Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Tombstone Tuesday ~ Ann Kelso, died 1754, Londonderry, New Hampshire

This tombstone was photographed at the Forest Hill Cemetery in East Derry, New Hampshire.


HERE LYES THE BODY OF MRS
ANN KELSO WIFE TO MR
ALEXANDER KELSO
DIED SEPTEMBER 4 1754 AGED
45 YEARS

Ann McMasters was married to Alexander Kelso on 27 December 173? by Reverend Thomas Thompson of Londonderry, New Hampshire.  Alexander Kelso was from Northern Ireland and he died on 15 September 1754, just eleven days after Ann died on 4 September 1754.   They had seven children- Margaret, Jonathan, William, Daniel, Alexander, Ann, and Elizabeth. 

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To Cite/Link to this blog post:  Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Tombstone Tuesday ~ Ann Kelso, died 1754, Londonderry, New Hampshire", Nutfield Genealogy, posted December 30, 2014, ( http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/12/tombstone-tuesday-ann-kelso-died-1754.html: accessed [access date]). 

1 comment:

  1. That stone looks like the handywork of a Harvard MA family of stone engravers

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