Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Gravestone of the Day: Mary Martin

Mary Martin, 1705, North Baptist Burial Ground, Newport, RI
HERE LIETH THE
BODY OF MARY;
Ye WIFE OF IOSEPH
MARTIN; AGED 80
YEARS: WHO DIED
ON SEPTEM Ye
1705

 This stone is obviously in rough shape. I found it propped up against a stone wall at the back of the North Baptist Burial Ground in Newport, but I don't know whether it is still there.

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