Epitaphs from the Old Burying-ground in Cambridge: With Notes |
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ABIGAIL Ætatis Andrew Belcher Angier Anna Anne Anno Domni April ye body of JOHN born BRADISH buried the body Cambridge CHAMPNEY church CLARK COOPER CUTTER DANA Daniel daughter Dautr Days Deacon death Decd deceased departed DICKSON died April died July died March died Octobr died Sept Domini Dunster Edward EDWARD HOLYOKE Elizabeth Febry FESSENDEN FILLEBROWN freeman Fugit Hora Gookin graduated at Harvard HANCOCK HANNAH Harvard College Henry Henry Dunster JAMES Jane Janty JONATHAN JOSEPH KIDDER LEVERETT lies buried lies ye LYDIA lyes buried ye lyes ye body lyeth buried maiden name March ye Margaret married Martha Memento Fugit mori Memento mori memory Months Nathaniel Nicholas Rebecca Rebeccah REMINGTON Russell Ruth SARAH SARAH KIDDER second wife selectman Sparhawke STEDMAN SUSANNA Thomas Thomas Shepard Town Records Urian Oakes Vassall Walter Hastings WATSON widow WIGGLESWORTH WILLIAM Winship ye 28th ye 9th ye Revd
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