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Every Man at best state | is altogether Vanity : | Cease ye from Man, whose breath | is in his Nostrils : | And trust in | the ever living GOD.
Here lies Buried ye | Body of Mr | Titus Wilder Son | of Mr Thomas and Mrs. Susanna Wilder | Who Decd May ye Ist, | A. D. 1749 | Age 25 Years | & 4 Mº.
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JONATHAN | WILDER, | DIED | Jan. 13, 1836, | Æt 80. | RUTH | PRESCOTT, | his wife, | DIED | Nov. 19, 1826. | At 69.
IN Memory | of | David Wilder, | (Son of Lieut, | Jonathan Wilder | & Mrs. Ruth | Wilder who died | Jan": 29th: 1786; | Aged 4 years & | 4 months. | IN Memory | of | John Wilder, | Son of Lieut, | Jonathan Wilder | & Mrs. Ruth | Wilder who died | Jan": 25th; 1786; | Aged 3 years & | 3 months.
Death like an overflowing stream, | Sweeps us away, our life's a dream,
An empty tale, a morning flower, | Cut down and wither'd in an hour.
Here Lies Buried | ye Body of Mr | ASAPH WILDER | Who Departed | This Life July ye Sth | Anno Domini 1747 | Age 23 years | 7 M & 12 Ds.
In Memory of Mrs. Zipporah, ye Wife of | Mr. John Phelps, and | formerly ye Wife of | Mr. Asaph Wilder, who | died June ye 20th, ADomi | 1758, Ætatis, 34.
Thou hast by Death, cut short my Days, | But I Immortal, Thou shalt rais.
Here Lyes ye Body | of Hannah Willder, | Daughter, of Mr. John | & Mrs. Sarah Willder; | Who Decd. Septr. | 30th, 1723, in ye 16 | Year of her Age.
HERE LIES BURIED | Ye BODY OF MR | EBENEZR WILDER | WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE | DECEMbr Y. 25th | A-D 1745 | IN Ye 65th YEAR | OF HIS AGE HERE LIES BURIED | Ye BODY OF MRS | MARY WILDER | Ye WIFE OF MR | EB- ENZ' WILDER | WHO DECd | JANUARY Ye 6th | A-D 1733-4 | AGE 54 YEARS | 9 M & 22 DS.
HERE LIES BURIED | Ye BODY OF MRS | ANNA WILDER | Ye WIFE OF MR 1 DAUID WILDER | WHO DECd | SEPTEMbr Ye 20th | A-D 1744 | IN Ye 35 YEAR OF HER AGE
HERE LIES BURIED | Ye BODY OF MR$ | EUNICE WILDER | Ye WIFE OF MR DAUID WILDER | WHO DECd FEBRY Ye 17th | A-D 1750-I | IN Ye 30th YEAR | OF HER AGE
In Memory of | Josiah Son of | Capt. James, & | Mrs. Martha | Wilder, who | died April, ye | 4th. 1736, Aged | 5 Mons & 16 Ds.
In Memory of | Manasseh, Son of | Capt, Ephraim & Mrs. | Anna Wilder, who died December, ye 17, | 1741, in ye 4th. Year | of his Age.
Ephraim, Son of | Capt. Ephraim & | Mrs. Anna Wilder, | was Born June ye | 17th. 1732, and | Died on the Day | of his Birth;
In Memory of | Katharine Daught. of | Capt. Ephraim & Mrs. | Anna Wilder, who died | December ye 21st. 1741, ] in ye 7th. Year of her Age.
The small and Great are there. Job.
ANNA MARIA, | daughter of S. V. S. & | Electa Wilder, | died June 20, 1834, | Aged 18 months.
The blood of Christ, a ransom paid, | Ere death with friendly care ; The opening bud to heaven conveyed, | And bade it blossom there.
SAMPSON VRYLING | STODDARD, | only son of S. V. S. & | Electa Wilder, | died Feb. 20, 1832, | Aged 3 years 8 months.
The LORD gave, and the | LORD hath taken away; | blessed be the name of | the LORD. SARAH VRYLING | STODDARD, | daughter of S. V. S. & | Electa Wilder, | died July 23, 1823, | Aged 23 months.
