Bethshua Bourn 1714

headstone tympanum

HERE LYES BURIED
Ye BODY OF Mrs
BETHSHUA BOURN WIFE
TO SHEARJASHUB BOURN
ESQ'R DECEAS'D MAY Ye 13th
1714 IN THE 67th
YEAR OF HER AGE

It is unusual to find a gravestone from the early 1700's with an image other than a winged skull. This gravestone displays a vase with wilted flowers. It is carved in the style of John Noyes (1674 - 1749) of Boston who also was a silversmith.


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