liberty above written and that the same is free of all Incumbrances whatever Excepting what is Before Expressed. Furthermore we ye sd Sam" Thomfon and Amos Thomfon Do By Virtue of the Power to us Granted Bind ourfelves and the Rest of the Inhabitants of sd Goshen to Warrant and Defend the above Leafed Premises to him ye sd Abel Phelps and to his Heirs and afsigns
HERE SLEEP SOME OF THE FIRST AMERICAN CITIZENS.
In this quaint jungle of weed and wildwood the founders of a typical American community have been lost for many decades, Deep cow paths led through the forsaken resting-place, worn a foot below the level of the ancient mounds. The head-stones that marked the graves had long since fallen,
Photograph taken looking westward over the yard of the Old Middle Street Burying-ground at Goshen in 1905.
Sketch of the Old Middle Street Burying-Ground
for ye Term of 999 years against all Lawfull Claims and Demands whatever in Witnefs whereof we Have Hereunto set our Hands and Seals the 23d Day of Desember Anno Domini 1745.
Signed Sealed and Delivered in Presence of Zenus Ward John Becach
Sam" Thomfon & a seal Amos Thomfon and a scal
Dated Desember ye 24th
1745, per Amos Thomfon, Clerk
Goshen in Hartford County ye Day and Date above written there personally appeared Sam" Thomfon and Amos Thomfon ye signers and Sealers of ye above written Instrument and acknowledged the same to Be their free Voluntary act and
Deed Before me John Beech, Justice of Ye Peace
In the manuseript reeords of Lewis M. Norton, entitled "Goshen Statisties and Family History," Vol. 2, page 701, the location of the property of Abel Phelps is given as follows:
"The first two lots of. Abel Phelps were laid together, about one mile southerly from the meeting house, on the east side of the highway (as the highway then was) and extended northerly to the present east and west road long known by the name of Pie Hill Road."
In 1778, Abel Phelps removed to Norfolk, and previous to that, in 1763, some of his property, ineluding his rights in the burying- ground, was sold to Rev. Abel Newell. In 1790, it was again sold, to Solomom Wadhams, and after his death presumably fell to his son, Bebee Wadhams, in the distribution of his estate. By him it was transferred in 1849 to Hiram and Thomas W. Griswold, and remained in the possession of the latter till 1906, when a quit elaim deed was given by him to Isaac W. Brooks of all his rights in the property.
This deed eonveys: "The following deseribed land situated in said Goshen, about one mile southerly from Goshen Center. commencing at a point in the westerly line of highway, which point
HAND OF LOVE RETURNS TO THE HALLOWED GROUND,
Memory looked back upon this saered shrine and living hands began to seek the resting places of their fathers, As the underbrush fell beneath the swinging seythe, the eyes of the present generation looked for the first time upon the fallen tombstones sunken into the earth like long-gone sentinels.
Photograph taken from the west side of the Old Middle Street Burying-ground, in 1905. looking toward the road to the east.
Sketch of the Old Middle Street Burying-Ground
is North 13º West 346 feet from the Northwest corner of the dwelling house of Thomas W. Griswold; thence South 82° 30' West 160 3-10 fect; thence North 7º 30' West 291 85-100 feet; thence North 82° 30' East 58 2-10 feet; thenee South 16° 22' East 228 93-100 feet; thence North 82° 30' East 77 1-10 feet to highway; thence in West line of highway South 1º 28' West 66 67-100 feet to place of beginning; con- taining one aere be the same more or less."
By a subsequent deed, a triangular strip of land, ten feet on the highway, was added to the burying-ground, making a eorner at right angles to the highway.
Mention is made in all these older records of the "Rights of Mowing and Pasturing" and we find from other records that this pasturing privilege was not unusual. In the Northfield burying- ground, town of Litchfield, the original owner reserved to himself "his heirs and assigns forever, the right of feeding sd ground" and a similar provision exists in the deed of the Footville cemetery, in the same town.
"MIDDLE STREET BURYING-GROUND."