Jesus said, Suffer little | children to come unto me, | and forbid them not; ] for of such is the kingdom | of God.
SACRED | to the memory of | FRANCINA MELANIE, | daughter of S. V. S. & | Electa Wilder, died in Paris, March 20, 1818, | Aged 8 months.
Except ye be converted, and | become as little children ye | shall not enter into the | kingdom of heaven. Matt. XVIII, 3.
Here Lyes ye Body | of Rhoda Willson, | Daugtr of Mr Benjan | & Mrs Re- beckah | Willson; Died Augt Ist, 1732, | in ye 15th | Year of her Age.
MORS vincit omnes | Here lies interred ye | Body of Capt. | NATHANIEL WILSON, | who departed this Life | August ye 19th, AD. 1778. | in ye 67th, Year of | his Age.
Death with his warrant in his hand, | Came rushing on amain ; And I was forced to obey, | But shall arise again.
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HERE LIES BURIED | Ye BODY OF MR | JEREMIAH WILSON | WHO DEPART- ED | THIS LIFE | MARCH Ye 22ª | A D 1743 | IN Ye 77th YEAR | OF HIS AGE
HERE LIES |THE BODY of | JOSIAH WHE | TCOMB SEN. DECEASED IN H | IS 80 YEAR | JW DYED | MARCH THE | 21 1718
Here Lyes Buried | ye Body of Mr | DAVID WHETCOMB | Who Died April | IIth 1730 in ye 62ª | Year of His Age
Here lies Buried | ye Body of Mrs. Mary | Whetcomb Wife to | Mr. David Whetcomb, | Who Died Janury | 5th, 1733-4 in ye 67th | Year of Her Age.
Here Lyes Buried | ye Body of Mr. | HEZEKIAH WHETCOMB | Who Died May 6th. | 1732 in ye 31st Year | of His Age
HERE LIES THE BODY OF RE |BEKAH WARNER | THE DAUGHTER OF JOHN WARNER AND | SARAH HIS WIFE | R W | WHO DECE | ASED MARCH THE 30 DAY 1718 | AGED 20 YEARS.
In Memory of | Dorothy W. Daught. | of Lieut Nath1. & | Mrs Elizabeth Willard | She died May ye | 25th, 1765, Aged 2 Yr, 2 M, & 17 D.
Here lies ye | Bodys of Wright & | Dorothy children of | Mr Aaron & Mrs Mary | Willard Died March | 28 1754 ye Son | Age 8 y & 24 | Ds. The Girl | II y & 18 Ds.
HERE LIES BURIED | Ye BODY OF | ELIZABETH | WILLARD DAUGH | OF EN- SI" AARON | & MRS MARY | WILLARD WHO | DECd SEPTMbr 25 | A D 1746 | AGE II YEARS | IO M & 25 DS.
Here lyes Buried | ye Body of | Mrs. Mary Wiilard: | Wife to Mr Aaron | Willard she died | April ye 27th, AD 1767, | Aged 63 Years, 2 months, & 8 days.
Here Lies Buried ye. | Body of Mrs, MARTHA | JOSLYN ye. wife of | Capt, PETER JOSLYN | & Formerly ye. wife of | M', JOSIAH WHEELER | she Died May ye. 21st. | 1748. in ye. 69th. | Year of her Age.
HERE LIES BURIED |Ye BODY OF | M". JOSIAH WHEELER | WHO DIED | DECEMBER Ye 8th | 1738 & IN | Ye 64th YEAR | OF HIS AGE
Miss. | REBECAH | Daughter of | Mr. Samuel and | Mrs. Rebecah Wood- berry | died | Febr. 25, 1815, | At. 24.
TIMOTHY WHITING, | Obt, | Jan. 12, 1826. | ÆE. 67. | ABIGAIL, | Wife of | Timo Whiting, | Obt. Oct. 1, 1798, | A. 39, | Resurgamus. | Lydia, | Wife of | Timo. Whiting, | Obt Jan. 15, 1851, | ÆE 75. | In Memoriam.
ERECTED | In Memory of | Miss OLIVE BUTLAR, | who died | Feb. 24, 1822, I aged 59.
Come my Friends, behold, | This bed of clay how cold :
But let us look above | And see our Saviour drest in love.
