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769. This Stone | Consecrated | To the memory of | Mrs ELIZABETH RIPLEY | Consort of | Capt NATHANIEL RIPLEY | who died May 15th 1801 | In the 55 year of her | Age.
770. To the memory of | Mrs ELIZABETH KEMPTON | wife of AP JOHN KEMPTON | who died May 23th 1801 | aged 82 years, | Alfo in memory of 6 | Children of Mr JOHN & |Mrs ELIZABETHI KEMPTON | viz JOHN & SAMUEL died June 2th | 1757 aged I month NATHANIEL died | Augft gth 1756 aged 13 years PRIfCILLIA | died Augst 15th 1760 aged 4 years SARAH | died Feby 23th 1770 aged 13 years SAMUEL | died at fea Aught. 1777 aged 22 years.
Beneath this monument lies Zion duft, Which in the refurrection of the juft, Shall rife in union to its head, And fit in Glory that fhall never fade.
771. In memory of | ABIGALL THOMAS | DUNHAM Daughter of | Mr WILLIAM and Mrs ELIZABETH DUNHAM his wife | who died july 2 1801 | aged 9 years.
772. To the | Memory of | Wm MORTON | Son, to Mr ] DANIEL JACKSON | & Mrs REBECCA | his wife | Died July 9th | 1801 | Æ. 4 years & 6 months.
773. To | the memory of | Mrs JOANNA HOLMES | Daughter of the late | Mr EPHRAIM HOLMES and | Mrs LUCY his wife who died | Auguft 12th A D 1801 in | the 22 year of her age.
That Female Virtue which adornd thy bloom Friendship recalls & weeps upon thy tomb There fad remembrance drops a filent tear And chafte affection ftands a mourner there.
774. In memory of 2 Children | of Docr STEPHEN and Mrs | LUCY MERCY Ift a fon | THOMAS J. MERCY who died | Augft 17th 1801 aged 1 | year & 3 months. | 2ª a Daughter MARY who | died Augft 19th 1801. | aged 2 years & | II months.
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775. In memory of | Mrs HANNAH STEPHENS | Daughter of the late | Mr ELEAZER STEPHENS and | Mrs ELIZABETH his wife who | Died August 28th 1801 | In the 25th year of her | Age.
776. In | memory of | Mrs MARY TORREY | Daughter of the late | Deacon JOHN TORREY | who died fepr 19th | 1801 in the 45th year | of her age.
777. To | the memory | of | LEMUEL COBB ROBBINS | son of | Capt ANSEL, ROBBINS | and HANNAH his wife | who died Oct 2sd 1801 | aged 1 year & 10 days.
We have no Reason for to Moarn For gods will must be don He lent him for a Little space But sudden Call'd him home.
778. To | the memory of | Mrs REBEKAH LEONARD | wife of | Mr WILLIAM LEONARD | who died | Oct 2th 1801 in the 32 | Year of her Age.
779. To | the memory | of | Mrs. HANNAH LUCAS | wife of | Capt LEVI LUCAS | who died-Octr 6th 1801 | in the 29th year of her age.
780. In memory of | Capt ANSELM RICKARDS | who died | of a malignant fever at | Martinico Oct 6th A D 1801 | in the 34th year of his age.
781. To | the memory of | SARAH TYLER BRECK | daughter of Mr MOSES | BRECK and Mrs MARY his | wife who departed | this life Octr 7th 1801 | aged I & 8 | months.
They die in jefus and are bleft how kind their flumbers are from fufferings and from fins releafed and freed from every fuare.
782. To | The Memory of | LOIS DIMAN, Į the much la- mented Daughr | of Mr DAVID DIMAN | & Mrs Lois his Wife ; | who died Oct 8. 1801 : | In the 10th Year | of her Age.
When blooming youth is snatch'd away By death's resistlefs hand,
Our hearts the mournful tribute pay, Which pity muft demand.
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783. In memory of | LEMUEL BROWN | who died Oct" 13th 1801 | aged 1 year 7 months | Alfo in memory of | SARAH PALMER BROWN | who died Oct' 5 1802 | aged I year 2 months | Children of | Mr LEMUEL BROWN and | Mrs SARAHI his wife.
