John Freeman 1719

headstone & footstone tympanum footstone

HERE LYES THE
BODY OF MAJOR
JOHN FREEMAN
DECD OCTOBER Ye
28th 1719
IN Ye 98th YEAR
OF HIS AGE

footstone
JOHN FREEMAN

The gravestone is carved in the style of Nathaniel Emmes of Boston. The top left photo shows the headstone with the footstone in the background. The footstone in the bottom photo displays a lightly inscribed winged head. Years ago a metal cover was installed over the top of the footstone for protection.

LOCATION - No. 37 on EHS 1976 Cove survey map

MATERIAL - slate

HEADSTONE - 19" W, 20" H, 3" D

FOOTSTONE - 15" W, 15" H, 2" D

CONDITION -

COMMENTS - Headstone back and edges encased with resin bonded fiberglass applied about 1977. Headstone cleaned and reset May 2000. When the headstone was excavated in 2000, a rusty pipe and two wires were found near the bottom of the hole. The wires seemed firmly attached to something further below ground to the left. The wires and pipe were left in place when the stone was reset. Headstone and footstone cleaned October 2004.


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