Oh! happy it would be to meet a smileing God.
WILLIAM J. | died May 23, 1806; / Æt. 9 months. | Son of | Mr. Charles & | Mrs. Ruth Chase.
ALBERT R. | died April 4, 1825; | ÆE. 8 months, | son of | Mr: Alanson & Mrs. | Maria Chase.
O envy not his blest estate, He's happiness complete.
In memory of | AMIA ANN CHACE, | who died | Feb. 4, 1831: | Æt. 21.
IN Memory of | Mrs. Mary Carter, | wife of | Capt. James Carter, | who died April 18th. 1795. Aged 66 years | and 15 days.
Capt. | JAMES CARTER, | who died | July 15, 1800 | A. 79.
In Memory of Mrs. | PRUDENCE CARTER, | Wife of Capt, James | Carter, who died | Janty. ye Ioth, AD. 1747 | Aged 19 Years 3 Months. ] and 16 Days.
My Youthful Days cut short by Thee | are lengthen'd to Eternity.
IN | Memory | of | MARY LOUISA CARLETON, | died Jan. 22, 1837, | aged 16 years.
" Oh blest ! thus pure to pass away."
SACRED | To the memory of | MRS. MARY CARLETON, | wife of Mr. Moses Carleton, | who died May 7, 1832. | Æt. 32.
In the death of Mrs. Carleton, | her Husband is bereft of an | affectionate and amiable | Companion, and her Children | of a kind and tender Mother.
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GEORGE HENRY, | son of | Mr. Moses and | Mrs. Mary Carleton, | died | Sept. 8, 1829, | Æt. 4 years.
No taint of earth, no thought of sin, | Ere dwelt thy stainless breast within,
And God hath laid thee down to sleep | Like a pure pearl below the deep.
THEODORE, | Son of Mr. Moses & | Mrs. Mary Carleton [ died | Oct. 23, 1823, | Æt. I year.
Unclose thy narrow portals silent tomb! | Take this fair flower blighted in earliest bloom, Pure, as when first its infant charms had birth | It faded, ere it caught one stain from earth. The cherub came to show what angels are, | Then fled to heaven to ope a pathway there.
SACRED | To the Memory of | Mrs. MARY CARLETON, | Wife of Mr. Moses Carleton; [ who died Feb. 7, 1816: | Æt. 23
In deaths calm shade beneath this sculptur'd stone-Sleeps lovely Mary, silent and alone, But wasted in the grave, her precious dust, | Shall live again when God revives the just,
Then dry your tears, her upward flight pursue, [ She waits in heaven, ere long to welcome you.
JAMES, | Son of Jonathan | Carleton of Boston, | he was a pupil at the.| Academy in this | Town, and was drowned while bath | ing near the centre | Bridge June 29, | 1819, in his 12 year.
MARY CLEVELAND, | wife of | William Cleveland, | died May 7, 1815, | aged 36.
JOSEPH HILLER, ESQ. [ Died Feb. 9, 1814: | Aged 66.
JOSEPH HILLER, | Son of | Wm. & Mary Cleveland, | Died June 28, 1817, | Aged 3 years.
MOSES EMERSON | died Oct. 22, 1822, aged 48. | Judith Kelly died Dec. 5, 1798, aged 23. | Sally Carleton died Oct. 16, 1808, aged 29. | Lydia Carleton died Jan. 13, 1813, aged 32. | Eunice Wright died Sept. 27, 1844, aged 58. | Hazen died April 4, 1807 aged 3 years. | Sally C. died Nov. 26, 1817, aged 3 years. Moses K. died Oct. 27, 1825, aged 27 years. | Francis P. died Aug. 24, 1835, aged 25 yrs. | Children of | Moses Emerson.
Here Lies Buried | ye Body of Mrs | Deliverance Fife | Wife of Mr Willm. | Fife who Decd. | November ye 4th. | A.D. 1750 | Age 37 years, | 10 M & 4 Ds.
Memento Mori. | ERECTED | In Memory of Mr. WILLIAM FIFE, | Who de- parted this life, May ye | 5th. 1790, in ye 74th. | Year of his Age.
Friends and physicians could not save, | My mortal body from the Grave ;
Nor can the Grave confine me here, | When Christ shall call me to appear.