784. To | the memory of | Mr LEMUEL NELSON | who died Octr 30th | 1801 in the 30th | year of his | age.
785. To | the memory of | Mrs SARAH CHURCHILL | wife of Mr BARNABAS CHURCHILL | Who Died November 9th 1801 | in the 48th Year of her Age.
786. To | the memory of | Mrs MORIAH MENDIL | who died Novr 22th 1801 | aged So years wife of | M' JABEZ | MENDIL.
Memento Mori.
787. In memory of Mrs | SELAH Wife of Mr | PELHAM BRADFORD fhe | Died Novr 29th 1801 | Aged 22 Years I month | & 7 Days.
788. In | the memory of | Mr BENJAMIN BARTLETT | who Died Decr 24th 1801 | aged 64 years | Likewise his .late Consort | JAMIMA BARTLETT | who | Died February 15th | 1808 | aged 66 years.
789. Here Lies | Buryed the body of | JOSEPH DOTEN Son of | Mr JOSEPH DOTEN and | Mrs ELIZABETH his wife | Who Departed this life | Febry IIth 1802 aged 2 | Years 7 months & 8 days.
790. To the memory of | Mr JOSEPH TRASK | who died Feby 26th | 1802 aged 67 years, | Alfo in memory of 3 | Sons of Mr JOSEPH & Mrs JERUSHA TRASK viz. | JOSEPH & THOMAS died | at fea aged 23 years | WILLIAM aged 15 years.
God my redeemer lives, and often from The skies, looks down and watches all my dust, Till he fhall bid it rife.
791. In | memory | of | Mr ICHABOD | HOLMES Jur who Deceast | March 29th 1802 | in | the 44th year of his | age. 792. In | memory of | Mr SETH LUCE | who | Died May 6th 1802 | in the 58th year | of his age.
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793. In memory of | Dr. JOHN GODDARD, | Surgeon of the U. S. frigate Boston, | decd in Gibraltar bay | June 15, 1802, | aged 32 years. | Also of his wife | GRACE HAYMAN, | decd Feb. 8, 1851, | aged 80 years. | And of | ABIGAIL OTIS, | decd Feb. 11, 1853, | in her 70th year.
794. . To | the memory of | Mr SETH HARLOW | who | Died Jun 30th 1802 | in | the 65th years | of his age.
795. In | memory of | BENJAMIN DREW ye 3d fon | of BENJAMIN DREW Jun' | and SOPHIA his Wife | Deceafed July 8th 1802 | aged I year 7 months | and 2 days.
796. To | the memory | of | Mr DAVID BATES | who died | July 1Ith 1802 in | the 66th year of his age.
797. This | ftone is erected | To the memory of | HENRY OTIS the fecond | fon of BARNABAS OTIS and | POLLY his wife who died | in the lfland of Martinico | July 26 h A D 1802 aged 15 | years 5 months | and | 20 days.
798. Erected in memory | of | THOMAS DIKE fon of | Capt ANTIIONY DIKE | and MOLLEY his | wife who died in | Martinico July 26th 1802 | in the 18th year of | his age.
799. In memory of | Capt JOHN BIfHOP Junr | who de- parted this life | July 27 A D 1802 in | Dominica in the 24th year of his Age. | Allso in memory of | GEORGE BISHOP who departed | this life Auguft ist 1802 in | Dominica in the Fifteenth | year of his age.
Short is the date of Sublunary Foys
The evening lowers soon as the sun beams rife Short is the uncertain life of helplefs man His days how Justly liken'd to a fpan.
800. In | memory | of | Mr LEWIS LUMBER who departed | this life July 27th A D 1802 in | Dominica in the 24th year of his age | Allfo in memory of ELIZABETH LUMBER | who died Septr 13th 1802 in the 16th | year of her age.
Sleep silent dust till the Archangels sound Bid soul & Body both unite again And call thee forth from underneath the ground To meet thy God with him to live and reign.
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801. In | memory of | Mrs MARY DREW | Widow of | M JAMES DREW | who died Augt 29th 1802 | Aged 72 years.
802. To | the memory of | NANCY ATWOOD | Daughter of Mr | JOUIN ATWOOD and | Mrs NANCY his wife | who died feptr 7th 1802 | aged 1 year 1 | months 15 | days.
