Gravestone of the Day: Ann Erinton

Ann Erinton, 1653, Cambridge, MA

HERE LIES Ye BODY OF ANN

ERINTON AGED 77 YRS DECD

DECEMR 25 1653

I think there's a good chance that this stone is backdated. It looks very much like these stones from the 1670s and 1680s:

• Susanah Goose, 1674
• Marcy Allin, 1678
• Cutler children, 1680