As this was one of the principal burial-grounds of the town of Goshen from its settlement until the opening of the present cemetery about 1800, the number of interments in it must have been large, but only the most substantial of the markers at the graves have survived the corroding effects of time and neglect. No attempt was made to keep the yard in repair, and when the moving of the highway to the cast left it four rods from the road, it became more and more overgrown by weeds and bushes, one by one the head_ stones, loosened from their foundations, toppled and fell, till at last the yard presented an appearance no different from the pasture land surrounding it. Covered with hardhack, traversed by cow paths, not one solitary marker remained standing, to show that here lay buried the brave pioneers of Goshen's history. At the
FLOWERS BEGIN TO BLOOM OVER FORGOTTEN GRAVES.
When scythe and sickle removed the underbrush, the daisies lifted their heads over the ancient mounds as if Jo crown them with their petals of white and hearts of gold. Traces of ancient families could be found on moss-covered stones and the history of a home-loving people told in faintly chiseled lines,
Photograph taken in the Old Middle Street Burying-ground at Goshen when the stones of the ancient Wadhams and Lyman families were being rehabilitated.
Sketch of the Old Middle Street Burying-Ground
south side could be seen the substantial iron fenee surrounding the Lyman lot, with a tall tree at each end, but this had only the appear- ance of a private lot, often seen on country roads.
Many of the younger generation did not know this cemetery existed, and were unaware that its neglected condition was a constant grief to the descendants of the men who rested beneath those mounds. Many attempts were made to clear the title from the eneumbranee of the pasturing privilege, that some work of restoration might be commenced, but these were of no avail until 1904, when the long continued efforts of Isaae W. Brooks, aided by John M. Wadhams were at last successful.
The work of restoration was commeneed in the spring of 1905, and occupied about six months. The bushes were rooted out and burned, the ground levelled and graded, and sowed with grass seed. All the fallen stones were carefully preserved, and their location noted, and many broken pieces, some buried in the ground, some forming part of the stone wall, were fitted together. Wherever necessary, substantial eement foundations were built. One marker was erected in memory of Amanda Collins Brooks, and placed beside that of her husband, Joseph Brooks. She was buried in Vietor. N. Y. A neatly painted board fence surrounds the lot, which has replaced the former dilapidated stone wall. On the front of the fenee is a bronze tablet bearing the inseription, "Old Middle Street Burying-Ground." At the south end, a style gives easy access to the lot. The grass is kept mowed, and the general appearance of the ground, gently sloping to the west, with its distant mountain views is neat and attractive.
The work was done under the personal supervision of Isaac W. Brooks and John M. Wadhams, the entire expense being borne by the former, but the good judgment, enthusiastic interest and willing labors of Mr. Wadhams proved invaluable, and were an important factor in the success of the undertaking.
Photographir Prints of the Old Middle Street Burying-Ground at Goshen, Connecti- cutt, after its Restoration as ant Historic Landmark
"Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade, Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap. Each in his narrow cell forever laid,
The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep."
HISTORIC OLD GOSHEN BURYING-GROUND AS IT NOW APPEARS.
Ancient cemetery in the Litchfield Hills, as seen by travelers who pass today along the old highway. It witnesses the restoration of an old landmark, about which hungers traditions of the days before America was a nation, and as such is a direct contribution to the annals of the American people. A tablet inscription marks the entrance.
"The breezy call of incense-breathing morn. The swallow twittering from the straw built shed. The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed."
RESURRECTION OF SACRED MEMORIES IN HISTORIC GOSHEN.
l'enderly, the ancient tombstones were lifted and placed once more on guard over the graves where loving hands left them to watch through the centuries, The lines of the old burying ground were properly marked by at protecting fence. It is believed that many sleep under unmarked mounds.
Photograph taken during rehabilitation, in 1905, looking toward the north, with the Old Highway at the left.
SENTINELS OF TIME AGAIN STAND GUARD,
Like ancient landmarks, the old tombstones were again placed in their historie positions and the burialground of the forefathers became a memorial to the beginning of a nation. They stood in silent tribute to strong men and women, who laid the foundation of domestic life and character.
