Joseph Crocker 1772
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The Remains
of the
REVEREND JOSEPH CROCKER
The pious, faithfull & much respected PASTOR
of the South Church in this Town
who
Willing rather to be absent from the Body
Died March 2d 1772
In the 58th Year of his Age & 33d of his Ministry
O MAN GREATLY BELOVED
Thou shall Rest
And stand in thy Lot at the
END of the DAYS
This rare stone has five symbols in the tympanum - hourglass, shovel, crossed bones, pick and tree of life in the lower right corner. Also the use of an indented tympanum with a winged skull is unusual. See Elizabeth Sears (1764) - Chatham for another stone with multiple symbols.
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