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| William Warland, 1708, Cambridge, MA |
WILLIAM
WARLAND SON
OF WILLIAM
& TABITHA
WARLAND WAS
BORN OCTOBR Ye
3RD 1706 & DIED
AUGUST 23RD
1708 AGED 1 YEAR 10
MO & 17 DAYES
This is not the first stone I have found that has the year added in as an afterthought. Since the year of death seems to be crucial information, I think that these stones might offer some clues about the time that elapsed between a death and the carving of a gravestone. I think that it would be easier to leave off the year if the stone were carved in the same year as the death — to the person who carved this stone, young William died in August, not August of 1708. I would venture that this thought is easiest to have between August of 1708 and the spring of 1709. It's not hard evidence, but it is suggestive.
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