803. In memory of | GEORGE TAYLOR BACON | fon of Mr GEORGE | BACON and Mrs BETfY his wife | who died Sepr | the 8th 1802 aged 18 | months 8 & days.
804. In | memory of | DAVID WARREN | Son of | Capt DAVID WARREN | and | Mrs SALLY his wife | who died Sepr 12th 1802 | Aged 2 years 4 months.
Tis God who lifts our comforts high And sinks them in the grave He gives and blessed be his name He takes but what he gave.
805. To the memory | of MARY B- | daughter o. | WIL- LIAM & Mrs | ANNA BRADFORD | who died Sept 17th | 1802 aged I year & I | month I day.
806. WILLIAM THOMAS, M. D. | Died Sept. 20, 1802, | Aged 84 years. | MERCY, | Daughter of | Wm & MERCY THOMAS | Died Nov. 1776, | Aged 17 years.
Dr. THOMAS was the son of William and Anne (Patershall) (Breck) Thomas; born in Boston 1718. He was a descendant in the sixth generation from William Thomas, a merchant adventurer, who came to America, from Yarmouth, England, in the " Marye and Ann," in 1637, and settled in Marshfield, Mass. He was an eminent physician, of extensive practice in Plymouth for upwards of fifty years. He was a member of the medical staff in the hazardous and successful enterprise against Louisburg in 1745, and at Crown Point in 1758. He was an active man in the struggles with the mother country during the Revolution. Soon after the first blow was struck at Lexington, in 1775, he, with his four sons, joined the first organized revolutionary corps. Joshua became aide-de-camp to General Thomas in the expedition to Canada in 1776, and, at the conclusion of peace, Judge of Probate for Plymouth County; Joseph was a captain of an artillery company; and John was on the medical staff, and upon the termination of the struggle settled at Poughkeepsie, in the State of New York, in the practice of his profession, where he died in 1818, leaving a son and one daughter. The other sons settled in Plymouth. A daughter married and settled in Charlestown, N. H.
Ile married, Ist, Mary Papillon, of Boston; 2d, Mercy Bridgham, of Boston; 3d, Mary Howland.
807. To | the memory of | EDWARD TAYLOR | DAVEE the fun of | Capt SOLOMON DAVEE | and | Mrs JEDIDAHI, who | died Sepr | the 21th 1802 | aged I year 4 | months 18 days.
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808. To | the memory | of | Mrs MERCY JACKSON | Con- sort of | Wm JACKSON Efqr | Obiit | Septr 24th 1802 | Aged 39 years.
809. To the memory | of ELIZABETH TAYLOR | BREWS- TER daughter of | Capt WILLIAM & Mrs | ELIZABETH BREWSTER | who died Sep 25th 1802 | aged I year 4 months | 17 days.
810. To | Perpetuate the memory | of | CHARLES HENRY BACON | Son of DAVID BACON | and Mrs. ABIGAIL his wife | who died September 26 1802 | in the Sixth year of his age.
In early life prepar'd for Death Heaven call'd and I resign'd my Breath Weep not dear Friends ; your tears dismifs Nor wish me from the Realms of Bliss.
811. In | memory of | REBECKAH BARTLETT | daughter of | Mr JOHN BARTLETT and | Mrs REBECKANI his wife | who died Sepr 27th 1802 | aged 3 years & 2 months | & 17 days.
Tis God who lifts our comforts high, Or finks them in the grave, He gives and bleffed be his name He takes but what he gave.
812. In | memory | of | HARIOT BARTLETT | daughter of Mr STEPHEN BARTLETT | and | Mrs POLLY his wife | who | died Sept 28th 1802 | aged 2 years.
813. In | memory of | DAVID TURNER fon of | Mr DAVID TURNER & | Mrs LYDIA his wife | who died fept 29th 1802 | aged I year & 9 | months & 13 | days.
814. To | the memory of | Two Children of | Capt ELEAZER HOLMES & | Mrs BETSY his wife | 1th a fon SAMUEL A | who died Sepr 29th 1802 | aged 9 months & 10 days. | 2d a daughter ELIZA who | died June 25th 1803 aged | 3 years & 3 months & 19 |days.
