Friday, September 17, 2010

Gravestone of the Day: Beriah Wittney

Beriah Wittney, 1768, Grove Hill Cemetery, Waltham, MA
Here Lies Buried
the Body of
Mrs. BERIAH WITTNEY, Wife
to Mr. JOHN WHITTNEY of
weston) formerly the Wife of
Mr DANIEL CHILD,
by whom She now Lies
Who died Novbr. ye 4th 1768
in ye 88th Year of Her Age.

3 comments:

Peter Fisk said...

That seems rather unusual.

Karma_Fox said...

Not so very unusual - My uncle's wife (who passed away before him)is buried next to her first husband in a different cemetery than my uncle is. She also happens to be buried in the same cemetery as her parents and siblings, my uncle is buried in his family's cemetery.

A gr-aunt of mine is buried between her 1st and second husbands, shares a tombstone with hubby #1 who died in 1921, hubby #2 died in 1961 has his own small stone next to her shared large stone, she died in 1974.

A gr-gr-grandmother from the other side of my family tree is buried with her first husband and his family and her second husband is buried with his first wife in another cemetery.

Whoever is tracing Beriah in their tree should be thankful that her stone is explicit as to the relationship between her and her two husbands.

Peter Fisk said...

The part that I find unusual is the text, not the fact that she's buried next to him.