Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Tombstone Tuesday- West Tisbury Burial Ground (Martha's Vineyard)





Memento Mori
In Memory of
Mr. Bartlet Allen who
departed this Life
Oct. ye 28 1781 Aged
27 Years & 11 Months


In Memory of
Mr. JOSEPH ALLEN
decease'd Jan 5th 1798
Aged 74 Years & 6 Mo
Mr. ZADOCH ALLEN
Son of
Sd. JOSEPH & PATIENCE his wife
deceas'd in Auxcayes, Hispanola
Feby 15, 1797 Aged 35 Years
This Monument is jointly erected.



In Memory of
Mrs. PATIENCE widow of
Mr. Joseph Allen
who died
Feby 13, 1817
in her 89 th year




JOSEPH ALLEN
died
April 15 1852
AE 87 y'rs. 3 mo's.
& 7 d'ys.
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We are passing away







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Copyright 2010, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

1 comment:

  1. What gorgeous tombstones. You make me homesick for, not just the South Shore (where I grew up), but the Cape!

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