Epitaphs from Copp's Hill burial ground, Boston. With notes, Part 3

Author: Bridgman, Thomas, b. 1795
Publication date: 1851
Publisher: Boston, Cambridge, J. Munroe and Company
Number of Pages: 580

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Here lyeth intered The Body of MICHAEL MARTYN aged 60 years decd March ye 26 1 6. 8 2

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In Memory of MRS MARGARET CLARK the virtuous consort of Capt Joseph Clark She died Jany IIth 1761 Ætat 69

Here lyes ye Body of MR JOSEPH HOOD aged 55 years decd December ye 1.4th 1729

In Memory of MR JOSEPH CLARK died Oct 16th 1783 aged 67 years

Here lyeth ye Body of ELIZABETHI Wife of William Greenough *

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In Memory of MRS PRUDENCE CLARK Widow of Mr Joseph Clark deceased 13 December 1789 aged 68 years

Here lyes ye Body of MRS SARAH CLARK Wife of Mr Samuel Clark died August 9 1799 aged 56 years

Here lyes the Body of MRS HANNAH CLARK the Wife of Mr Samuel Clark who died Feb 13 17 64 aged 35 years

Here lyes ye Body of MR WILLIAM HOUGHI aged 67 years died November ye 8th 1714

Here lyes ye Body of JOHN RUSSELL who departed this life September ye 28th 1709

Here lyes buried ye Body of MR WILLIAM BURROUGH aged about 70 years decd April ye 21st 1711

Here lyes ye Body of MRS MARY ATTWOOD Wife to Deacon John Atwood aged 68 years decd March ye 18th 17285

Here lyes ye Body of SARAH ye daughter of William & Sarah Clark aged 18 months died August 5 1 7 04

Here lyes buried The Body of MR THADEUS SARGENT Son to Mr Thomas Sargent died ye 26th of January 1 7 73 in the 37th year of his age

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Here lyeth buried The Body of MRS MARY HICKS Wife of Mr Zachariah Hicks aged 49 years who died December ye 30th 1747

Here lyes buried ye Body of MRS ELIZA FIFIELD Widow of Capt Giles Fifield aged 84 years who died June ye 16th 1743

Here lyes ye Body of MRS ABIGAIL STODDARD Wife to Capt Thomas Stoddard and daughter of Mr Benjamin Barker of Andover who died July 234 1761 in ye 60th year of her age

Here lies the Body of CAPT THOMAS STODDARD who departed this life April the 12th 1763 in ye 64th year of his age

Here lyes the Body of CAPT WILLIAM TROUT Died March 31# 1742 in ye 53d year of his age

ELIZABETH PEIRSE Daur to Moses & Elizabeth Peirse aged 7 years died Nov ye 1st 1 7 2. 1

Erected to the Memory of MRS PATIENCE CAPEN the consort of Mr Hopestill Capen who died Jan 19th 1791 aged 57 years

Ilere lyes the body of MRS ELIZTH STODDARD Wife to Mr Daniel Stoddard & daur to Mr John & Elizth Ballard aged 70 year decd Febry ye 20th 1732

Here lyes the Body of SAMUEL Sou of SAMUEL & MARY GREENWOOD aged near 34 years died Dec ye 10 1711

Here lyes ye Body of MARY ye wife to John Pittom aged 69 years died March ye 17th 1 7 13

Here lyes ye Body of SAMUEL GREENWOOD aged about 65 years died ye 19 of August 1711

Here lyes ye Body of EDWARD RANSFORD aged 48 years died Dec the 27th 1 7 1 7

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Here lyes ye Body of MRS MARY SCOTT Widdow of Capt John Scott aged 87 years died Novr 23d 1754

Here lyes buried the body of MRS ELIZABETH KENNEY died May 6th 1753 aged 65 years

Ilere lyes the Body of MR. RICHARD JONES aged 28 years decd Dec ye 8th 1731

Here lies buried the Body of MRS HANNAH WHITE Widdow of Capt Samuel White aged 73 years Decd Decr ye 9th 1736

Here lyes ye Body of NATHANIEL GILL aged 30 years & 7 mo deceased Oct ye 3d 1720

Here lies the Body of MISS HANNAH LANGFORD Daught of Mr Nicholas & Mrs Joanna Langford who died Novr 19th 1796 aged 15 years & 6 months

" Nor youth nor inocence could save Hannah, from the insatiable grave, But cease our tears no longer weep The little maid doth only sleep Anon she'll wake & rise again And in her Savours Arms remain."

