Hemand Crocker 1793

headstone tympanum

In Memory of
Mr Hemand Crocker
who departed this life
Febr'y 26 1793 in ye 30th
Year of his age

Depart my friends dry up your tears
I must lie here til Christ appears

The gravestone displays a winged head caved in the style of Lemuel Savery or his imitators in the Plymouth area. It has the Savery characteristics of round eyes, eyelids which taper to the sides, a realistic mouth, three feathers in each wing and a two layered scallop collar.


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