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REYNOLDS HISTORICAL GENEALOGY COLLECTION
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ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 02233 6322
ANCIENT N.Y.
LONG ISLAND'EPITAPHS,
FROM THE TOWNS OF
SOUTHOLD, SHELTER ISLAND
AND
EASTHAMPTON,
NEW YORK.
BY EDWARD DOUBLEDAY HARRIS.
BOSTON: PRESS OF DAVID CLAFP & SON. 1903.
1789045
Harris, Edward Doubleday, 1839-1919.
E 952 . 38 Ancient Long Island epitaphs, from the towns of Southold, Shelter Island and Easthampton, New York Boston, 1903. Q.
"An edition of fifty copies, being CHELF CARD a reprint from the New England histori- cal and genealogical register, with ad- ditions. "
AN EDITION OF FIFTY COPIES, BEING A REPRINT FROM THE NEW ENGLAND HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL REGISTER, WITH ADDITIONS.
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CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION
SOUTHOLD
I
SOUTHOLD VILLAGE EPITAPHS 3
NOTES ON SOUTHOLD WILLS 24
EAST MARION EPITAPHS 25
OLD ORIENT EPITAPHS 28
GENEALOGICAL NOTES 33
ORIENT VILLAGE EPITAPHIS 36
KING FAMILY NOTE 37
SOUTHOLD ESTATES 38
SHELTER ISLAND EPITAPHS .
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41
SYLVESTER MANOR EPITAPHS
47
EASTHAMPTON 50
AMAGANSETT EPITAPHS 50
EASTHAMPTON VILLAGE EPITAPHS 53
CORRIGENDA
78
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NORTH GROUND EPITAPHS
79
EARLY EASTHAMPTON WILLS 84
WAINSCOTT EPITAPHS
92
APPENDIX
SOUTHOLD HASHAMOMACK EPITAPHS 94
INDEX I. OF EPITAPHS 97
INDEX II. OF OTHER NAMES 103
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INTRODUCTION.
DURING the period between the years 1877 and 1890, nearly all of the burial places on Long Island that had been in general and parish use prior to 1800 were visited by the writer, and careful transcripts made by him of such inscriptions as could then be found. In addition to these, various pri- vate or family grounds, -those that were most easily accessible,-were also visited for the same purpose. The following pages contain copies of epi- taphs found in Southold, Shelter Island and Easthampton, the towns cover- ing the eastern extremity of Long Island and forming part of the county of Suffolk, the place of record of which is Riverhead, in the town of the same name. Inscriptions from the burial places at Mattituck and Cutchogue in the westerly part of Southold, and those of the family ground of the Gardi- ners on Gardiner's Island, of Easthampton, are not included in this publi- cation.
The larger number of the first settlers of eastern Suffolk were of English birth or extraction, many of them having been for a while established in the southern colonies of the New England States, relations with which, both political and ecclesiastical, were of the most intimate character. In fact, Suffolk county in colonial times was thoroughly New England in its affiliations and interests.
The early grave stones still standing are mostly either of imported slate, or of sand stone brought across the Sound from the Connecticut shore. Those of slate are generally in excellent condition. The material of which these were made was from the quarries of southwestern England and Wales. Their counterparts may be scen in all the older coast towns of - New England from Portsmouth to New Haven, and examples are still standing in the old church yards of Trinity and St. Paul's in the City of New York. Their decorated heads and borders, in a great variety of forms, and carefully conventionalized in character, were engraved in the mother country, while the inscriptions were usually cut on this side of the Atlantic. On many of these slate stones the fine scratches made by the workman with the corner of his chisel, to limit the heights of the letters of the inscription, are still plainly discernible ; the storms of two hundred years have failed to obliterate them or to make the slightest impression on the original surface. It is far otherwise with the stones from the home quarries of Connecticut. On many of these the inscriptions have suffered, surface disintegration having obliterated all but the deeper cut portions of the letters, while it is not uncommon to find the entire surface scaled away so that all evidences of inscription have vanished. In the light of the lesson of two hundred years it is fair to predict that at the end of this twentieth century but a remnant of the native stones whose epitaphs are
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preserved in these pages will be standing. The advent of the troubles with the mother country naturally put an end to the importation of the English slates, and they were completely superseded by the brown-stones from the Connecticut valley, which, in turn, gave way in the early part of the nine- teenth century to memorials of white marble.