Copp's LI

Here lyes ye Body of MR JAMES PULLINGTON aged 51 years decd June the 11th 1735

Here lyes the Body of CAPT JOSEPH BUCKLEY . who departed this life January the 2d 1764 aged 32 years

Sacred to the Memory of MISS JOANNA BUCKLEY who died Jan 3º 1802 Æ 64 Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord

In Memory of MR GERSHOM WHITTEMORE son of Mr Thomas & Mrs Anna Whittemore who died Nov 1st 1795 aged 20 years

Here lyes buried the Body of MR JOHN WATERHOUSE aged 37 years died Jan ye 1st 1746

Here lies ye Body of MR LEONARD BARRONS Son to Mr John and Mrs Mary Barrons of Salcombregis in Devon, died Oct 25th 1765 aged 33. years

Inscriptions.

Here lyes buried The Body of MR ELIAS PARKMAN aged 52 years 5 mo & * * daye decd May the 24th 1741

Here lyes buried The *ody of MRS ELIZABETH PARKMAN wife to Mr Elias Parkman who died Nov ye 1st 17 46 in the 58th year of her age

This Stone perpetuates the Memory of DOC ELIAS PARKMAN Who departed this life March ye 6th 1750- aged 33

Here lyes ye Body of ELIZABETH Wife to Obadiah Read aged 67 years died Febry 26th 1.7 12 T3

Here lyes the Body of MR JAMES BARTER aged 71 years died May 16th 1757

Here lyes the Body of MR EDWARD EDES aged 49 years decd Sep ye 28th 173*

Here lies buried The Body of MR JOHN CLOUGH died July ye 6 1756 aged 46 years

In Memory of MRS MARY STEVENS Wife to Mr Thomas Stevens who departed this life May 9th 1785 in the 75th year of her age Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord for they re -: com their labours & their works do follow them

Here lies the Body of SARAH STEVENS Wife to Thomas Stevens aged about 52 years decd Nov ye 30 1723

Here lies the Body of MR THOMAS STEUENS died May 6th 1761

Here Ives buried the Body of MR SAMUEL GOFFE decd Sep the 11th 1740 in the 58th year of his age

Here lyes buried the Body of CAPT THOMAS PORTER deed April y" 11th. 1738 in the 63d year of his age

Here lyes ye Body of HANNAH WHITE daughter to Samuel & Hannah White aged 20 years decd April ye 8th 1:18

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Here lies buried The Body of CAPT ALEXANDER SEARS who departed this life March ye 17th 1758 aged 69 years

Here lyes buried the Body of MRS HANNAII SEARS Widow of Capt Robert Sears who departed this life June 25th 1769 in the 73d year of her age

In Memory of MR EDWARD GRANT who departed this life June 28th 1797 aged 78

" Whee the last trumpet breaths the rending sound And wakes the sleeping nations under ground Then shall you in the rank of saints appear And in your hand a golden scepter bear

Here lyes intered ye Body of WILLIAM ROUSE died January ye 20th 170% in ye 65th year of his age

Here lyes buried The Body of CAPT SAMUEL HARRIS aged 53 years who died March ye 20th 1741

MRS MARY RICHARDS

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IIere lyes intered ye Body of ARTHUR SMITH aged about 63 years died May ye 17 1708

Here lyes ye Body of MRS HANNAH COPP Wife to Mr Samuel Copp decd Feb ye 24 1722

MRS SARAH CLARK 1779

In Memory of MR JONAS CLARK who died Novr 28th 1790 aged 64 years 2 months & 17 days

In Memory of CAPT JOHN PULLING who departed this life Jany 25th 1 7 8 7 in the 51st year of his age

Here lyes intered the Body of MRS ELIZABETHI SHEFFE Wife to Mr Will" Sheaffe who departed this life March ye 17th 1731 5 * *

Here lyes ye Body of MRS AMY COPP Wife to Elder David Copp aged 82 years decd Nov ye 28th 1718

Inscriptions.

