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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Tombstone Tuesday - More Snellings from Copp's Hill, Boston

This is a continuation of Snelling Tombstones found at Copp's Hill Burying Ground, in Boston's North End.  For the first two blog posts with more Snellings at Copp's Hill see this linkhttp://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/01/snellings-at-copps-hill-burial-ground.html

and also:
http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/06/tombstone-tuesday-snellings-in-bostons.html


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In Memory of
JOSIAH SNELLING
son of Mr. JOSIAH
& MARY SNELLING
Died Feb 11th 1783
Aged 5 Years
10 Months & 10 Days

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Here Lyes Buried
ye Body of Mr.
JOSEPH SNELLING
Who Dec.d Augst
ye 15th 1976 Aged
?????? 

[the rest of the inscription is buried because the stone has sunk]


Here lyes Buried ye
Body of Mrs Rebeckah
Snelling ??????

[this stone has also sunk, and the rest is illegible]
In Memory of
Miss REBECCA SNELLING
who departed this Life
May 26th 1802
in the 63rd Year
of her Life
The following is a page from the book Epitaphs From Copp's Hill Burial Ground, Boston, by Thomas Bridgman, J. Munroe and Company, 1851, page 214.




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2 comments:

  1. Éire HistorianJuly 12, 2011 at 8:22 AM

    Heather,

    I've really enjoying viewing your series of Snelling graves. I just love these types of stones, beautiful script with such clarity, and if I may say so, the inclusion of the pedigree is very cool. Thanks for sharing these.

    Cheers,
    Jennifer

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  2. Wendy B.July 12, 2011 at 1:02 PM

    Fantastic! I was just in Boston last month and I love visiting the cemeteries there. The winged skull tombstones are so intriguing to me. I read somewhere that 80% of the grave markers at Copp's Hill have the winged skull on them -- so cool! I even found a t-shirt with that motif on it. Thanks for sharing!

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