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| Abraham Preble, 1714, York, ME |
THIS STONE IS FIXED AT Ye
HEAD OF ABRAHAM PREBLE
ESQR. DEACON OF THE CHURCH
CAPT. OF THE TOWN & ONE
OF THE JUDGES IN Ye COUNTY
OF THE JUDGES IN Ye COUNTY
OF YORK WAS UNIVERSALLY
FAITHFULL TO Ye DEATH
WHO DECD. OCTOBER Ye
4th 1714 AETATIS 72
1 comment:
It certainly is an odd turn of phrase. I found it particularly interesting because the stone itself was carved in the Boston area and shipped up to Maine, so the focus on place-specificity is even more exaggerated. I don't know where the language comes from, but I haven't seen it on any of Nathaniel Emmes' Boston-area stones.
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