Here lyes ye Body of MARCY MARSHALL ye Wife to Joseph Marshall aged 36 years dyed ye 18th of ye 2- month 1712

IIere lyes buried ye Body of MR JOSEPH BULL aged 55 years died Feb * 1747

Here lies buried ye Body of MR JOSHUA ATTWOOD died August 31st 1770 aged 70 years

Here lies ye Body of DEACON JOHN ATWOOD aged about 67 years died August 26 1714

Here lies ye Body of ELIZABETH ATWOOD Wife to Mr Joshua Atwood died Jan'y 15 1768 aged 63 years

In Memory of MRS REBECCA LITTLEFIELD Consort of Capt James Littlefield who departed this life Sept 17th 1773 aged 23 years

In Memory of MRS ANN CLOUGH Wife of Mr Samuel Clough · died April ye 24 1772 aged 52 years

" My parents gone Greate Heaven O tell me where Where may I drop my unaffected tear In fillial gratitude where may I weep In gratefull silence lull my soul to sleep, May I awake in heaven & find her there Where endless raptures qwell each rising care."

Here lies the Body of MARY GREENWOOD Wife to Samuel Greenwood departed this life Sept 21st 1 7 7 4 aged 31 years

In Memory of MISS NANCY GREENWOOD daughter of Nathaniel & Pricilla Greenwood who departed this life May 5th 1802 aged 34 years

In Memory of MR EBENEZER HANCOCK who died July 4th 1799 in the 50th year of his age

Here lyes ye Body of MRS ABIGAIL BEAL Wife of Mr Othniel Beal decd Nov ye 16th 1719 in ye 25th yeare of her age

Enscriptions.

Here lyes ye Body of CAPT THOMAS BARNARD aged 59 years 5 mo & 15 days decesd March ye 14th 1715. 16

Here lyes ye Body of MR THOMAS BARNARD aged 46 years decd May the 16 1730

WEBSTER.

GRANT WEBSTER died 1797 ÆE 80 JOHN WHITE died 1803 Æ 67 SARAH WHITE died 1807 Æ 77

Here lyes ye Body of MRS MARIA ELLIOT Wife to Capt John Elliot aged 27 years 11 mo & 8 days decd Sept ye 21st 1721

MRS HANNAH NICHOLS 1760

This Tomb belongs to the heirs of MISS ELIZABETH BRONDSON who departed this life March 20th 1810 Æ 82 GEORGE BRONDSON CURTIS died Augt 20th 1800

Here lies ye Body of MR JOHN MILK decd May 19th 1756 aged 47 years 10 mº & 27 ds .

Here lies buried the Body of MR WILLIAM BEER who died December ye 11th 1759 aged 57 years

WILLIAMS.

JOHN WILLIAMS Departed this life Sept. 9, 1845, aged 72 years.

"Each lonely scene shall thee restore, For thee a tear be daily shed ; Beloved till life can charm no more, And mourned till pity's self be dead."

Here lies MR THOMAS LEE The Founder of this Tomb who after a long & usefull Life died on the 16th of July 17 66 Anno AEtatis 93 Give up his Body to death his Soul to Immortality Also the Body of his Wife DEBORAH LEE daughter of Edward Flint of Salem who departed this life the 3d of April A D 1763 Anno Etatis 91

Inscriptions.

MRS

Here lyes buried ye Body of DORCAS DOUBELDE wife to MR ELIJAH DOUBELDE who died March 3d 1739-40 in ye 39 year of her age

CAPT. S. BRECK.

MARGARET ye wife of Willia* Snelling aged 46 yeares deceased the 18 day of Ivne 1667

ITere lyes ye Body of JAMES ADAMS died June 17th 1718 in ye 32 year of his age

Here lyes buried, the Body of NATHANAEL NEWELL JUNR aged 26 years 10 mº & 15 days decd April ye 24th 17 1 7

Sacred to the Memory of MRS HENRETTA HARPER Wife of the Rev John Harper late of the Island of St Christophers who having early in life obtained the faith which works by love endured as seeing him who is invisible and rested in peace from all her labours May 234 1795 in the 27th year of her age

Here lyes ye Body of MR PHILLIP HUGHES aged 62 years decd June ye 16th 1729

Here lyes ye Body of DAVED WEBB died Oet ye 9th 1722 in ye 35th year of his age

Here lies buried the Body of MRS ESTHER PARKMAN the virtuous consort of Mr Alexander Parkman aged 42 years who died Janty ye 12th 1 7 4 5

Here lyes buried the Body of MRS MARTHA EMMES aged 22 years & 9 mº & 6 ds died Janty ye 27th 1 7 4 6

Here lyes ye Body of MRS ELIZABETHI TYLEY wife to Mr John Tyley decd Sept ye Ist 1727 aged near 37 years

