Gravestone of the Day: Emim How

Emim How, 1705, Little Compton, RI

HERE LYETH Ye BODY

OF EMIM Ye DAVGHTER

OF NICHOLAS & ELINOR

HOW, SHE LIVED 6

YEARS & DYED IVLY

Ye 18TH 1705

Emim is a new one for me. It is the name of an obscure tribe mentioned briefly in the Bible.

Here is another example of colonial Americans using a collective name from the Bible as a personal name.