Frefh in the morn the fummer rofe, Hangs withar'd cre its noon, We fcarce enjoys the balmy gift, But mourn the pleafure gone.
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815. To | the memory of | THOMAS BARTLETT | fon of | Mr THOMAS & | Mrs RUTHI BARTLETT | who died Septr 29th 1802 | aged I year 2 months & | 11 days.
The wonce lov'd form now cold & dead, Each mournfull thought imploys. And nature wcops his comforts fled And withered all his joys But ceas fond nature dry thy tears Religon pints on high, And ever lafting fpring appears, And joys that never die.
816. In | memory of | THOMAS PATY fon of | Mr THOMAS PATY and | Mrs JERUfIIA his wife | who departed this life | Oct 7th 1802 aged 2 years | 10 months and 20 days.
And muft thy children dye fo foon.
817. To | the memory of | HANNAH C. LUCAS | Daugh- ter of Mr | LAZARUS and Mrs | NANCY LUCAS who | died Octr 7th 1802 aged | 2 years & 28 days.
818. To | the memory | of | JOHN DICKfON | fon of | Mr JOHN & | Mrs PHEBE DICKSON | who died | Octr 7th 1802 | aged I year I month & | 9 days.
In carly days away from us he flys, No more his pleafing actions charmes our eyes. Gone but not loft I fee him from afare. That fublime part like a bright morning ftar, A happy change from carth to fure above, Now takes his dwelling in the realms of love.
819. To the memory of | PRICILLA DAVEA | Daughter of | Capt ROBART & Mrs | JERUfHIA DAVEA who | died Octr 1 1th 1802 | aged I year 7 months | & 11 days.
Babes rather caught from womb and breaft, Claim a right to fing above the reft. Becaus their found that happy shore They never faro nor fought before.
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820. ANNA MAY WETHRELL | Daughter of | THOMAS WETHRELL Jnr | and NANCY his Wife | died Octor 12, 1802 | Aged 15 Months | and 16 days.
821. In | memory | of | Wm R. JACKSON | fon of | Wm & MERCY JACKSON | Obiit | 12th Octr | 1802 | aged one year.
822. In | memory | of | Mrs RUTH BARTLETT wife of | M' THOMAS BARTLETT | who Died Octr 14th 1802 | in the 22 year of her age.
Weep not for me, but weep for your selves.
823. To | the memory of | RICHARD HOLMES | Son of Mr WILLIAM HOLMES | & Mrs HANNAH his wife | who died | October 15th 1802 | aged 2 years | 1I mounths & 12 days.
824. In | memory | of | WILLIAM S. HOLMES | Son of | Mr JOSEPH HOLMES | and | Mrs MARTIIA his wife | who | died Oct 31th 1802 | aged I year and 4 months.
825. In memory of | ICHABOD SHAW HOLMES | Son of | Capt CHANDLER HOLMES & | Mrs PHEBE his wif | who died Nov" Ist 1802 | aged 1 year 4 months.
The tender Parants have scarse time to wipe
Ther weeping eys loe heaven cauls and the other dies.
Alfo in memory of | CHANDLER HOLMES ther Son | who died Nov. 6th 1802 | Aged 4 year 10 months.
They ware Lovely & Pleasant in ther Life And in ther Death ware not Devided.
826. JOANNA DAVIE, | wife of Capt ICHABOD | DAVIE, | died Nov. 3, 1802 ; | in the 31st year of her age.
827. Erected | in Memory of | Twin Daughters | of Capt Thos Atwood, | and Mehetabel, his Wife, | Born Nov. 2, 1802 : | Died Nov. 4, 1802. | Also | In Memory of Darius, Son | of Capt Thos Atwood and | Mchetabel his Wife who | Died Jan. 23, 1809 Aged 2 mo & 8 days.
Here, here they lie! oh! could I once more viewe
Those dear remains; take one more fond adien
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Of the' work of God, their beauteous clay, which here In infant charms so lovely did appear; As tho' in nature's nicest model cast, Exactly polish'd, wrought too fine to last - By the same hand that wrought, again shall they arise To bloom more gay more lovely in the skies.