Here lyes buried the Body of MR ALEXANDER PARKMAN died March ye 16th 1 7 4 3 in the 49th year of his age

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Here lyes ye Body of SARAH SWAEN Wife to Benjamin Swaen & daughter to William & Elizabeth Parkman aged near 97 years died Febry 10th 1710 1 1

Here lyes buried ye Body of MRS MARTHA DIXWELL Wife to Mr John Dixwell who died Oct ye 3d 1 7 22

Here lyes buried ye Body of MRS MARY DIXWELL Wife to Mr John Dixwell aged 35 years deed Sept ye 28th 1721

Here lyes intered the Body of MRS LOVE RAWLINS Widow of Capt John Rawlins who departed this life December 10th Anno Dom 1743 in the 66th year of her age

Here lyes the Body of MR SAMUEL PARKMAN who departed this life April the 10th 1767

Here lyes buried the Body of JAMES TOWNSEND decd April 18th 1738 in ye 70th year of his age

Here lyes the Body of MR WILLIAM PARKMAN aged 72 years decd Nouember 28th 1730

CHARLES JARVIS Died Nov. 15, 1807, aged 59 years. A Physician, a Statesman, a Patriot, and an honest Man, whose dignified Deportment, sublime Elo- quence, unbounded Philanthropy, and other Virtues endeared his Memory to his Fellow Citizens.

Here lies the Body of WILY BOWES PARKMAN Son to Mr Samuel and Mrs Dorcas Parkman died Nov! 2:d 1758 in the 24th year of his age

* s Buried e Body of DOROTHY PARKMAN daur to Mr Elias & Mrs Elizabeth Parkman aged 15 years & 2 mº decd April ye 9th 1741

Here lyes ye Body of MRS ELIZABETH BELCHER widow to Mr Joseph Belcher who departed this life Aug 234 1762

Inscriptions.

Here lies buried the Body of LIEUNT WILLIAM MERCHANT who departed this life August ye 12th 1751 aged 61 years

[MASONIC EMBLEMS.] In Memory of CAPT ROBERT NEWMAN who died March 234 1806 Æt 51

Though Neptunes waves & Boreas blasts Have tost me to and fro

Now well escaped from all their rage Im anchored here below Safely I ride in triumph here With many of our fleet Till signals call to weigh again Our Admiral Christ to mect

O may all those I'v left behind Be washed in Jesus' blood And when they leave this world of sin Be ever with the Lord

Also In Memory of CAPT ROBERT NEWMAN Junt who died at sea Dec 14 1816 Ætat 31

Here lyes buried ye Body of MRS MARTHA SARTLY aged 64 years who died Febry 3ª 1747 100

Here lies ye Body of MRS SARAHI SHARP died June 9th 1756 in the 28th year of her age

Copp's mill

Here lies buried the Body of COLO LEONARD JARVIS who departed this life the 30th day of September 1770 aged 56 years

JOSHUA ELLIS, Born in Sandwich, May 4, 1769, died July 29, 1829. SARAH ELLIS, Born in Lynn, March 3, 1769, died April 2,

1823. LYDIA L. ELLIS, Born in Boston, Ang. 13, 1798, died April 2,

1799. JOSHUA ELLIS, Jun., Born in Boston, Nov. 4, 1796, died June 7, 1820.

EMELINE C. D. JOSSELYN, Born in Boston, Sept. 2, 1833, died Oct. 28, 1833. J. CULLEN AYRE, M. D.,

Died Jan. 22, 1846, aged 34 years and 4 mos. Christus Resurrectio et Vita est. ANTOINETTE D. AYRES, Aug. 28, 1839, aged 3 years & 7 mos. EMELINE A. AYRE Died Jan. 21, 1842, aged 2 months. HENRY D. EMERSON, Born in Boston, April 19, 1836, died Aug. 16, 1840.

Like a bright flower he was cut down.

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Here lies buried the Body of MRS ELIZABETH JARVIS Widow of Capt Nathaniel Jarvis died February 13th 1760

Here lies buried the Body of MARY JONES the wife of Mr Josiah Jones aged 62 years died ye 7th * * * 1746

Here lyes buried the Body of * APT JOSIAH JONES decd Janry ye 17th 1744 in the 51st year of his age

Here lies the Body of THOMAS JONSON deed Decr ye 31st 1722 in ye 28th year of his age

Here lies ye Body of MRS MARCY WHITE Wife of Mr James White died April 13th 1778 aged 32 years " The sweet remembrance of the just " shall flourish when they sleep in dust.

