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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:

  1. 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!

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

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