Friday, March 19, 2010

101 Ways, Part 119: Took His Youthful Flight . . .

For a brief intro to the "101 Ways to Say 'Died'" series, click here.
Nathanael Peaslee, 1730, Haverhill, MA

HERE LIES INtERD ye
PRECIOUS DUST OF Mr
NAtHANAEL PEASLEE IUNr
ye ONLY & DESIREABLE
SON OF Mr NAthLL PEASLEE
WHO WITH COMFORt tOOK
HIS YOUthFUL FLIGht FROM
ye PROMISING IOYS OF
EARthLY POSSESSIONS IN
HOPE OF A FAR MORE EXCEE
DING & EtERNAL WEIGht OF
GLORY ON SEPt ye 9 1730
AGED 23 YEARS

2 comments:

Robert J. said...

I'm definitely not an Essex county expert, but that looks like a Mullicken family stone, is that right? Jonathan Worster carried this Essex county style to Harvard and so continued it for many more years in Middlesex and Worcester counties.

—RJO

Caitlin GD Hopkins said...

Yep, the Farber collection agrees with you — it is a Mullicken stone.