In Memory of ROBERT L. TILDEN, Son of Charles & Isabella Tilden, who died Nov. 6th, 1801, aged 2 years & 4 months.

"Sleep on sweet babe and take your rest ; God calld you home, & saw it best."

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Here lies intered the Body of CAPT PATRICK CONNEL who was born in the countey of Kelcaney in Ireland who departed this life June the 11th 1763 aged 50 years Also is buried here 4 of his children

Here lyeth ye Body of MR THOMAS KELLON aged 32 years died Dec ye 25th 1708

To the Memory of BENJAMIN EUSTIS, who departed this life May 4th, 1804, aged 84.

Here lyes ye Body of JANE wife to Onesimus dyed April ye 24th 1727 in ye 32d year of her age WILLM son to Onesimus & Jane aged 10 days dyed April ye 28th 1727

Here lyes the Body of MARY FORIST wife to Charles Forist decd Sept 2ª 1728 aged 33 years

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Here lyes ye Body of MARTHA KNOX daut of Mr Adam Knox aged 2 years & 7 mº died May 15th 17 48

In Memory of MRS ELEANOR READ departed this life Sept 17th 1798 aged 58 years MRS ELEANOR GERE departed this life Sept 19th 1798 aged 30 years MISS ELIZABETH BERRY departed this life Sept 21st 1798 aged 25 years

" Depart my friends, dry up your tears, We must lie here till Christ appears."

Here lyes the Body of MRS MARY PULLEN Wife to Mr John Pullen aged 66 years decd Jany 15th 1735

ROBERT KING son of Mr Henry & Mrs Sarah King aged 3 months died Sept 19th 174*

* RASMUS son to Erasmus & Persis Stevens aged 2 years decd Nov ye 1st 1 7 21

Here lies buried - the Body of MRS ANN MALCOM widow of Capt Daniel Malcom died April 4th 1770 aged 40 years

Here lyes intered ye Body of ARTHUR SMITH aged about 63 years died May ye 17th 1 708

ELIZABETHI VIAL daughter of John & Mary Vial aged 9 weeks dyed January ye 17 1 6 8'2

In Memory of MRS ELIZABETH COLEMAN who died Sept 1798 Æ 58 Also MISS TEMPERANCE COLEMAN who died Sept 13th 1798 Æ 32

In Memory of DEACON JOSIAH WILLARD, died Ang. 20th, 1807, aged 57 years.

LYDIA WAIR ye wife of Daniel Wair died January ye 2d 17.045 in ye 43d year of her age

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To the Memory of WILLIAM FRANCIS, Son of Mr. Asa Francis, of Hartford, Connecticut, who died June 26, A. D., 1804, aged 20 years.

" Like flowery fields youth blooming stands, Pleased with the morning light ; The flowers beneath the mowers' hands Lie withering ere 'tis night."

Here lyes ye Body of MARY HUMPHRES died October ye 30th 1721 in ye 36th year of her age

Here lyes ye Body of MR JAMES SHIRLEY son of Mr John & Mrs Jenet Shirley who died August ye 2d- 1749 in ye 31st year of his age

Here lyes the Body of DEACON EDWARD ALLIN died Sept ye 29th 1739 in ye 30th year of his age

Here lyes the Body of MRS THEODOCIA HAY aged 65 years died May ye 31st 1755

Here lyes ye Body of MRS ABIGAIL GOFFE wife of Mr William Goffe died August 21st 1744 in ye 49th year of her age

Here lyes buried the Body of MRS MARY HOLMES wife to Mr Nathaniel Holmes Aged 34 years died July ye 16th 1742

Here lyes ye Body of MR GEORGE INGERSULL aged 78 years and three months died August 10th 1721

Here lyes buried the Body of THOMAS GOODWELL aged 62 years who died Decr 21st 1749

Here lyes ye Body of MRS ELIZABETH LIDSTON who departed this life Febry 6 1752 aged 52 years

Here lyes ye Body of MRS ELIZABETH LAMSON wife to Mr Nathaniel Lamsou who died August the 10th 1766 aged 33-years

Enscriptions.

Sacred to the Memory of MRS LUCY PARRY wife of Mr Richard Parry who departed this life Sept 234 1800 in the 40th year of her age Also her son CORNELIUS COOK died Nov 24 1791 " Remember the great teacher - death."

