This double tombstone was photographed at the Old Burying Ground in Lexington, Massachusetts
Here lyes Buried Also here lies Buried
ye Body of Mr. ye Body of Mrs
Joseph Simmonds Mary Simmonds
Who Died Nov. Wife of Mr. Joseph
ye 12 1733 Simmonds who Died
Aged 81 yrs Decem ye 5
1732
Joseph Simonds was my 7th great grand uncle, brother to James Simonds (1658 - 1717), my 7th great grandfather. They were the sons of William Simonds and Judith Phippen, immigrants from England. Joseph Simonds married Mary Tidd on 7 March 1681 in Woburn, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of John Tidd and Rebecca Wood. The Simonds and the Tidds were both from Woburn, but this couple removed to Cambridge Farms (a contiguous town), which became known later as the town of Lexington, Massachusetts.
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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Tombstone Tuesday ~ Joseph and Mary Simonds, Lexington, Massachusetts", Nutfield Genealogy, posted June 9, 2015
( http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2015/06/tombstone-tuesday-joseph-and-mary.html: accessed [access date])
I love these old tombstones, amazing that some of them have survived.
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