Memento Mori. | ERECTED | In Memory of Mrs. | ABIGAIL FIFE, | Wife of William Fife | who departed this life, | April ye 30th, 1790, | in ye 69th. Year of | her age.
Retire, my friends dry up your tears, | Here I must lie till Christ appears.
IN Memory of | Mr. Joseph Fife, | who died Novr. | 3. 1810, | Aged 22 years. Friends and physicians could not save, | My mortal body from the grave.
Nor shall the grave confine me here, | When Christ shall call me to appear.
Here lies interred | ye Body of Mrs. CHARITY FALLAS, | ye Wife of Mr. | WILLIAM FALLAS, | who departed this | life Oct: ye 29th. A D. | 1786, in the 65th. | Year of her Age.
" Blessed are the dead | which die in the Lord."
HERE LIES THE BODY OF ME | EPHRAIM FARNWORTH | WHO DIED FEB- RUARY |THE 18th 1737 | IN THE 35 | YEAR OF HIS | AGE.
In Memory | of Jonathan | son of Mr Jona | than and | Thankfull | Fair- bank | who Died Sept" 14 1741 | in ye 2 | year of | his Age.
MARTHA, | wife of | Silas Fairbanks, | died Dec. 8. 1849, | Æt. 68.
SILAS FAIRBANKS [ died Aug. 26, 1847. | Æt. 67.
IN Memory of | Mrs. HANNAH FLAGG, | Relict of Mr. | Gershom Flagg, | who died Oct. | ye 13th. 1784, | Aged 73.
In memory of | MR. | PAUL FAULKNER, | died Feb. 9. 1841, | aged 75 yrs. | Also of his wives | MRS ABIGAIL F. | died Sept. 23, 181I, | aged 42 yrs. | MRS. HANNAH F. | died Oct. 4. 1817, | aged 46 yrs. | MRS EUNICE F. | died Oct. 5, 1846, | aged 62 yrs.
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MRS. | EMILY FAULKNER | wife of | Mr. Horace Faulkner, | died Aug. 24, 1825, | Æt 22.
Here lies Buried | ye Body of | MT JOHN GOOS | who Decd. | October ye 5th | A. D. 1747 | In ye 30 year of His Age.
MR | JOHN GOSS, | died March 24, 1843, | Æt. 73.
Farewell, fond wife, and children too | For Christ hath called me home ; In a short time he'll call you, | Prepare yourselves to come.
In Memory of | MR. JOHN GOSS JR. | Son of Mr. John and | Mrs. Mary W. Goss, | who died | Jan. 13, 1828, / Æt. 23.
And is he gone? 'tis true he is, | His glass how soon 'tis run,
How pleasant were his youthful ways, i But now his work is done.
In Memory of | John Goss, Son of | Mr John & Mrs | Mary W. Goss | who died Octr. I, | 1803, aged I year 7 | Mo. & 22 days.
Sleep on my babe & take thy rest, | God call'd the hom, he thought it best.
In memory of | Joseph Goss, Son of | Mr. John & Mrs. Mary | W. Goss, who died | Aug. 16th, 1801, Aged | 1 Year, 10 months & 2 days.
So fades the lovely blooming flower, | Frail smiling solace of an hour.
In memory of | James Goss, Son of | Mr. John & Mrs. Mary | W. Goss, who died | Dec. 30th. 1800, Aged 3 | Years, 18 months & 2 days.
So soon our transient comforts fly, | An pleasures only bloom to die.
Here lyes ye Body of | Dinah Houghton Daugtr | of Mr Jonas & Mrs Mary | Houghton Who Died | Sept 23d 1723 Aged | 12 Years & 5 Mº.
Here lyes ye Body | of Mr JONAS | HOUGHTON; Who | Died Sept. 20th, 1723 | Aged 60 Years & 5 Mº.
Here Lyes the | Body of Ms. Mary | Houghton, Wife to | Mr. Jonas Hough- ton | Sent. Decd. Decembr | 31st 1720 in ye 60th | Year of har Age.