Here lies ye Body of MRS ABIGAIL LOW Wife of Mr John Low aged 32 years & 4 mo decd August ye 21st . 1738

In Memory of MR JOHN WILLISTON who departed this life 7th April 1776 aged 56

Also MRS ANN WILLISTON wife of Mr John Williston who departed this life 28 Septr 1775 aged 52 years

Here lies buried ye Body of MR JOSEPH GRONARD Jun" aged 22 years & one month died Nov 19th 1746

Here lies buried the Body of MR ALEXANDER CAMPBELL who departed this life August 4th 1770 aged 55 years

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Copp's Mill

Sacred to the Memory of MRS LUCY POMROY wife of Mr Daniel Pomroy who died Jany Ist 1805 aged 23 years

VERNON & BROWN'S TOMB.

Here lyes the Body of FORTESQUE VERNON who departed this life Dec 21 1778 ÆEtat 63 Also THOMAS C VERNON who departed this life Nov 3 1809 AEtat 60

Here lies ye Body of MRS MARY HUNT wife of Mr Daniel Hunt who departed this life Oct 25th 1801 aged 66 years " The joys of faith triumphant rise, " And wing the soul above the skies."

Here lies buried the Body of MR JOSEPH GILLANDER of Aberdeen in Scotland died the 31st May 1774

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L. RIDGWAY'S TOMB. 1819.

In Memory of MR THOMAS ROBBINS who died March 11th, 1803, in the 49th year of his age.

* *

*. Let us follow his flight,

" And mount with his spirit above ; Escaped to the mansions of light, And lodged in the Eden of love."

SILAS ATKINS' TOMB.

Sacred to the Memory of MRS BETSEY PITMAN wife to Mr Joseph Pitman who departed this life March 8th 1784 aged 27 years

" Haste ! haste ! he lies in wait. He watches at the door. Insidious Death ! Should his strong hand arrest, No composition sets the prisoner free. Death's terror is the mountain faith removes. " "Tis faith disarms destruction. Believe, and taste the pleasures of a God ! Believe, and look with triumph on the grave."

EDES.

JOHN MAVERICK.

JOHN Son to John and Elizabeth Maverick aged about 4 years decd Jany 24th 1719

Here lyes buried the Body of MR RICHARD HENCHMAN aged 70 years decd February ye 15th 17243

In Memory of MR JAMES CARTER SINGLETON who departed this life Novr 26th 1800 aged 34 years Depart my friends, dry up your tears ; I must lie here till Christ appears.

In Memory of CAPT BEJN HAMMATT who died Apr 7th 1805 Ætat 93

Here lyes ye Body of MRS ELIZABETH BARNARD wife to Capt Thomas Barnard aged about 58 years decd September ye 14th 1716

MR. JOHN BRIGGS.

Inscriptions.

Sacred To the Memory of MR. NICHOLAS BROWN, who died May 14, 1801, Aged 40 years.

Sacred To the Memory of MRS. ELIZABETH BROWN, Wife of Mr. Nicholas Brown, who died Dec. 11, 1903, Aged 35 years.

When the last scene - the closing hour - drew nigh, And earth receded from her swooning eye, Tranquil, she left this transitory scene,

With decent triumph, and a look serene ; By faith she fixed her ardent hopes on high, In Jesus' merits, and in him did die.

So shall her grave with rising flowers be drest,

And the green turf lie lightly on her breast. Here shall the morn her earliest tears bestow, 'Here the first roses of the year shall blow, While angels with their silver wings o'ershade The ground now sacred by her relics made. Then rest in peace beneath this sculptured stone, Till Jesus' trumpet calls thee to his throne.

Sacred to the Memory of MR. JOHN BANKAMP, who died March 21st 1805, aged 34 years. He was a native of Prussia, on his return from the West Indies to his native country. It may with truth be said of this worthy stran- ger, that in his life, he was an ex- ample of * * odness & great- ness of mind rarely to * e met with, and died the DEATH OF THE RIGHTEOUS MAN.

