This tombstone was photographed at the Old Burial Ground
(First Burial Ground) in Woburn, Massachusetts.
HERE LYES Ye BODY OF
ANN CONVERS WIFE
TO JAMES CONVERS
AGED 69 YEARS
DIED AUGUST THE
10 1691
Anna (Long) Converse was my 8th great
grandmother. She was born 1 June 1623 in St. Albans, England, and died 10
August 1691 in Woburn, Massachusetts. She was the first wife of Lt. James
Converse, son of Deacon Edward Converse and Sarah Parker. Anna and James were
married on 24 October 1643 in Woburn.
Anna was the daughter of Robert Long and Sarah Taylor of
Charlestown, Massachusetts. They came to
New England aboard the ship Defence on 7 July 1635. Robert Long operated an inn in Bedfordshire,
and owned the famous “Three Cranes” in Charlestown. This inn stayed in the Long family for 100
years, and burned on 17 June 1777 when Charlestown was set on fire by the
British when they evacuated Boston.
You can read more about “The Three Cranes” inn of Charlestown, Massachusetts, where Anna grew
up, in this blog post:
My LONG lineage:
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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, “Tombstone Tuesday ~ Anna (Long) Converse,
buried 1691 in Woburn, Massachusetts”, Nutfield Genealogy, posted July 18,
2017, ( http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/07/tombstone-tuesday-anna-long-converse.html: accessed [access date]).
Beautiful stone!
ReplyDeleteThe carvings are so detailed and intricate1 Beautiful!
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