It has been impossible in these pages to accurately represent the styles of lettering in use during the period covered by the epitaphs. No attempt has been made to indicate the logotypes or composite letters which were common on the older stones, and which are, in some cases, of much interest archæologically. The arrangement in lines as found upon the stones has been generally observed, while the use of capitals, italics, and of superior letters has been always carefully followed. Worthy of special notice are a few stones in the old ground of Southold Village, lying horizontally, about six feet in length, portions of whose inscriptions form a border at the edges of the four sides, an extremely unusual feature in this country (see pp. 7, 8 and 10). But two examples of the use of coat armor on original stones occur in any of the grounds under present consideration ; both in Shelter Island, and upon the tombs of the Sylvesters and Deerings.
Innumerable family burying grounds were scattered over Long Island, the larger portion of which were on the farms of the carly settlers, and in many cases at considerable distances from the villages. Some of these grounds have been for many years unused, some have been ploughed over, and the stones either buried or removed to the nearest public cemetery. In God's acre a fair chance would seem to exist for the protection of a grave stone, but the family burial place, overrun with cattle, and subjected to the yearly encroachments of the plough, offers scant hope for the long preser- vation of its contents. The frugal farmer finds the flat stone a convenient cover for a trench or for a wall coping. Only lately the Beales were scouring eastern Long Island for their ancestor's head-stone, taken from its place on the farm to be built into a chimney, and later to be used as a door step. And not long since, a search for the death date of another Long Islander traced into Dutchess county, resulted in its discovery on his grave stone which had long made a part of the flagged walk to his granddaughter's door.
The writer gratefully acknowledges the assistance in the preparation of this work for the press which he has received from his friends, Mr. Rufus King and Miss Lucy D. Akerly. Wholly to the latter the reader is indebted for the valuable genealogical notes on the Old Orient epitaphs, and for the Hashamomack inscriptions of the Appendix. While to the un- flagging interest and generous help in many ways accorded by Mr. Orville B. Ackerly, in addition to his substantial contribution of abstracts from che New York Surrogates Court, the publication of these pages is largely attri- butable.
SOUTHOLD.
THE eastern end of Long Island is divided into two long and narrow peninsulas by a body of water some forty miles in length, constituting, itself, a series of connecting bays. The northerly and shorter one of these penin- sulas is the township of Southold. It has an average width of hardly three miles, with an extreme length of twenty-two, being almost surrounded by the waters of Long Island Sound and the two bays, Peconic and Gardiner's. The township is traversed longitudinally by two main roads that enter its bounds from its adjoining neighbor on the west, Riverhead, but which merge into one a few miles from the eastern extremity of the town. The first settlement by the whites (who were of English birth) was in 1539-40, though the town records were not begun in the form in which we now have them until 1651. The village of Southold is near the south shore, and at about the middle of the township in the direction of its length. Here was built the first church, and the burying ground, one of the oldest on the Island, was by its side, on the south side of the main street. The inscrip- tions following, on pages 3-24, are all that were found there in 1884, ante- dating 1800.
About four miles west of Southold village, on the south road, is the old burying-ground of the settlement of Cutchogue. In 1886 it was in a very neglected condition. It contained then one hundred and thirty-six stones of the eighteenth century, the oldest of which was of 1717. The epitaphs of two of the early pastors are here :-
In Memory of ye Revd Mr THOMAS PAINE late Paftor in this Place who lived defir'd by Many [a diftinguifhing Preacher of Righteoufnefs & a fuccefsfull healer of the Sick] and died lamented by Moft on ye 15th of Oct! 1766 in ye 43d Year of his Age.
In Memory of MR TIMOTHY WELLS Paftor of a Church of Chrift in South Hold who died Janry 16th A.D. 1782: in the 63d Year of his Age.
The surnames represented on the other stones are those of Benjamin, Billard, Booth, Brown, Case, Chittenden, Cleaves, Ely, Goldsmith. Greene, Horton, Hudson, Hull, Landon, Lupton, Mapes, Moore, Osborn, Overton, Pain, Penny, Reeves, Terrcy, Terry, Tuthill, Webb, Wells, Wickham, Wines, Woodhull.
