Saturday, December 18, 2010

Gravestone of the Day: James Smith

James Smith, 1678, Phipps Street, Charlestown, MA

HERE LIES Ye BODY OF IAMES
SMITH AGED 28 YEARS DECEASED
SEPTEMBER Ye 18 1678

2 comments:

Peter Fisk said...

Bob-

Joanna's grave is now on Findagrave.com

She is my 9G-grandmother.

(Not to hijack the thread, but I'd be interested to know if you have reached a firm determination on whether or not she really was the sister of Thomas Goffe. Based on what I know, the kinship seems more likely than not, but I'm far from fully convinced.)

Caitlin GD Hopkins said...

Is it in the middle of Mass Ave near the crosswalk across from the Holyoke Center? There's a brass marker there, but I never knew what it was marking.