MR. WILLIAM CLOUGH. 1789

Here lies buried the Body of MRS HANNAH TUTTLE wife to Mr Elisha Tuttle decd - May ye 15th 1736 in ye 67 year of her age

Here lyes buried the Body of CAPT THOMAS TEMPLER who was born in the city of Exeter and died Angust ye 3d 1745 aged 47 years

Here lyes ye Body of MR DAVID CRAWFORD born in Greenock in Scotland, who decd Nov 20th 1738 aged 54 years

In Memory of MRS MARGARET wife of Mr John Boies of Waltham and daughter of Mr Robert Duncan, died Oct 21st 1779 Æ 60

Here lyes buried the Body of MRS MARY BLACKADOR widow of Capt Christopher Blackador aged 43 years died Oct 23d 1751

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Here lies deposited The Remains of HEZEKIAH WYMAN, Son of William & Elizabeth Wyman, who died Oct. 24, 1808, Æ. 6 years & 5 mo. " Fresh in the morn, the summer rose Hangs withering ere''tis noon ; We searce enjoy the balmy gift, But mourn the pleasure gone. Should this assuage our keenest pain, Our loss is his eternal gain."

Here lyes ye Body of CAPT JOHN SUNDERLAND aged 64 years deceased September ye 11th 1 724

Here Ives ye Body of MR THOMAS LASINBY who died June 24th A D 1747 aged 60 years

Sacred to the Memory of MR PETER GILMAN who departed this life April 12th 1807 aged 42 years

" Stop my friends, and in a mirror see What you, though e'er so healthy, soon must be. Beauty, with all her rosebuds, paints cach face ; Approaching death will strip you of each grace."

Here lyes ye Body of MRS SARAHI BROWN Relict of Mr James Brown late of Ipswich deed departed this life May 161h 1772 Aged 76 .

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This Monument, erected June 4, 1818, by ROBERT G. SHAW, Son of FRANCIS SHAW JR., and HANNAH NICHELS, as a tribute of Respect to their Memory.

MAJOR SAMUEL SHAW, third son of Francis and Sarah, served as an officer in THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, from its commencement to its close. On the 22d of February, 1784, he sailed from New York in the ship Empress of China, for Canton, as supercargo and part owner. This being the first vessel that sailed from the United States for that place, he was appointed by WASHINGTON, Consul to China, which office he held until his death, in 1794.

In Memory of FRANCIS SHAW. born in Boston, 1721, died October 18, 1784, aged 64. SARAH BURT, his wife, born in Boston, 1726, died September, 1799, aged 74. Their children were FRANCIS JR., died at Gouldboro', Maine, 1785, aged 37.

Inscriptions.

JOHN, died at Gouldboro', Maine, 1780, aged 30. SAMUEL, died on his passage from Canton, 1794, aged 39. WILLIAM,

died while on a journey at Charlemont, 1803, aged 46. ABIGAIL, wife of John Crocker, died at Washington, D. C. August 12, 1797, aged 49. NATHANIEL, died on his passage from Canton, 1791, aged 30. JOHN BURT died January 7, 1745, aged 54. WILLIAM BURT died February, 1752, aged 26. SUSANNAH BURT died February, 1752, aged 21. SAMUEL BURT died September, 1751, aged 30. ABIGAIL BURT died August, 1778, aged 90. BENJ. BURT died 1803, aged 75.

NATH. HOWLAND died July, 1766, aged 62, and ABIGAIL, his wife, died 1766, aged 49.

Here lyes ye Body of MR TIMOTHY THORNTON aged 79 years decd Sept ye 19th 1 726

Here lyes ye Body of MRS SARAH THORNTON wife of Mr Timothy Thornton aged 86 years decd Decr ye 3d 1725

ELIZABETH LORING dau' to Mr David & Mrs Elizabeth Loring died Sept 234 1767 aged 17 months

Here lies buried the Body of MRS ABIGAIL ADAMS Wife of Mr Benjamin Adams who departed this life Janty the 17th 1761 in the 35th year of her age & EUNICE her babe 7 weeks old

Here lyes buried the Body of CAPT JOHN DOBEL died the 8th of April 1773 aged 70 years

Here lies buried the Body of MRS ABIGAIL DOBEL wife to Captain John Dobel who departed this life November the 5th 1769 aged 59 years

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Epitaphs from Copp's Hill burial ground, Boston. With notes, Part 3

Author: Bridgman, Thomas, b. 1795 Publication date: 1851 Publisher: Boston, Cambridge, J. Munroe and Company Number of Pages: 580

Author: Bridgman, Thomas, b. 1795
Publication date: 1851
Publisher: Boston, Cambridge, J. Munroe and Company
Number of Pages: 580