Samuel Hedge 1714

 full stone Hedge family

HERE LYES Ye
BODY OF SAMUEL
HEDGE AGED 38
& 9 MO DEC'D MAY
Ye 19th 1714

Samuel's headstone is broken with the top missing. The missing tympanum most likely displayed a winged skull. Samuel's footstone never has been found.

Samuel is buried next to his three children. The right photo shows from left to right Samuel's headstone (in the shade), son Samuel's (d1709) headstone & footstone, daughter Thankfull's (d1713) headstone & footstone and daughter Mary's (d1714) footstone. Mary died two days before her father.

LOCATION - No. 27 on EHS 1976 Cove survey map

MATERIAL - slate

HEADSTONE - 16" W, 12" H, 3" D

FOOTSTONE - none

CONDITION - broken headstone

COMMENTS - Headstone cleaned and reset October 2000. Headstone cleaned with D/2 October 2008.


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