Sunday, November 7, 2010

Gravestone of the Day: Ebenezer and Elizabeth Tinckham

Ebenezer and Elizabeth Tinckham, Nemasket Hill Cemetery, Middleboro, MA, 1718

HERE LYE[S] [Ye]
BODY OF DEACON
EBENEZER TINCKHAM
AGED 67 YEARS
DIED APRIL Y 8
1718

HERE LYES Y
BODY OF
ELIZABETH
TINCKHAM
AGED [64?] YEARS
DIED APRIL
1718

2 comments:

Deb said...

Disease? accident? fire? or one of those mysterious cases of married couples where the one left behind can't live eithout the other? Inquiring minds want to know!

Caitlin GD Hopkins said...

Google books has failed me – I can't find any specifics. My first guess would be disease.