Photograph taken during the restoration of the Old Middle Street Burying-ground at Goshen, in 1905, looking toward the southeast
FAR BEYOND ARE THE ILLAIS OF MOHAWK MOUNTAIN.
In this beautiful pastoral segue, under the hoary trees, the Colonial and Revolutionary fathers now rest with their families gathered about them. To the left are the Lymans; beside them are the Wadhams; and to the far right lie the Brooks family. In the distance are the hills dot they all losel.
"For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care ; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knee the envied kiss to share.
ISAAC THAT'S
RATT.
Irre . Die
SIRES AND SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
Last resting-place of the Pratts, an old Colonial family, The Revolutionary sollier, Captain Isane Pratt, under the tombstone on the left; he was the great great grandfather of Isine W. Brooks, and settled in 1759 on the farm still held by the family. On the right is Dr. Isme Pratt, who died during Washington's administration.
"Let not ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys and destiny obscure ; Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the poor."
WITNESSES OF FIRST DAYS OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC.
Group of the ancient Wadhams family. In the center of the first row lies the old patriarch, John Wadhams. Sr., who was born during the days of the carly Indian fights, witnessed the American Revolution. and died at the close of the second war with Great Britain. He was one of the early Wethersfield settlers who came to Goshen.
"The boast of herakiry, the pomp of power. And all that beauty, all that wealth der gave. Await alike the inevitable hour- The paths of glory lead but to the grave."
WITNESSES OF THE BIRTH OF THE AMERICAN NATION.
The Buells, who passed through the great days in which a republic was being born, On the right is Captain Jonathan Buell, who died in 1996, after seventy years of epoch-making events. On the left lies his consort, Lydia Buell, who lived to witness the second war with Great Britain, and died in her ninetieth your
"C'an storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? C'an Honor's voice provoke the silent dust. Or Battery soothe the dull cold car of D. ath ."
THE VILLAGE PASTOR SLUMBERS WITH ILIS FLOCK.
Here, under the large stone in the center, lies the first minister to Goshen, the Reverend Stephen Heaton, Beside him is his faithful wife. Mary. Elaborate epitaphs recall their virtues. These old toul stones were in ruin before the restoration, and their scattered pieces are held together by cement.
"The thoughtless World to Majesty may how. Exalt the Brave, and idolize Success : But more to Innocence their safety owe, Than Power and Genius der conspired to bless."
BOUND TOGETHER THROUGH ETERNITY.
There is pathos to this little group where the ancient Lymans are bound together in death with the same strong ties that held them through life. Heavy iron bars passing through solid granite posts are held in place by huge iron keys. The slow-growing chns testify to the time that has passed over this family gathering.
"Hark how the sacred cahn that broads around Bids every fierce tumultuous passion cease, In still, small accents whispering from the ground, A grateful earnest of eternal peace."
PATRIOTS IN THE BUILDING OF THE REPUBLIC.
Under the double slab on the right lie Joseph and Prudence Norton; nearby is their daughter, Mehitable ( Norton) Brooks, Beside her lies her son, at sablier of the American Revolution, Joseph Brooks. The white slab at the right was erected by Isaac W. Brooks, in memory of Amanda (Collins) Brooks, wife of Joseph, who is buried in Victor, New York.
"Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife. Their sombre wishes never learned to stray : Along the cool, sequestered vale of life. They kept the noiseless tenor of their way."
A GLIMPSE, ACROSS THE ANCIENT VILLAGE OF THE DEAD.
Standing in the old cemetery on its western boundary, and looking over the Brooks, Buell and Wadhams mounds toward the southeast, the pilgrim to this sacred shrine calls back to memory thiost primitive days when the great American nation was but a theory and a hope and civilization weaves its dream about these silent tombs.