828. To | the memory of | Mrs SARAH ROBBINS | Con- fort of | Mr JESSE ROBBINS | who died Novr 6th | 1802 in the 24th | year of her age.
Here lies intomb'd within this house of clay The mortal part of an engageing wife Whofe virtue fhone amid the blase of day Whofe kind affection ended with her life Till Gabriel's trumpet's animating found Bid foul and body meet and reunite Here reft in filence in the vaulted ground Then meet thy God with rapture & delight.
829. To | the memory | of | Mrs LUCY JACKSON | wife of | Mr THOMAS JACKSON | who died | Novr 10th 1802 | aged 39 years. The fainted partner and the friend fincere, The tendereft parent, traveller, slumbers here Smote by the ftorm with blooms and verdure crownd So falls the tree and fpreads a fragrance round.
830. To the memory | of HANNAH HUEFTEN | daughter .
of | Mr WILLIAM & Mrs | MARY HUEFTEN | who died Novr 16th | 1802 aged 2 years 2 | months & 15 days.
831. In | memory | of | Mrs LOIS WARREN | Confort of | Majr BENJn WARREN | Deceasd Novr 19th 1802 | In the 53d year of her | Age.
832. In | memory | of | ANNA JACKSON | Daughter of | Wmn & MERCY JACKSON | Obiit | 27th Novr | 1802 | aged 3 years.
833. In | memory of | WILLIAM BATTLES | son of | Mrs DEBORAH BATTLES | who died | Decemb 12th 1802 | aged 2 months | & 18 days.
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834. To the memory of | JANE BARTLETT | Daughter of Capt JAMES & Mrs MARY | BARTLETT who died Decr 24th | 1802 aged 2 years & 7 months.
My times of forrow and of joy Great God are in thy hand My choiceft comeforts come from thee And go at thy command.
835. In | memory | of | Mr AMMAZIAH HARLOW | who | Departed this Life | December 25 1802 | In the 55 year of his | Agc.
836. In memory of | Four Children of | Mr ZACHEUS KEMP- TON | & SARAH his wife viz | SALLY aged 36 years | CHARLES aged 21 years | WOODARD aged 17 years | ROB- INSON aged 2 years | they died between | 1802 & 1820.
Stop traveller and shed a tear Upon the fate of children dear.
337. EPHRAIM WHITING, | Died in Jamacia | W. I. 1803 : | Aged 28 y'rs. | also | ELIZABETH, | widow of the late | EPHRAIM WHITING, | Died Sept. 27, 1855 ; | Aged So y'rs.
May their souls meet in heaven.
838. To the memory of | THOS. LEONARD, | lost at sea, on a voyage | from Martinique to | Plymouth, Jan. 19, 1803, aged 32 yr's | Also his wife | SALLY | who died Dec. 22 1834, | aged 67 yr's.
839. Sacred | to the memory | of | CHARLES ROBBINS | Master Mariner | who died at | St. Pierre Martinique | Jan. 22, 1803, | aged- about 34 years, | Also to MARY his wife, | who died | Sept. 23, 1854, | aged 84 years.
840. To | the memory | of | Capt JOSEPH DOTEN | who | died at Guadaloupe | February 4th 1803 | in | the 33 year of his age.
Time on its wing conveys us home, To the mouldring ground whence we come: Prepare to meet the solemn call, When the last trumpet calls us all.
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841. To the memory of | MARY TORREY daughter of | Col JOHN & | Mrs ELIZABETH | TORREY who died | March 2d 1803 aged | 3 months & 21 | days.
842. Erected | to perpetuate the memory | of two SONS | of THOMAS & SARAH WETHRELL | Who died in the West Indies | WILLIAM WETHRELL Decd at St .Thomas | March 23d 1803. | aged 22 years. | ISAAC WETHRELL | Decd at Mar- tinico January 23d 1803 .| aged 19 years.
By foreign hands, thy dying eyes were closed By foreign hands, thy decent limbs composd By foreign hands, thy humble graves adornd By strangers honourd, and by strangers mournd.
843. In | memory of | two Daughters of Mr JOHN SILVES- TERS | & LYDIA his wife | Ist ABIGAIL WASHBURN | who died March 27th 1803. | aged I year 7 months | 2ª ABIGAIL WASHBURN who died Novr 28th 1804 aged | 1 year 3 months. Farewell vain world we bid adieu.
