Edward Knowles 1740

headstone headstone & footstone tympanum footstone

HERE LYES BURIED
THE BODY OF DEACON
EDWARD KNOWLES WHO
DEPARTED THIS LIFE NOV
THE 16th 1740 IN THE
70th YEAR OF HIS AGE

footstone
DEACON
EDWD KNOWLES

The gravestone displays a winged skull carved in the style of the Emmes or Codner carvers of Boston. Note that the scroll border extends around the tympanum. The top right photo shows the headstone with the footstone in the background.

LOCATION - No. 6 on EHS 1976 Cove survey map

MATERIAL - slate

HEADSTONE - 17" W, 31" H, 2" D

FOOTSTONE - 12" W, 11" H, 2" D

CONDITION - lichen growth

COMMENTS - Headstone back and edges encased in resin bonded fiberglass applied about 1977. Footstone cleaned and reset July 2000. Headstone and footstone cleaned October 2004. Fiberglass backing removed October 2008. Headstone cleaned with D/2 and reset October 2008. Footstone cleaned November 2008.


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