Samuel Freeman 1712

headstone headstone & footstone tympanum footstone

HERE LYES Ye BODY
OF DEACON SAMUEL
FREEMAN OF EASTHAM
DEC'D NOVEMBER
Ye 20th 1712
IN THE 75 YEAR
OF HIS AGE

footstone
SAMUEL
FREEMAN

The headstone displays a winged skull carved in the style of Nathaniel Emmes of Boston. The top right photo shows the headstone with the footstone in the background. The footstone in the bottom right photo displays a lightly carved winged head. It is unusual to have a winged skull headstone paired with a winged head footstone.

LOCATION - No. 18 on EHS 1976 Cove survey map

MATERIAL - slate

HEADSTONE - 18" W, 22" H, 3" D

FOOTSTONE - 11" W, 11" H, 1" D

CONDITION - lichen growth

COMMENTS - Headstone and footstone cleaned October 2004.


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