Easter Nye 1726

full stone

HERE LYES Ye BODY
OF Mrs EASTER NYE
DEC'D JUNE 1726
IN Ye 76 YEAR
OF HER AGE

A round winged skull with eye sockets set low in the skull. Very similar stones most likely by the same carver are John Nye (1722) - Sandwich, Desier Cowing (1723) - Provincetown and Elizabeth Linel (1725) - Orleans. The Cowing and Linel stones are the oldest in their respective cemeteries.


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