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From three to four miles further west is the burying-ground of the village of Mattituck, at the westerly end of the township, adjoining the Presby- terian church, a few rods south of the Mattituck station of the Long Island rail-road. It contained in 1886 one hundred and thirty-eight stones of the eighteenth century, the oldest date being 1723. The surnames found there are those of Aldrich. Barker, Benjamin, Brown, Case, Clark, Cleaves, Conklin (1726), Corwin, Dimon (1725), Gardiner, Goldsmith, Halliock, Havens, Howell, Hubbard, Hudson, Lamb (1729), Mann, Mapes (1782), Moore, Osborn, Overton, Parker (1727), Parshall (1725), Pendleton, Pike, Pritchard, Reeves (1723), Swasey, Terry, Tinker (1728), Turrell, Tusten, Tuthill, Wells, Wickham, Wines and Worth.
East of Southold village, and near the Sound shore, is the little burial place of Ilashamomack, the epitaphs from which are to be found on pages 94 and 95.
East of Greenport, a mile and one half, is the " Sterling Cemetery," near the little village of East Marion. The inscriptions here that could be read in 1881, of dates prior to 1800, are printed on pages 25-27.
Still further east, and where the waters of the Sound and Gardiner's Bay have so nearly effected a union that but a very narrow neck of land divides them, are the old burial places of Oyster Pond (page 28) and the later one of Orient Village (page 36).
EPITAPHS OF SOUTHOLD.
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SOUTHOLD VILLAGE.
HERE LYES Ye BODY OF WILLIAM WHITEHAIRE AGED 44 YEARS DEPARTED THIS LIFE APRIL Ye 21st 1 7 0 7
how ready he was to help all those that were in distrefs and tooke delight to feed thee fatherlefs
In Memory of Mr. Zacheus Goldsmith, who died Jan. 21ft 1795 in the 85th year of his age.
In Memory of Mrs. Deborah Goldfmith, wife of Mr Zacheus Goldfmith, who died Novr 15 AD. 1787, Aged 73 Years.
HERE LYES Ye BODY OF NATHAN REEUE SON TO JOHN AND MARTHA REEUE AGED 22 YEARS 5 Mº & 11 DAYS DECD MARCH Ye 1 1 7 2 4
IN MEMORY of Martha ye Wife of Mr John Reeve who died May 16th 1762 in the 87th Year of her Age
IN MEMORY of Mr SAMUEL REEVE who departed this Life April the 15th A.D. 1768 Aged 63 Years 3 Mº and 22 Days
IIERE LYETII Ye BODY OF W REVE WHO D ... IN THE 49 YEA . OF HIS AGE DYED APRIL Ye 29 1697
In Memory of MY SAMUEL TERRY who departed this life Augst ye 13 1762 Aged 69 Years 5 Months & 6 days
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In Memory of Benjamin ye Son of Jofhua & Mary Reve he died Octr 23d 1772 Aged 2 Years & 3 Mo.
In Memory of Abigail the Daughter of Jofhua & Mary Reve died Octobr 7th 1772 Aged 9 Years. But Jefus called them unto him.
In Memory of Mary Daughter of Jofhua & Mary Reve died Octobr 8th 1772 in the 7th Year of her Age.
In Memory of Ketury Daughter of Jofhua & Mary Reve died Octobr 34 1772 aged 4 Years & 4 Mo.
In Memory of Mary Daughter of Jofhua & Mary Reve died April 1st 1764 aged 3 Years.
HERE LYES THE BODY OF Mr JOSEPH REEVE AGED 80 YEARS DECD APRIL Ye 22D 17 36
Here lyes ye Body of Mrs Elizabeth Reve Wife to Mr William Reve Who Died Janry ye 13th 1738-9 in ye 40 Year of her Age
In Memory of Mary ye Wife of Mr John Youngs who died Octobr 17th A.D. 1764 Aged 66 Years
Here lyes ye Body of Mary Reeve Daugtr of M' Benjamin & Mrs Deliverance Reeve Who Died Novr 7th 1740 Aged 15 Years 3 Mons & 14 Ds
In Memory of Mr William Booth Son of Lieut Conftant & M" Mary Booth Who died March 12th A.D. 1760 in ye 33ª year of his Age May Angels guard thy Duft Untill the Meeting of ye Juft
HERE LIES BURIED THE BODY OF LYDIA GOLDSMITH DAU OF LIEUnt JOHN GOLDSMITH & M'S BETIMAH IHIS WIFE AGED 20 YEARS 2 Mº & 11 Ds DIED DECR 27th 1753
In Memory of Mr. John Overton who died July 20th AD 1794 in the 59th year of his age My flesh fhall flumber in the ground Till the laft trumpet's joyful found Then burft the chains with Sweet furprife And in my Saviour's image rife
In Memory of Mrs. ANNE WELLS, Wife of Deac. Fregift Wells, who died June 15, 1793, in the 73 year of her age.