"For thee, who mindful of the nnhonored dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate. If chance, by lonely contemplation led. Some kindred spirit shall inquire their fate"
PASSING FROM THE GATE-TO LIVE AGAIN,
As we close the gate of the ancient burying-ground at Goshen and return to the old highway that leads back through the village to modern life and industry, it is with love and tears for the generations who came before us to mark the path and have gone in advance to solve the mysteries of the unknown realin to which we are all journeying.
"No further seek their merits to disclose, Or draw their frailties from their dread abode- There they alike in trembling hope repose --- The bosom of their father and their God."
Epitaphs on Ancient Stones in Old Middle Street Burying-Ground at Onshen, Cont- ttecticut, after its Restoration, and Tiere Transcribed for Permanent Record
"Strong Sou of God, immortal Love, Whom we, that have not seen Thy face By faith, and faith alone, embrace, Believing where we cannot prove." * *
* "Thou wilt not leave us in the dust; Thou madest man, he knows not why; lle thinks he was not made to die; And Thou has made him: Thou art just." * *
* "I falter where I firmly trod. And falling with my weight of cares Upon the great world's altar-stairs That slope through darkness up to God. ' Tennyson's "In Memoriam."
Igplapis transcribed from the restored tombstones by Miss Julia I. Wadhams.
Cuitaphs in Old Middle Street Burping Ground
In memory of Mr. Jofeph Norton and Mrs. Prudence, his wife. he died Apr. 1773 Æ 63 & fhe died May 4:1768 Æ 61.
In Memory of
Mrs. Sarah Wife of Moses Lyman Esq. Who Died Aug. 27th 1808 Aged 92 years.
In memory of ELIZABETH HATCH Mr. John Hatch
Mr. John hams
Huldah Dau'tr of Mr. Elifha & Mrs. Sarah Blin died Aug. 11st 1765. Aged
1 year
Epitaphs in Old Middle Street Burying Ground
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In memory of the Widow Mehetabel Brooks. fhe died Jan. 1767. Æ 36. She was wife to Mr. Charles Brooks of
In
memory of
Clarinda Thomson Died In the 23 year of her Age
JOSEPH BROOKS
AD 1790
who died Lorrain Thomson Died In the 25th year of her Aug. 17. 1808:
aged 55 years. Age 1797.
In memory of Mrs Phebe Bartholomew confort to Mr Jofiah Bar tholomew who died Sept r 25th 1799 in the 80th year of her
age.
Epitaphs in Old Middle Street Burying Ground
In Memory of
JOHN WADHAMS. who died March 3. 1816. Aged 84 years.
Mrs. Ruth Lyman
In Memory of Lydia, Consort of Capt. Jonathan Buel.
Confort of Col. Mofes Lyman died June 8, 1775 who died
in the 28 year
July 1, 181
of her age.
Aged 90 years.
To the Memory of
Capt. JONATHAN BUEL Died August the 20: 1796 in the 70th. year of his Age.
Epitaphs in Old Middle Street Burying Ground
In MEMORY of
Mrs. NANCY BUELL Daughter of Capt. Jonathan & Mrs. Lydia BUELL who Died
Febry 22d 1766 In the 16th year of her Age.
In memory of Mrs RUTH WADHAMS
wife of Mr. John Wadhams who died Feby 9:1801 Æ 65.
Blest is the memory of the just Whose mortal bodies sleep in dust
In
Memory of Dr. ISAAC PRATT the only fon of Capt. ISAAC and Mrs. MARY PRATT
who departed this Life April 27th AD 1797 In the 25th year of his age.
In Memory of
JOHN WADHAMS June
who died Sept. 3, 1811: Aged 19 years.
Epitaphs in Old Middle Street Burying Ground
Sacred to the Memory of Harriot Dautr of Mr. Samuel & Mrs Rachel Nafh who Departed this Life October 5th 1798 in the 2d year of her age.
Esther
Zerwah Thomson
Dau.tr of ye Rev. Died in the 3rd ABEL & Mrs. year of her Age 1784
MARTHA NEWELL
died 23d oc. Oliver Thomson
1761 Aged 10 Months.
Died in the first Year of his Age.
