Abijah Perkins

Another favorite from Hanover, Connecticut: the Abijah Perkins stone (1782). It is unclear whether Abijah is really buried here or if he died in prison, perhaps on one of the infamous prisoner of war ships in New York and might have been buried elsewhere.

To the worthy Memory 

of Doctr, Abijah Perkins

who after enduring Im-

prisonment Chains Hunger

and ye barbarbous Insults of

cruel Britons, Departed

this Life Augst, 31st, AD 1782

Aged 27: in ye Bloom of

youth a Martyr to his

Country's Cause

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Great God forgive our

proud imperious foe,

Whose cruel usage caus'd

his early death

May we be still & trebling [sic]

Learn to know . . .

Hrm, I seem not to have taken a picture that shows the bottom line or two of the epitaph, which is a shame, since it seems to be an original composition. I'll swing by Hanover over Easter and see if I can dig down a bit (not too far!) and read that last bit.