Hezekiah Purinton 1717/8

full stone tympanum

HERE LYES Ye BODY OF
DEACON HEZEKIAH
PURINTON DECEASED
JAN Ye 8 1717/8 IN Ye
42 YEAR OF HIS AGE

This gravestone displays a grim image. The indented skull has no wings to fly the soul to heaven. It has the flames of hell over the skull and it shows an hourglass and crossed bones which are death symbols. The gravestone may have been carved by the Lamsons of Boston.

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