HERE LIES |BURIED Ye BODY | OF CAPt JONAS | HOUGHTON WHO | DEPAT- ED THIS | LIFE AUGUST | Ve [5th A . D 1739 | JN Ye 57th YEAR | OF HIS AGE
HERE LIES | BURIED Ye BODY | OF MI JOSIAH | HOUGHTON WHO | DECd SEP- TEMBER Ye | 29th 1723 | AGED 24 YEARS | & II M
Ephah Houghton, | Daugtr. of Lieut. | Jonathan & Mrs. | Thankful Hough- ton | Died Septr. 27th, 1729 | Aged 2 Years & 3 Mº.
HERE LIES BURIED | Ye BODY OF |MARY HOUGHTON | DAUGHT'R OF EN- SIGN | JACOB & MRS |MARY HOUGHTON | WHO DIED | AUGUST Ye 30th | 1736 AGE | 3 YEARS IO M | & 29 D
Here Lyes Buried | ye Body of Lieut. | JOHN HOUGHTON; | Who Decd April | ye 5th, 1724. | Aged 51 Years.
Here Lyes ye | Body of Ms. | Mary Albert | Wife to Mr. | Daniel Albert | Who Decd. Octo" | 23ª. 1726: in ye 25 | Year of Her Age
HERE LIES Ye | BODY OF | LEVINAH HOUGHTON |Ye DAUGHTER OF | MR JONATHAN & MRS MARY HOUGHTON | WHO DIED | JULY Ye 5th | 1738 & JN | Ya 5th YEAR OF HER AGE
HERE LIES Ye | BODY OF SILANCE | HOUGHTON Ye | DAUGHTER OF MR| JONATHAN & MRS |MARY HOUGHTON | WHO DIED | SEPTEMBER | Ye 4 | 1728
Here Lies Buried | The Body of | Mrs Rebekah | Houghton Wife of | Mr Jacob Houghton | Died October ye | 22 A-D 1752 | Age 80 yers 10. M | & 29 Ds
HERE LIES BURIED | Ye BODY OF | JOHN HOUGHTON | ESQUIR, AS YOU | ARE SO WARE WE | AS WE ARE SO | YOU WILL BE | WHO DIED FEBRUARY | YE 3ª ANNO DOMINY | 1736-7 AND | IN Ye 87th YEAR | OF HIS AGE
HERE LIES | BURIED Ye BODY OF MRS MARY | HOUGHTON Ye | WIFE OF JOHN | HOUGHTON ESQ" | WHO DIED APRIL | Ye 7th ANO DM 1724 | & JN Ye 76 YEAR OF HER AGE
HERE LIES BURIED |Ye BODY OF | MR WILL™ HOUGHTON | AS. YOU . ARE . SO . WERE. WE. |AS. WE: ARE: SO; YOU: WILL; BE | WHO DEPARTED | THIS LIFE | JULY Ye 15th | ANNO DM 1743 | AGE 48 YEARS | 2 M & 20 D
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HERE LIES BURIED | Ye BODY OF MR | ROBART HOUGHTON | WHO DECd NOVEMBE Ye 7th | A-D 1723 | JN Ye 65 YEAR OF HIS AGE:
Here Lyes ye Body | of Mr. EBENEZER | HOUGHTON; | Who | Decd. Octobr. ye 13th | 1723, in the 24th | Year of His Age.
HERE LIES BURIED |Ye BODY OF MRS ESTHER HOUGHTON | RELICT WID- OW | OF MR ROBART HOUGHTON WHO | DECd JANUARY | 13th A-D 1740-41 | JN Ye 82th YEAR OF HER AGE
RUFUS HOUGHTON | Born Nov. 28, 1796: | Died May 31, 1846. | Solon | Geor- giana
MARTHA P. | Wife of | Rufus Houghton, | Born June 12, 1803: | Died Dec. 17, 1835.
SACRED | to the memory of | Mr. SIMON HOUGHTON, | of Weare, N. H. | & a native of Bolton, Mass. | who died | July 7, 1814 At. 41.
In peace here rests a traveler's dust, | His journey's at an end : He praiz'd esteem among the just | A censure from a friend,
Broke loose from time's tenacious chains, | And Earth's revolving gloom, To range, at large, in vast domains | Of radient worlds to come :
SACRED | to the memory of | MRS. MARTHA HOUGHTON, | wife of | Mr. Si- mon Houghton, of Bolton | who died April 3, 1823. | in the 73 Year | of her age.
