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CALDWELL, James and Hannah Buried in Elizabeth, New Jersey
who fell victims to their country's cause, in the years, 1780 and 1781. He was the zealous and faithful pastor of the presbyterian church in this town, where, by his evangelical labours in the gospel vineyard, and his early attachment to the civil liberties of his country, he has left, in the harts of his people, a better monument, than brass or marble. Stop, passenger, here also lie the remains of a woman, who exhibited to the world a bright constellation of the female virtues. On that memorable day, never to be forgotten, when a British foe invaded this fair village, and fired even the temple of the Deity, this peaceful daughter of Heaven retired to her hallowed apartment, imploring Heaven for the pardon of her enemies. In that sacred moment, she was, by the bloody hand of a British ruffian, dispatched, like her divine Redeemer, through a path of blood, to her long-wished for native skies. Source : Alden 1814 v.1 Died May 7, 1818 Buried Inveravon, Banffshire, Scotland
Source : Jervise 1875 Buried at Guilford old cemetery, Vermont.
Hon. Benjamin Carpenter, Esq. Born in Rehoboth, Mass., A. D. 1764. A public teacher of righteousness, An able advocate lost for democracy, And the equal rights of men. Removed to this town A. D. 1770. Was a field officer in the revolutionary war. A founder of the first Constitution and Government of Vermont. A Councilor of Censors in A. D. 1783. A Member of the Council and Lieutenant-Governor of the State in A. D. 1779. A firm professor in Christianity in the Baptist Church 50 years. Left this world and 146 persons of lineal posterity March 29, 1804, aged 78 years 10 months and 12 days, with a strong mind and full faith of a more glorious state hereafter. Stature about 6 feet, weight 200. Death had no terror. Source : The New York Times, April 20, 1884 Monumental inscription in New York, New York
Halliburton, son of Sholto Charles, earl of Morton, and heir of the ancient family fo Halliburton, of Pitcurr, in Scotland, who perished on this coast, with twelve more young gentlemen and one common seaman, in the spirited discharge of duty, on the 30 or 31 of December, 1783, born, the 10 of October, 1763, a youth, who in contempt of hardship or danger, though possessed of an ample fortune, served seven years in the British navy, with manly courage, and seemed to deserve a better fate. This plain monumental stone is erected by his unhappy mother, Katharine, countess dowager of Morton, to his dear memory and that of his unfortunate companions, James Champion, lieutenant of marines; Alexander Johnstone, George Paddy, Robert Haywood, midshipman; Charles Gascoigne, Andrew Hamilton, William Scott, David Reddie, William Tomlinson, William Spry, John M'Chain, Robert Wood, young gentlemen; George Towers, common seaman; cast away, all found dead and frozen, and buried in one grave. Source : Alden 1814 v.1 Gravestone at Beckenham, Kent, England
William Chapman of this Parish, who died December the 25th 1793 Aged 77 years. Sixty years of his life were passed under the Burrell Family, three successive Generations of which he served with such Intelligence and fidelity, as to obtain from each the sincerest respect and Friendship, leaving behind him at his Death the Character of a truly Honest and good Man. Source : Andrews 1899 Hampstead churchyard, Middlesex, England
William Chapman, late of the Parish of St. George, Bloomsbury; Painter: who died January 9th 1789, Aged 69 Years. He was a Downright, Upright, Honest Man. Also Elizabeth Bown, of Brownlow Street, Holborn; who died of a Broken Heart, the 14th of February 1789, Aged 37 Years. She was a tender Parent, and a Virtuous Wife. Also her Son Peter Bown, who fell a Victim to the allurements of the Ice, whilst Skating on the serpentine River, December 5th 1796; Aged 19 years. Source : Roffe 1859 Morville Churchyard, Shropshire, England
January 20th, 1843, aged 63, regretted by all that knew him: - Of this world's pleasures I have had my share, And few the sorrows I was doomed to bear. How oft have I enjoyed the noble chase Of hounds and foxes, striving for the race; But, hark! the knell of death calls me away, Lo, sportsmen all, farewell! I must obey. Source : Fairley 1873 Buried : Hadley, Massachusetts
first church of Christ in Hadley, who was of a truly peaceable and catholick spirit, a good scholar, an eloquent orator, an able divine, a lively, pathetick preacher, a burning and shining light in this candlestick, an exemplary christian, an Israelite indeed, in whom was no guile. He departed this life, 2 may, A.D. 1745, aetat. 74. Source : Alden 1814 v.3 Died March 13, 1712. Mural tablet in Dunstable Church, Bedfordshire, England
That when alive was beloved by few; Now where he's gone, or how he fares, Nobody knows, nor nobody cares. Source : Johnson 1883 Died 15 February 1650 Buried : St Nicholas-at-Wade, Kent, England, in the Chancel of the Church.