In MEMORY of Mrs. Mary Pratt the Amiable confort of Capt. Ifaac Pratt who departed this life, December 11th 1807 In the 75th year of her Age.
Epitaphs in Old Middle Street Burping Ground
ANN. Dautr of Mr. THOMAS & Mrs. Mary Dic Kinfon born 26 Sep. 1774 & died 19th Oct.r 1776 Ah! cruel death, To ftop this vital breath And blaft the Parent's hopes
In Memory of Capt. ISAAC PRATT who died Sept. 3nd 1814: In the 81st year of his age.
Weep not for me, my children dear. Shead for your selv's, the mournful tear. Let virtue guide to realms above, Where all is peace, where all is love.
In Memory of JONATHAN WADHAMS. who died April 12, 1812. aged 82 years. Who through life, discharged the obligation. he owed to this world. to the acceptance of mankind, and he also attended very strictly to the fulfilments of Go.l's la ws.
In Memory of Moses Lyman Esq. who died 6 Jan. 1768 In his 55th year. LYMAN
from Tears. when Christ appears his Dust shall rife
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In Memory of ELIZABETH. Daughter of John & Mary Wadhams who died. August 13. 1809 Aged 2 years. Also an Infant Son who
died Feb. 5. 1810: And - two infant Daughters who died - aged 3 days. In Memory of the Dautrs
In Memory of Mr. Julius Hale who died Junc ye 13th 1765 in ye 40th year of his Age Death is a Debt To Nature Due Which I Have Paid
In memory of AMANDA COLLINS wife of JOSEPH BROOKS who died
Dee. 15, 1830 Aged 72 years. Buried at Victor. N. Y.
of Cap. ELI SILL & Mrs. MARY SILL viz the frft born April 234 died 24th 176- the 2nd born June 22d & died 27th 1771 Mors & fuga secuper sequiter virum. Nec parcit inbellis juventae.
Graphs in Old Middle Street Burping-Ground
Sacred to the Memory of Mrs. Ruth Munfon. Amiable Confort of Mr Thomas E Munfon. who depart-
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ed this Life October 1 ft 1798. in the 54th year of her age
In Memory of LUCY CHILD
Sacred to the Memory of Mifs Charity Bradley
wife of
& Mrs. Phebe Bradley,
Luther Child,
who died July 10, 1798; aged 33 years.
who Departed this life October 1 ft. 1798 in the 7th year of her age.
In Memory of Mr. Obed Wadhams: Son of Mr. John & Mifs. Ruth Wad- hams. who Departed this life March 15th
AD 1794 in the 19th
year of his Age.
Dautr of Colo. Jared
1 :*
Epitaphs in Old Middle Street Burying Ground
- In memory of the Rev d Stephen Heaton V. D. M. primus De Gofhen. . who was born at new haven the 30th of Nov. 1710. Ordained Nov. 1740: departed this life the 29th of Dec. 1788. Æ. 79. In his character appeared Friendship, Patriotism, Sociability, Kindness & Char- ity: Benevolence, Virtuc & Religion Pallia
In memory of Mrs. Mary Heaton, Confort of the Revd. Stephen Heaton. fhe was born at Windfor, the 10th of July 1716 died at Gofhen the 1st of M 1791. Æ 75
An example of virtue, Religion, Kindnesf. Charity & Benevolence, ofteemed & be- loved in her life time, & lamented at her Death by all her near Connections & univerfal Acquaintance.
In Memory of JUDITH WADHAMS relict of Jonathan Wadhams who died July 15, 1813. aged 83 years. Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord. from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit that they may rest from their labours: and their works do follow them. Rev. 14. 13.
Sacred to the Memory of Mrs. Huklah Blin. the Amiable & Virtuous Confort of Mr. Elifha Blin. Who Died Oet 28th 1761 /Etat. 26. Alfo 4 Infants that Di- ed foon After their Birth. While the dear dust fhe leaves behind Sleeps In thy bofoi Sacred tomb Soft be her bed, her flumbe- r's kind, And all her dreams of joy to come.
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