No pain, no grief, no anxious fear, | Invade thy bounds; no mortal woes Can reach the peaceful sleeper here, | Whilst angels watch her soft repose.
So Jesus slept; God's dying son | Pass'd through the grave and blest the bed; Then rest, dear saint, till from his throne, | The morning break & peirce the shade.
SACRED | to the memory of | Mr. SIMON HOUGHTON | of Bolton, | who de- parted this life | March 25, A D: 1814, in | 77th. year of | his age.
The dust and ruins, that remain, | Are precious in our eyes :
These ruins shall be built again, | And all this dust shall rise.
IN Memory of Lieut. | THOMAS HOOKER, | Who died September | ye 18th 1768, in ye | 79th. year of his Age.
when Death unto you calls, | your Soul Rejoined must, To God that judgeth all, | Both Wicked and the just.
HERE LIES BURIED |Ye BODY OF | MR URIAH HOLT | WHO DEPARTED | THIS LIFE AUGUST | Ye 24th A D 1741 | AGE 40 YEARS | 2 M & IO D.
IN | Memory of | MRS. PHEBE JENKS, | Relict of | Mr. William Jenks, | of Wrentham | who died | Oct. II, 1822, | Aged 88.
IN | Memory of | Miss. Mary Jenks, | who died | May 17, 1817, | Aged 44.
Her Lies THE BODY OF Mrs | SARAH KNIGHT THE WIF OF Mr | DANIEL KNIGHT died APRIL The | 30 1722 DIED In The 38 | YEAR OF HER AGE
GEORGE. | son of George & | Eunice Marshall | formerly of England. | Died | May 17, 1847. | Aged 18 months.
Suffer little children to come unto [ me; and forbid them not, for of such is | the kingdom of God.
HERE LIES BURIED | Ye BODY OF | JOSEPH MOORS | SON OF DEAC" JOSEPH & MR$ | REBEKAH MOORS | WHO DECd | OCTOBr Ye 25th | A-D 1746 | AGE 3 YEARS |6 M & 28 DS
HERE LIES Ye | BODY OF REBEKAH | MOORS DAUGHTER | OF DEAC" JOSEPH & MRS REBEKAH MOORS WHO DECd |SEPTEMBE Ye 22ª A D 1746 | AGE I YEAR |7 M & IO DS
HERE LIES | Ye BODY OF |REBEKAH MORES | Ye DAUGHT' OF | MR JOSEPH & MRS | REBEKAH MORES | WHO DECd | JUNE Ye 26th | 1740 IN Ye | 6th YEAR OF |HER AGE
HERE LIES | Ye BODY OF | CATHORIGN MORES | DAUGHT' OF MR | JOSEPH & MRS | REBEKAH MORES | WHO DIED | JUNE Ye 23ª | 1740 IN Ye | 2ª YEAR OF | HER AGE
HERE LIES BURIED Ye | BODIES OF EPHRAIM & |HANNAH & JACOB MORES Ye CHILDREN OF | MR JOSEPH MORES & MRS REBEKAH HIS WIFE | WHO DECd JUNE Y'e 15th & | Ye 17th & 18th 1740 AGE OF | E 7 YEARS 6 M & 22 D | & HM 3 YEARS I M & 7 D | & J M II YEARS 8 M & 6 D
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HERE LIES BURIED | Ye ] BODY OF | LUCY MOORS | DAUGHT' OF DEACn | JOSEPH & MRS | REBEKAH MOORS | WHO DECd | OCTOBr Ye 7th | A-D 1744 | AGE 3 YEARS | 6 M & 15 DS
HERE LIES BURIEd Ye BODY OF | LUCY MORES | Ye DAUGHT' OF | MR JOS- EPH & MRS | REBEKAH MORES | WHO DECd | AUGUST Ye 22ª | A-D 1740 | IN Ye 14th YEAR OF HER AGE
HARRIET, |Daughter of | Mr. Henry and | Mrs. Achsah Moore | died | April 8, 1826, | Æt. 14 mo. & 14 da.