Resurrction the Body of Katherine The beloved Wife of Nic. Chewney Vicar of this Parish, by whom he Had two Sonnes, viz. Nicholas And John both deceased & Lye here interred, She Departed hence ye 15th Of Febru. Anno 1650 And in the 24th Yeare of her Age. Pignus Amoris Pignus Doloris A loyall loving Wife and Mother deare Twixt her two Babes doth lye interred here; Whose Soules fit crowned in that Heavenlye Quire Of endlesse joy, fill'd with Coelestial fire. And yet my teares even in their Passion would Recall you from that Kingdom if they could. Pardon, my Deare, this my distracted Zeale And you my Babes, to whome I doe appeal. My losse b'ing great, my grief must needs be foe The more I strive 'gainst tears the more they flowe Till I approach your blisse, O who can tell Your happy welcome, or ma sad farewell? Source : Le Neve 1718 Died June 4, 1751 Buried Lochlee, Angus, Scotland
From what befalls us here below, Let none from thence conclude, Our lot shall aftertime be so - The young man's Life was good. Yet Heavnly wisdom thought it fit, In its all sovereign way, The flames to kill him to permit, And so to close his day. Source : Jervise 1875 He died 30 June, 1626, aged 79 years She died 24 June 1613, aged 50. Buried : St Pancras, Middlesex, England.
Reader before this monvmentall stone, Two bodyes lye inter'd that once were one Whom death did for a tyme divorce And now hath married coarse to coarse Their ashes meete in death and have For their new marriage-Bed the grave A third they yet expect, that fate Nor time nor force shall violate Wher both shall married and vnmarried bee Not to themselves, bvt to eternitie Then sleepe yee happy ashes here Nor let a groane a sigh or teare Distvrbe yovr rest tell the glad noyse Of the worlde-wakeninge trvmpitts voyce Raise yov from this dead sleepe & call Yovr dvst from this sad fvnerall To wed their sovles and sovle and body bring Vnto the marriage of the Lambe theire Kinge. Source : Cansick 1869 Died 4 July, 1652, aged 77 years. St Pancras, Middlesex, England.
Ye Body of RICHARD NICOLLS of Kentish Town Esqvier. Who Dyed in ye Faith of Christ ye 20th Day of Aprill Ao DNI 1612, Beinge of ye age of 59 Yeares, having Bene 19 Yea- res married To Isabell Davher of Iohn Clarke of Eloesto in ye covnty of Bedf: Gentlema Who caused this stone to Be here laid For ye memoriall of him Here also lyeth Buried ye Body of the said ISABELL NICOLLS who lived 40ty Yeares and upwards the widowe of the said Richard Nicolls and died in the Faith of Jesus Christ the fourth day of July in the Year of our Lord God 1652 Aged 77 and upwards. Source : Cansick 1869 Memorial in North Providence, Rhode Island
son of doctor John Clarke and Amey, his wife, who died at sea, on the 2 day of November, A. D. 1795, in the 18 year of his age. Ingulph'd in ocean, buried in the wave No friendly hand could rescue or could save Thy mortal part, which was but born to try The lot of man, to suffer and to die. Source : Alden 1814 v.4 Whose father was then a member of Congress Died December 26, 1811 Buried in the crypt of the Monumental Church, Richmond, Virginia
Buried : Churchyard of North Wingfield, Derbyshire, England
this life December 16th, 1724, in the 40th year of his age. What though no mournful kindred stand Around the solemn bier, No parents wring the trembling hand, Or drop the silent tear. No costly oak adorned with art My weary limbs inclose; No friends impart a winding sheet To deck my last repose. Note from Andrews : The cause of the foregoing epitaph is thus explained. Thomas Clay was a man of intemperate habits, and at the time of his death was indebted to the village innkeeper, named Adlington, to the amount of twenty pounds. The publican resolved to seize the body; but the parents of the deceased carefully kept the door locked until the day appointed for the funeral. As soon as the door was opened, Adlington rushed into the house, seized the corpse, and placed it on a form in the open street in front of the residence of the parents of the departed. Clay's friends refused to discharge the publican's account. After the body had been exposed for several days, Adlington committed it to the ground in a bacon chest. Source : Andrews 1899 SPRAGUE, Ruth Buried near Hoosick Falls, New York
Died June 11, 1846, aged 9 years, 4 months, and 3 days. She was stolen from the grave by Roderick R. Clow, dissected at Dr. P. M. Armstrong's office in Hoosick, N. Y., from which place her mutilated remains were obtained and deposited here. Her body dissected by fiendish man, Her bones anatomized, Her soul, we trust, has risen to God, Where few physicians rise. Source : Eaton 1900 Parish of Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Viscountess of Dundee, wife of the Honourable W. Livingston, of Kilsyth, and of their infant son. Their deaths were caused by the falling in of the roof, composed of turf, of a house in Holland. Mr. Livingston was with difficulty extricated. The Lady, her child, and the nurse were killed. This occured in the month of October, MDCXCV (1695). In MDCCXCV (1795), the vault