In Memory of Mrs. Bethiah Goldfmith Wife of Lient John Goldfmith who died June 21> 1755 in the 48th year of her age
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Here lyes ye Body of Benjamin Reeve Son of Mr Benjamin & Mrs Deliverance Reeve Who Died Novbr ye 17 1740 Aged 21 Years 7 Monts & 25 Ds
In Memory of Enfign BENJAMIN REEVS Who Died May ye 18th Out Stile 1752 in yo 66th Year of Ilis Age
ABIGAL HUBBARD DAU TO CAPT JSAAC & Mrs BETHIAH HUBBARD AGED 7 WEEKS & 1 DAY DECD FEB Ye 19th 1 7 3 2-3
In Memory of Jeremiah Goldfmith Son of Lieut Jolm & M's Bethiah Goldfmith Died Octor 21st 1753 Aged 5 Years 6 Mons 24 Ds.
HERE LYES THE BODY OF Mr JOIIN GOOLDSMITH AGED 44 YEARS DECD MARCH THE 1 st
1 7 2 4
In Memory of Lieut John Goldfmith who died Septr 18th 1779
in the 75th year of his age
IIere lyes Buried ye Body of Mrs BETINAAH STEER Widdow, Who Died Octobr 11th Anno Domi 1739 in ye 67th Year of Her Age
HERE LYES Ye BODY OF BETHIAH REEUE WIFE OF THOMAS REEUE AGED 26 YEARS AND 5 MONTHS DIED FEBry Ye 3 1713-4
Here lies Interr'd the Body of Mr Amafa Pike he Departed this life Auguft ye 24th 1756 in ye 28th year of his Age
Here lieth Interr'd the Body of Major John Salmon who was Born Novem" ye 19th 1698 & Departed this Life JJuly ye 28th 1762 in the 64th Year of his Age
Here lies Interr'd the Body of Mr William Salmon Who Departed this Life May the 10th A. D. 1759 in the 75 year of his Age
In Memory of Mrs. Lydia Salmon, the Virtuous Wife of Majr John Salmon, who following the Example of her Hufband, gave her eftate to the fupport of the Gofpel in this Parifh. She departed this Life April 4th 1776, Aged 78 Years.
Here lyes ye Body of Mrs HANNAH SALMON, Wife to Mr WILLIAM SALMON Who Died Febry 2ª 1750-1 Aged 67 Years 5 Months & 5 Days
Here lyes Buried ye Body of ye Widdow SARAII SALMON Who Departed this life Novbr 3rd 1758 in ye 83rd Year of her Age.
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In Memory of Jofeph Halliock, Son of Mr Jofeph & Mrs Abigail Halliock who departed this Life May 30th A.D. 1779, Aged 15 years, 2 months & 15 days.
In Memory of Jofhua Halliock, Son of Mr Jofeph & M's Abigail Halliock, who departed this Life Janry 16th A. D. 1787, Aged 16 years, 10 months & 3 days.
In Memory of Mrs Bethiah Halliock, Wife of Mr Benjamin Halliock who de- parted this Life April 9th A.D. 1780, Aged 24 years, 5 months & 15 days.
ZACCHEUS GOLDSMITH AGED 21 YEARS & 2 Mº & 9 DAYS DIED JANry Ye 22D 1706-7.
In Memory of Deacon FREEGIFT WELLS who died Noybr 26th 1785 in the 72d Year of his Age & 15th of his office. True peace with God & me he ere pur- jued He fought the Church's weal his neigh- bor's good, The loving parent & to Chrift a Friend, Serene in Life & peaceful was his End
Here lies the Body of Mrs Keturah the wife of Mr Thomas wells fhe died March ye 9th 1764 in the 20th year of her Age.