In Memory of | DAVID STEUART ROBERTSON, | Second son of the late John Robertson, Esqr. | of Foveran House, Aberdeenshire. | Born in Scotland, | Ed- ucated at Rugby in England, | And at Giessen, in Germany, | In which country, as well as in Sicily, | He had spent several years, | At the age of twenty-three, | He came to America. | Having, after various experience of the Old World, { Acquired an ardent love for the New, | He settled in this town of Lancaster, And became a citizen of the United States. | Deceased on the twenty first of July, | A. D. MDCCCXLIX. | In the thirtieth year of his age.
Here Steuart sleeps-and should some brother Scot
Wander this way, and pause upon the spot, He need not ask, now life's poor show is o'er,
What arms he carried. or what plaid he wore; So small the value of illustrious birth,
Brought to this solemn, last assay of earth : Yet, unreproved, his epitaph may say, A royal soul was wrapt in Steuart's clay, And generous actions consecrate his mound More than all titles, though of kingly sound.
Mrs. Ann Quincy, | Relict of | Josiah Quincy | Esq. | Late of | Braintree. | Died Feb. 17, | 1805. | ÆE. 80.
A chearful heart was hers, and free from guile; | She showed that piety and age could smile ; Religion had her heart, her cares, her voice, | Twas her last refuge as her earliest choice Like a tir'd traveler, with sleep oppress'd | Within her children's arms she sank to rest.
Heaven did her life prolong to spread its praise, | And bless'd her with a patriarch's length of days.
Here lie the remains of | ELOISE RICHARDS PAYNE, | Who departed this life | July 3 1819, | Æt. 31. | She will be talked of | but a little while, | and | for- gotten by society, | will survive only in a few hearts, | where the memory of such a Being | is immortal.
Sink into dust, | frail covering of a purified spirit ! | Parent earth receive thine own ! God in Heaven, | Take her soul to thee !
Here sleeps | what was mortal | of | ELIZA | QUINCY | PACKARD, | daut. of Rev. Asa Packard. | She died suddenly | Novr. 18th. A. D. 1816 | ÆEtat. 24.
An | improved mind, | a heart and Life | enriched with early | Piety, endeared her | where she was known, [ and rendered her death | deeply lamentable. | Thy will Father, be done! | I am the resurrection | and the life! | Listening for the triumph of the Arch Angel. | In CHRIST they sleep | who bore on earth his cross. ( Till from the tomb their dust shall rise | In his own image to the skies.
ANN GUILD. | Daughter of | Rev. Charles & | Rebecca P. Packard, | died Apr. 28, 1846; | aged 10 weeks.
Transplanted.
Anna Marsh Packard, | Eldest child of | Revd. Asa Packard, | sleeps here, | she died June 6th. 1796 | Aged 5 years.
Of such is the kingdom of God.
Memento mori. | Here lies | Buried the Body | of Mr. John Phelps | who departed | this Life | January, 14th: 1776. In the 28 year of his age.
ERECTED | in memory of | Mrs. SALLY PHELPS | Wife of Mr. Aaron Phelps, | who died April 12th. | 1794: Aged 36 | Years.
Behold and see, as you pass by, | As you are now, so once was I ; As I am now, so you must be ; | Prepare for death & follow me.
MR. PETER PHELPS | DIED | MARCH 7. 1847 | AGED 72 YRS. | ABIEL S. PHELPS, | DIED | OCT. 15, 1825, | AGED 14 yrs. * * * *
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CHARLES, Son of | Farnham & Nancy | Plummer died | May 25, 1818 | Æt. 9 mo.
Thomas 2ª. Son | of Farnham & Nancy | Plummer died Oct. | 2, 1814, Æt 5 mo. | Also Thomas Ist. Son | died at Beverly June | 12, 1808, At. 9 mo.
Here Lies Buried | The Body of Mr | JOHN PREIST, | who Departed this | Life, Sepbr. 29, A. D. | 1756, in ye 75th | Year of his Age.
Here Lies Buried | The Body of Mrs. | ANNA PRIEST, | Wife of Mr John | Priest Who Departed | This Life April 3 | Anno Domini 1751, | In ye 67 year | of Her Age.