844. To | the memory | of | Mrs RUTH NELSON | wife of Mr EBENEZER NELSON | who died April 29th AD 1803 aged 69 | years.
845. To | the memory | of Mrs LUCY HAMMATT | who died | April 30th 1803 | Actatis 77
Composed in suffering, & in joy sedate, Good without show, for just discernment great.
846. To | the memory | of Mrs ZERULAH CROMBIE | Confort of | DEAn WILLIAM CROMBIE | who died May | 1st 1803 in the 66th | year of | her | age.
847. In memory of | Mr ABNER HOLMES | who | died May 26th AD. 1803 | Aged Twenty-five years | Also in memory of | Mrs MARY HOLMES relict of Mr ABNER HOLMES | who died April 17th 1804 | aged 24 years | and of their infant MARY who died July 21th 1803 aged 4 months.
What is this World-we saw this youthful pair Belov'd and happy-every prospect fair
Now in the grave-but Kindred cease your sighs To them 'twas but the path to Christ above the skies.
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848. In | memory | of | Mrs SARAH FAUNCE | wife of Capt BARNABAS FAUNCE | died July the 15th 1803 | in the 55th | year of her age.
849. To the | memory of | Mrs POLLY BARTLETT | Con- fort of | Mr DAVID BARTLETT | who died July 22d | 1803 in the 25th year | of her age. | alfo in memory of DAVID | fON of | Mr DAVID & Mrs POLLY | Bartlett who died Decr 30th | 1803 aged I year 2 months & 14 days.
Death like an over-flowing ftream, Savceps us away our life's a dream, An empty tale a mooring flower, Cut down and wither'd in an hour.
850. To | the memory | of | Mrs REBEKAH HOLMES | Consort of | Capt ICHABOD HOLMES | who | died July 25th 1803 | in | the 75th year | of | her age.
851. To | the memory of | DAVID LEACH SON | of Capt FINNEY LEACHI | and Mrs MERCY | his wife | who died Aug. 9th 1803 | Aged 2 months | and 8 days.
Where shall i go where shall i flee But to my loveing Saviours breast There within his arms to lie And safe beneath his wing to rest.
852. In | memory | of | ESTHER COOPER | daughter of | M' JOHN COOPER & | Mrs JERUSHA his wife | who died | Sept 9th 1803 | Aged 2 years & 2 months.
The infant smiles in lisping speach And in the grave in silence sleaps.
853. To the memory | of GEORGE SAMSON | fON of | Mr GEORGE & | Mrs Patience Samfon | who died Septr 15th | 1803 aged I year 7 months & 6 days.
Uncertain life how foon it flics, Swift as an hour how fhort the bloom, Like fprings gay verdure once did rise Cut down ere night to fill the tomb.
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854. In memory of | LUCY TAYLOR COOPER | Daughter of | Capt. JOSEPH COOPER | and Mrs LUCY his wife | who died Septer 19th 1803 | Aged one year 5 months.
An emblem in this glass we see Of what we all must quickley be The infant has resigned its breath, Sleeps in the icy arms of death.
855. To | Perpetuate the memory | of | Mr SAMUEL BAR- NES | who died | September 25th 1803 | in | the 23rd year | of | his age.
856. FATHER AND MOTHER | OLIVER KEMPTON | died Sept. 30th 1803 | on the Banks of Quereau, | in his 36th y'r | SALLY | his widow | died Feb. 18th, 1855, | Aged 84 years. There is rest in Heaven.
857. Also in memory of FANNY H | GARDNER daughter of Mr HARWOOD | & Mrs MEHETABEL GARDNER who | died Octr 6th 1803 aged 1 year 5 | months & 17 days.
The upper part of this stone is broken off.
858. In | memory of | JAMES CROMBIE | Son of | Mr CALVIN CROMBIE | & M's NAOMI | his wife | died October 9th 1803 | aged I year 10 months.
859. Sacred to the memory | of | Mrs PRISCILLA HAM- MATT | widow of | Capt ABRAHAM HAMMATT | & youngest daughter of the late | Doct" LAZARUS LE BARON, | who departed this life | the 14th of Oct. 1803 | aged 50 years.