Mary the Daughter of Mr Fregift and Mrs Anna Wells died July ye Sth 1753 Aged 1 year & 5 Mt.
In Memory of Mary ann Daughr of Jonathan & Alethea Tuthill who died Auguft 24th 1794 aged 8 years & 14 days.
In Memory of Jonathan H. Son of Jonathan & Anne Tuthill who died Decr 19th 1785 aged 6 years, 1 month & 1 day.
In Memory of Henry, Son of Jonathan & Alethea Tuthill, who died Auguft 16th, 1785, aged 1 year & 5 months.
In Memory of JOSHUA WELLS who died February 6th 1787 in the 44 Year of his Age.
Near Here Lyes The Body of MR William Wells The Oldest Son of William Wells, Esqr Who Departed This Life In October 1696 Aged About 37 Years.
In Memory of David Son of Doct David & Mrs Lydia Conk- ling who died Jany 20th 1779 in the 2ª Year of his Age.
HERE LIES THE BODY OF MYS MARY WIGGINS THE WIFE OF Mr JOHN WIGGINS JUNI WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE JULY Ye 3D 1749 AGED 21 YEARS & 7 Mº.
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WELLS OF SOVTHI HOLD GENT JUSTICE OF Ye PEACE & FIRST
VPON LONG ISLAND WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE NOVE 13th 1671 AGED 63 HERE LIES Ye BODY OF WILLIAM SHERIFFO OF NEW YORK SHIRE Yea nere nee Lies who speaketh yet though dead on wings of Faith his soule to HIcanen is fled His pious Deedes And charity was sych That of His praise no pen can write too much , AS Was His Life so was His bleft Deceafe Hee Liud in Loue And sweetly dyd in peace
Here lyes ye Body of M' SAMUEL WINDES Who died Novbr 25th 1739 Aged 56 Years 6 Months & 20 Days.
HERE LYES BURIED THE BODY OF MY ISAAC OVERTON AGED 28 YEARS DECD MARCH Ye 1740
In Memory of Mrs Alethea ye wife of Mr Nath! Overton who died December ye 24th 1753 in ye 44th year of her Age
In Memory of Decn James Corwin who died June 24th 1796 aged. 55 years
In Memory of Mr Lazrus Horton who died Sept 9th 1764 in the 40th year of his Age
In Memory of MEHETABLE SAWYER Confort of MOSES SAWYER & Daugtr of MY JONATHAN & Mrs MARY HORTON Who Died April ye 21st 1751 Aged 19 Years 1 Month & 25 Days Behold all you who do pafs by As you are now fo once was I As I am now fo you must be Prepare for death and follow me
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BODY OF CAPTAIN JOHN CONKELYNE BORNE
HERE LYETH THE
LIFE THE SIXT
DAY OF APRILL
ATT SOVTH HOLD
ON LONG ILAND IN
THE SIXTY FOURTH
YEAR OF HIS
AGE ANNO DOM
1694
IN NOTTINGHAM
SHIR IN ENGLAND WHO DEPARTED THIS In Memory of David Son of Jofeph & Deliverance Horton he died Septr
7th 1772 in
the 9th Year
of his Age
In Memory of Mr Daniel Tuthill who died Novr 18th 1768 in the 57th year or his Age Children and friends Come view my Grave receive God's Chrift & heaven have.
Mehetabel Daughter of
Lazarus & Anna Horton died July 9th 1773 in her 16th Year.
DANIEL TUTTLE or &c. Aged 13 Years Lacking 3 Months & 2 Days as it is faid Died Septr 8th 1752.
LYDIA TUTHILL DAUr TO M' DANIEL & Mrs MEHETABLE TUTHILL DIED NOVR 5th 1738 AGED 8 WEEKS & 5 D3.
In Memory of M Mehetable Tuthill Wife of Mr Daniel Tuthill who died Novr 27th 1788 Aged 73 Years Our age to Seventy Years is fet How Short the term how frail the state
In Memory of Mrs Mehetabel Horton the Virtuous Wife of Capt Benjamin Horton who departed this Life Octr 16th AD 1787 Aged 25 years 1 month & 14 days
In Memory of Capt Barnabas Horton who departed this Life April 17th AD. 1787 Aged 61 years & 6 months
In Memory of Anna, daugh' of Capt. Barnabas & Susanna Horton who died April 1781 aged 22 years
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In Memory of Rhoda, Daughter of Jonathan & Alethea Tuthill, who died Decr 4th 1790, aged 9 years, 9 months & 3 days.