HERE LIES BURIED | Ye BODY OF | JONATHAN PRIEST | Ye ONLY SON OF | MR JOHN & MRS ANNA | PRIEST WHO DECd | APRIL Ye 23ª 1738 | AGED 12 YEARS & 7 M
Here Lyes ye Body | of Abigail Priest, | Daughtr. of Mr John | & Mrs. Anna Priest; | Who Decd. Sept". | 25th. 1723, in ye 17th. | Year of her Age.
In memory of | CHARLOTTE RICHARDSON | daugh". of Mr. Ephraim & | Mrs. Eunice Richardson | who died | Nov. 13, 1827, [ aged 15 years.
Like roses crop'd before their bloom | She's carried to the silent tomb.
ABIGAIL H. | wife of | Luke Stowe, | died Feb. 15, 1847, | aged 54 years.
Farewell dear friends, and children too, | For Christ has called me home,
In a short time he'll call for you, | Prepare yourselves to come.
LUKE STOWE | died Aug. 19, 1846. | aged 49 years.
Friends and physicians could not save, | My mortal body from the grave; Nor can the grave confine me here, | When Christ shall call me to appear.
HERE LIES THE BODY OF | MR JOHN |SAWYER WHO | DIED OCTOBER | THE 2ª 1731 | IN THE | 43 YEAR | OF HIS | AGE
HEAR . LYES THE . BODY . OF |SARAH . THE |DAUGHTER | OF . JOHN . & |
RUTH |SAWYER DECEASED | DESEMBER | THE 21 - D | 1717
Here lyes ye Body | of Mrs Dinah Sawyer | Wife of Mr Seth | Sawyer; Who Decd. | Octobr. 25th 1727 | in ye 23ª Year | of her Age
Here Lies Buried | The Body of | Mr Elias Sawyer | Who Died Novembre | ye 20, A D 1752, | In ye 63 | Year of His Age.
HERE LIE . BURIED | Ye BODY OF | MR MOSES SAWYER | WHO DEPARTED 1 THIS LIFE | NOVEMB" Ye 24th | A-D 1739 AGE | 27 YEARS | 2 M & 29 D.
Here Lies Buried | The Body of | MY Thos Sawyer. | Who Died Novembre | ye 29 A · D 1752 | In ye 63 | year of His Age
ERECTED in memory | of | Mrs. Lydia Sawyer, | Relict of Mr Elijah Saw- yer, | of Bolton, | who died May 5th, | A. D. 1799, aged 72 years | 6 months & I day.
ERECTED | in memory of Mrs. | Elizabeth Sawyer, | Wife of Mr. Thomas | Sawyer, who died | Feb. 14, 1799, in | the 34th. year | of her age.
AMOS SAWYER, | a native of Danvers Ms. | died June 13, 1821 : | Æt. 68.
In memory of | MRS. | ELIZABETH SAFFORD, | wife of Thomas Safford, | who died | March II, 1818, | Æt. 49.
In memory of | MR. THOMAS SAFFORD | who died | June 20, 1825, | Æt. 59. IN Memory of | Catharine Safford, | daughr. of Mr. Thomas | & Mrs. Eliza- beth Safford, [ who died July 4th : 1798, | Aged 15 months.
Now she is numbered among the | children of God and her lot is among | the Saints.
IN Memory | of | Mr. JOSHUA TOWNSEND | (a native of Boston,) | who de- parted this life | Jany. 20th. 1790, In | the goth year | of his age.
Here lies interred | ye Body of Mrs. | ELIZABETH TOWNSEND | (ye Wife of Mr. | JOSHUA TOWNSEND) | who departed this | Life Feb. ye 8th. Anno. | Dom. 1779: in ye | 76th. Year of her | Age.
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LANCASTER RECORDS.
THE CHOCKSETT PRECINCT BURIAL GROUND. 1736-1781.
The first meeting-house in the Second Parish of Lancaster was opened for public use November 28, 1742; but during five or more years previous to this date, the families in that quarter of the town had grown sufficiently numerous to organize neighborhood meetings under the leadership of Josiah Brown, a young clergyman there resident. From this fact, and from the evidence of the memorial to the Dresser children, it may be inferred that the third place of burial in Lancaster was public ground as early as 1736. Throwing doubt upon such inference, however, is the statement of a historian in the Worcester Mag- azine of 1826, that Gamaliel Beaman's burial in 1745 was the first within the parish.
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