Tombstone Tuesday ~ Captain Jonathan Sparrow

Sorry, this is not Captain Jack Sparrow of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.

These gravestones were photographed at the 

Cove Burial Ground, Eastham, Massachusetts on Cape Cod. 

HERE LYES BURIED

YE BODY OF CAPT

JONATHAN SPROW

AGED 73 YEARS

DIED MARCH YE 21ST

1706/7

HERE RUSTS THE DUST

OF

RICHARD SPARROW

AND HIS WIFE

PANDORA

WHO CAME FROM KENT COUNTY ENGLAND

ABOUT 1633 AND SETTLED IN PLYMOUTH

ABOUT 1650 THEY CAME TO EASTHAM

AND SETTLED NEAR THIS PLACE

WHERE HE DIED JANUARY 8, 1660

HERE ALSO RESTS

JONATHAN SPARROW

ONLY CHILD OF RICHARD

TOGETHER WITH HIS FIRST TWO WIVES

REBECCA BANGS & HANNAH PRINCE

SETTLED IN THE PART OF EASTHAM

NOW EAST ORLEANS WHERE

AFTER FILLING MANY OFFICES OF HONOR

AND TRUST IN BOTH CHURCH AND STATE

HE DIED MARCH 21, 1706 AGED 73 YEARS

IN MEMORY OF

THESE EARLY SETTLERS OF OUR COUNTRY

WE THEIR DESCENDANTS HAVE ERECTED

THIS TABLET IN THIS CENTENNIAL YEAR

OF OUR AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE A.D. 1876

The slate on this stone
has begun to split, but it looks like
it was repaired with resin

Captain Jonathan Sparrow married Rebecca Bangs on 26 October 1654.  She was the sister to my 8x great grandfather Jonathan Bangs (1644 - 1728).  His other wife, Hannah Prince/Prence, was the granddaughter of William Brewster (1566/7 - 1644), a passenger on the Mayflower.  

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Copyright 2012, Heather Wilkinson Rojo