HERE LYES Ye BODY OF BETHIA HORTON DAUr TO JAMES & ANNA HORTON AGED 8 Mº & 26 DAYES DECD MARCH Ye 27th 1722. IIere lyes her body in the duft to be raifd at ye Resurection of ye Juft.
HERE LIES THE BODY OF ANNA HAUGHTON DAU' OF M' JAMES & M'S ANNA HAUGHTON DIED DECR 3D 1753 AGED 13 YEARS 1 Mº & 10 Ds.
IN MEMORY of Deacon James Horton who died May ye 16th A.D. 1762 in the 68th Year of his Age. Intomb'd beneath this ponderous heavy Load Lies the Man who lov'd & fear'd the Lord A Hufband dear, a Father ever kind; To Minifters a clofe and conftant Friend. Sober, Blamelefs to Charity inclin'd Meriting well of All he left behind
HERE LYES BURIED Ye BODY OF CALEB HORTON AGED 30 YEARS 1 Mº & 14 Ds DIED DECR Ye 25th 1706
In Memory of Mrs Anna Horton Wdo of Deach James Ilorton who departed this Life March 8th AD. 1783 Aged 82 years 2 months & 6 days
IN MEMORY of MEHETABEL ye Wife of WILLIAM HORTON She died March ye 2Ist 1772 in the 62nd Year of her Age She was kind to all a Friend to all & belov'd of all
In Memory of Deae William Horton who died Sept 26 1788 in the 80th Year of his Age
In Memory of Mr. Sylvester L'Hommedieu who departed this Life March 9, 1788 in the 86th Year of his Age
In Memory of Mrs Patience Horton Wife of M William Horton who died June 27th 1786 in the 47th Year of her age
In Memory of MRS SUSANNA L'HOMMEDIEU who died Feby 10th 1774 in the 26 Year of her Age
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HERE LYETH BURIED THE BODY OF
AND YOU DEAR CHILDREN ALL FOLLOW THE LORD HEAR & OREY HIS PUBLICK SACRED WORD AND IN YOUR HOUSES CALL UPON HIS NAME FOR OFT I HAUE ADVIS'D YOU TO THE SAME THEN GOD WILL BLESS YOU WITH YOUR CHILDREN ALL AND TO THIS BLESSED PLACE HIE WILL YOU CALL HEBREWS H & Ye 4 HE BEING DEAD YET SPEAKETH HERE SLEPES MY BODY TOMBED IN ITS DUST TILL CHRIST SHALL COME & RAISE IT WITH THIE JUST MY SOUL'S ASSENDED TO THE THRONE OF GOD WHERE WITH SWEET JESUS NOW I MAKE ABOAD THEN HASTEN AFTER ME MY DEAREST WIFE TO BE PERTAKER OF THIS BLESSED LIFE SOUTH-HOLD THE 13 DAY OF JULY 1680 AGED 80 YEARS ME BARNABAS HORTON BORN AT MOUSLLY IN LESTERSHIRE IN
Alfo at his feet lie the remains of his youngest son Jonathan Horton the first Captain of Cavalry in the County of Suffolk He died Feb. 23 AD. 1707. ÆE. 60. A T & DYED OLD ENGLAND
HERE LYES Ye BODY OF HENRY CASE DIED APRIL Ye 16th 1 7 2 0 IN Ye 36th YEAR OF HIS AGE.
HERE LIES Ye BODY OF JAMES CASE DIED SEPt Ye 12th 1753 AGED 11 YEARS & 1 Mº. ALSO AZUBAH CASE DIED NOVR Y0 12th 1753 AGED 6 YEARS & 8 Mº. SON & DAUR OF MR WILLIAM & M'S ANNA CASE
In Memory of Francis, son of Matthias & Julia Case; who died Nov. 18, 1799 Æ 2 years & 4 days
IN MEMORY OF LUTHER CASE SON OF MI. MOSES & M'S. MARY CASE DIED JANTY. 29th 1755 AGED 4 YEARS 11 MONTHS & 22 D'.
