Bethier Lothrop 1714

full stone tympanum

BETHIER LOTHROP
WIFE TO BARNABAS
LOTHROP AGED
ABOUT 28 YEARS
DEPARTED THIS LIFE
OCTOBER THE 26
1714

It is unusual to find an early gravestone with an image other than a winged skull. This gravestone displays an urn with wilted flowers. See Bethshua Bourn (1714) - Sandwich for a similar carved image. Both are carved in the style of John Noyes of Boston who also was a silversmith.


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