over which the church at that time stood having been accidentally opened, the bodies of Lady Dundee and her son, which had been embalmed and sent from Holland, were found in a remarkable state of preservation. After being for some time exposed to view, the vault was closed. This lady was the daughter of William, Lord Cochrane, who predeceased his father, William, first earl of Dundonald. She married, first, John Graham, of Claverhouse, Viscount of Dundee, who was killed at the battle of Lillicrankie, MDCLXXXIX (1689); and secondly, the Honourable William Livingston, who succeeded his brother as third Viscount of Kilsyth in MDCCVI (1706). Lord Kilsyth married, secondly, a daughter of Macdougal, of Makerstoun, but dying under attainder at Rome in MDCCXXXIII (1733), without surviving issue, this noble family became extinct. This stone was erected by Sir Archibald Edmonston, of Duntreath, Bart., MDCCCL (1850). Source : Rogers 1871 v.2 Monumental inscription : St. John's Episcopal Churchyard
father and mother whose beloved memory seven orphan children cherish and revere. Rupert John Cochrane, Esq., of Halifax, N.S., died in London, 28th June 1851, aged 50 years; and was buried at Battersea. Isabella Maccomb Cochrane, of New York, United States, America, died in Edinburgh, 3rd September, 1851, aged 42 years; and was buried in the Dormitory attached to this chapel. The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away : blessed be the name of the Lord - Job i. 21. Source : Rogers 1871 v.1 Comedian, actor November 22, 1921 – October 5, 2004 Buried : Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, California
Dangerfield There goes the neighborhood. Source : findagrave.com, Memorial # 9556754; wikipedia - Rodney Dangerfield From Yorkshire Inscription in Steeple Barton Church, Oxfordshire
Constable of Everingham in the County of York Baronet, whose whole Estate was confiscated by the Usurpers for his Loyalty to K. Charles the first. He died Febr. 25. Anno Dno 1664. This Sr. Philip was Father to Katherine Wife of Edward Sheldon of Steeple Barton Esq; which Edward was Son of Ralph, and he the younger son of Edward Sheldon of B... and he the son and heir of Ralph Sheldon of the said place, in Com. Wig... which last purchased one of the three Mannors in Steeple Barton of the Dorms whith the house belonging thereto (built by John Dorm) which is now possest by Ralph Sheldon, Son and heir of Edward Sheldon by Katherine Constable his Wife. Source : Le Neve 1718 Died December 26, 1811 Buried in the crypt of the Monumental Church, Richmond, Virginia
Died December 26, 1811 Buried in the crypt of the Monumental Church, Richmond, Virginia
Buried in the crypt of the Monumental Church, Richmond, Virginia
Died December 26, 1811 Buried in the crypt of the Monumental Church, Richmond, Virginia
Buried in Gawsworth, Cheshire, England
That on ye 12 Feby 1760, Tho. Corbishley, A brave veteran Dragoon Here went into his quarters; But remember that when The trumpet calls He'll out and march again. Source : Norfolk 1866 Died January 17, 1808 Old Burial Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts
am erected by Josiah Cotton Esqr in remembrance of Rachel his pious and Virtuous Wife, who died Janury 17th 1808 aged 50 years. In belief of Christianity I lived, In hope of a glorious Resurrection I died. Source : Perkins 1902 Died December 26, 1811 Buried in the crypt of the Monumental Church, Richmond, Virginia
Buried in Wigtown graveyard, Wigtownshire, Scotland
And his son John of honest fame, Of stature small and a leg lame; Content he was with portion small, Keeped shop in Wigtown, and that's all. Died August 21st, 1779, aged 32 years. Source : Eaton 1900 Buried in Monquhitter, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Source : Jervise 1875 Died December 8, 1800, aged 33 years. Buried in Copp's Hill burial ground, Boston, Massachusetts
To whome related or by whome begot; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, Tis all thou art and all the proud shall be. Source : Norton 1921 Memorial inscription : Montgomery, Alabama
Stone Cutters, Here lays Sam Creer. 1855. Source : Kippax 1877 Buried : American Memorial Park Cemetery, Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas
Oct. 31. 1950 Nov. 20. 1994 Died in America Land of the homeless Source : findagrave.com, Memorial# 55719565 Died shortly after 14 November 1749 Buried at Arlington plantation, Virginia
of the Honorable John Custis, Esquire, of the City of Williamsburg and Parish of Boston, Formerly of Hungars Parish, on the Eastern Shore of Virginia and the County of Northampton, the Place of His Nativity. Aged 71 Years, and Yet Lived but Seven Years, Which Was the Space of Time He Kept a Bachelor's House at Arlington, on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. The foregoing inscription was placed on this stone by the direction of the deceased. Sources : The New York Times, December 20, 1891; Wikipedia - John Custis Go to Main Page for a more detailed list of sources. |
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