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Mary the Daughter of Mofes & Mary Cafe died May 7th 1764 Aged 9 Years 5 Mº & 27 Days
Martha the Daughter of Mofes and Mary Cafe died May 17th 1764 Aged 2 Years 8 M.º & 25 Days
In Memory of Mrs Mary Cafe Wife of Lt Mofes Case who died Janry 21st AD. 1783 in the 56th year of her Age-
In Memory of Mrs BETHIAH VAIL Wife to MR JEREMIAH VAIL Who Died July ye 26th 1753 Aged 22 Years 7 Months & 22 Days
[On three sides of a modern white marble monument.]
IN MEMORY OF PHILEMON DICKERSON, OR DICKINSON, WHO WITH HIS BROTHERS NATHANIEL AND JOHN DICKINSON, EMIGRATED FROM ENGLAND AND LANDED IN MASSACHUSETTS IN 1638. HIE WAS ADMITTED A FREEMAN OF THE TOWN OF SALEM IN 1641, AND REMOVED TO SOUTHHOLD L.I. IN 1646, WHERE HE DIED IN 1672 AGED ABOUT 74 YEARS, LEAVING TWO SONS, THOMAS AND PETER.
IN MEMORY OF PETER DICKERSON WHO WAS BORN IN 1648 & DIED IN 1721 AGED ABOUT 73 YEARS, LEAVING TWO SONS JOHN AND THOMAS.
IN MEMORY OF THOMAS DICKERSON WHO DIED IN THE YEAR 1724 AGED ABOUT 53 YEARS LEAVING FOUR SONS, THOMAS, JOSHUA, DANIEL & PETER, ALL OF WHOM REMOVED TO MORRIS COUNTY, STATE OF NEW JERSEY ABOUT THE YEAR 1745.
Here lyes ye Body of Abigail Windes Dantr of Mr Samuel Windes Who Died Noybr 21st 1739 Aged 13 Years & 28 Days
Here lyes ye Body of Abner Windes Son of Mr Samnel Windes Who Died Novbr 20th 1739 Aged 19 Years 10 Mº & 7 Ds.
HERE LIES Ye BODY OF PARNAL VAILL DAUR OF Mr PETER & Mrs BETHIAH VAILL DIED JULY 25th 1753 AGED 8 MONTHS WANTING 5 DAYS
IN MEMORY OF M' JOSHUA DRAKE SON OF Mr FRANCIS & JI'S PHEBE DRAKE AGED 34 YEARS 2 Mº & 19 D. DIED AUGt 8th 1755
HERE LYETH BURIED Ye BODY OF MARY VAILE AGED 39 YEARS DEPARTED THIS LIFE Ye 22 OF SEPTEMBER 1689
HERE LYES Ye BODY OF ENSIGN RICHARD TERRY DECd FEBry Ye 2D 1723 IN Ye GIN. YEAR OF HIS AGE
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HERE LYES Ye BODY OF Mr JEREMIAHI VAIL AGED 77 YEARS DECD NOVR Ye 28th 1726
HERE LYES BURIED THE BODY OF Mrs BETHIAH HORTON WIFE TO CAPt JONATHAN HORTON DECD APRIL Ye 14th 1733 IN Ye 80th YEAR OF HER AGE
This monument is erected to the Memory of TIMOTHY HI. BIGELOW of Middleton in Connecticut who died at this place Auguft 7th 1791 in the 29th year of his Age
In Memory of Mr Jonathan Horton who died April 3d 1768 in the 85th year of his Age
HERE LYES BURIED THE BODY OF Mr THOMAS REEVE AGED 59 YEARS DIED NOVr Ye 9th 1738
HERE LYES Ye BODY OF BETHIAH REEVE AGED 15 YEARS & 7 DAYS DIED MARCH 1st 1739
Sacred to the Memory of Mrs CHARITY L'HOMMEDIEU the amiable & pious wife of the Honble EZRA L'HOMMEDIEU, Efquire, who departed this Life July 31, 1785, in the 46 Year of her Age, This monument is erected. The House appointed for all living when the dread Trumpet sounds the slumbering Duft but not inattentive to the call shall wake nor shall the conscious soul amidft the Crowd mistake its Partner -Thrice happy meeting, nor Time nor Death shall ever part them more.
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