860. In memory | of | MY ELISHA DUNHAM | who died Novr 14th 1803 in | the 58 year of his | age.
861. To | the memory | of | G. W. & J. A. HAYWARD | twin Children | of | Dr N. HAYWARD | & | JOANNA his wife | who were born & died | 17th November | 1803.
862. To | the memory | of | Mrs REBECKAH | BART- LETT Confort of | Mr JOHN BARTLETT | who died | Decbr 18th 1803 in the | 26th year of her age.
That female virtue wich adorn'd thy bloom Friendship recalls, and wceps upon thy tomb Their fad remembrance drops a filent tear, And chafte affection ftands a mourner their.
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863. In | memory of | THOMAS BRADFORD | Son of | Mr THOMAS BRADFORD | & Mrs MARY his wife | died Jan. 9th 1804 | aged I year | 1 month & 7 days.
864. WILLIAM BREWSTER | who died | Jan'y 12th 1804 | in the | 34th year | of | his age.
'Twas thine to know the beft delights of life A lovely off Spring and endearing wife, At duty's call the rich-fraught bark didft guide To distant climes on ocean's fwelling tide, But now alas those blifs-ful scenes are o'er
Thy fafe return fhall cheer thy friends no more Thy comfort mourns-with her we fympathife And hope with Christ theyll meet in happier skies.
865. To | the memory | of | Capt WILLIAM CROMBIE | who died | Febry gth 1804 | in the 40th | year of his | age.
CAPTAIN CROMBIE, born in Plymouth, May 24, 1764, was the son of Deacon William and Zeruiah (Kimball) Crombie, of Andover, Mass., who removed to Plymouth about 1762, and for nearly forty years was Deacon of the church in Plymouth. Ile married Deborah, daughter of Samuel and Experience (Atwood) Jackson, of Plymouth.
866. To the memory | of | Doctr STEPHEN MARCY | who died | March 24th 1804 | Aged 45 | years.
867. In memory of | WILLIAM BREWSTER | Son of | Capt WILLIAM BREWSTER | & Mrs ELIZABETH BREWSTER his wife | died April 5th 1804 | aged one year | 5 months & 13 days. The father & the children dead We hope to Heaven their souls are fled .
The widow now alone is left Of all the family bereft May she now put her trust in God To heal the wound made by his rod.
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868. In | memory | of | Mrs NANCY DUNBAR | confort of | JOHN D. DUNBAR Esqr | Deceased | May 3d 1804 | in | the 33d year of her | age.
869. To | the memory of | PRISCILA HARLOW daughter of | Mrs SETH HARLOW | and Mrs PRISCILA | his wife | who died | June 22nd 1804. | aged 3 months & 12 | days.
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EPITAPHIS FROM BURIAL HILL.
870. FANNY CROMBIE | daughter of | Mr CALVIN CROM- BIE & | Mrs NAOMI his wife | Departed this life | June 25th AD 1804 | in the 8th year | of | her age.
As young as beautiful ! and foft as young And gay as foft ! and innocent as gay.
871. Here was buried | the body of | ELIZABETH SYM- MES | daughter of | Mr LAZARUS SYMMES | & POLLY his wife | who | died July 21th 1804 | aged one year | 6 months | & 9 days.
Their rest in peace thou lovely Thier sleep in sweet repose From earthly parents thou art gone A better parent chose.
872. Erected to the memory of five | Children of Capt AT- WOOD DREW | & Mrs LYDIA DREW his wife, viz | LYDIA died August 25, 1804, | aged one year 10 months. | ELIZA A. DREW died Sepr 5, 1805 | aged one year 4 months, | LYDIA W. DREW died Aprl II, 1806 | aged 7 months, | WILLIAM R. DREW died Oct' 9, 1815 | aged 10 months. | ELIZA DREW died Octr 17, 1817 | aged one year 6 month.
It is not the will of your father which is in heaven, That one of these little ones should perish.
Christ.
873. This stone is placed here | To the memory of | Mr ELKANAH WATSON | who Died Septr 7th 1804 | aged 73 years | Also CHARLES LEE WATSON his son | who died 16th of the same month | aged Eleven years.
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