Tombstone Tuesday ~ Agnes (Hunking) Sherburne, d. 1728, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

This tombstone was photographed at the Point of Graves Burial Ground in Portsmouth, New Hampshire

HERE LYES BURIED

THE BODY OF

Mrs. AGNIS SHURBURN

AGED 33 YEARS

DECd.  OCTr. Ye 10th

1728

Agnes Hunking, daughter of Mark Hunking and Mary Leavitt, was born about 1693 and died 10 October 1728 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.  She married Edward Sherburne on 25 July 1716.  He was the son of Capt. John Sherburne and Mary Cowell.    Agnes's father, Mark Hunking, was the Chief Justice of New Hampshire from 1712 - 1729.  She had two daughters, Marie and Sarah, both baptized at the South Church.

Agnes's husband, Edward Sherburne, is my 1st cousin 10 generations removed.  His father, Captain John Sherburne is my 9th great grand uncle.  I descend from John's brother, Captain Samuel Sherburne (1638 - 1691). 

For more information see Some Descendants of Henry and John Sherburne of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, by Edward Raymond Sherburne, 1904. 

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Tombstone Tuesday ~ Agnes (Hunking) Sherburne, d. 1728, Portsmouth, New Hampshire", Nutfield Genealogy, posted October 31, 2017, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/10/tombstone-tuesday-agnes-hunking.html: accessed [access date]).