Shearjashub Bourn 1718/19

tympanum

HERE LYETH Ye BODY
OF SHEARJASHUB BOURN
ESQ'R WHO DEPARTED THIS
LIFE MARCH Ye 7th 1718/19
IN THE 76 YEAR OF HIS AGE

HE WAS A VIRTUOUS RIGHTEOUS & MERCIFUL MAN
AND A GREAT FRIEND TO Ye INDIANS
PRECIOUS IN Ye SIGHT OF Ye LORD
IS Ye DEATH OF THIS SAINT

The gravestone displays an indented winged skull with full wings, crossed bones and a good tympanum border. It most likely carved by the Lamsons or Nathaniel Emmes of Boston.


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