Showing posts with label Norwell MA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Norwell MA. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Gravestone of the Day: Bradbary Dweile

Bradbary Dweile, 1748, Norwell, MA
HERE LYES THE
BODY OF BRADBARY
DWEILE DAUGHTER
OF Mr JOSEPH &
Mrs MARY DWEILE
WHO DIED SEPTEMBER
ye 22th. 1748 IN ye 13.
YEAR OF HER AGE.

Good name. "Here lies the body / of Bradbary Dweile" sounds like the first two lines of a nursery rhyme.

Monday, March 22, 2010

Gravestone of the Day

Hannah Ruggles, 1742, Norwell, MA
HERE LYES ye
BODY OF Mrs
HANNAH RUGGLES
DAUGHTER OF MR
JOHN RUGGLES
WHO DYED APRIL
ye . 9th . 1742 . JN
ye . 12 . YEAR
OF HER AGE

carved by Jacob Vinal, Jr.