Tombstone Tuesday ~ Betty Thorndike, died 1765, age 13, Beverly, Massachusetts

This tombstone was photographed at the Abbott Hale Cemetery in Beverly, Massachusetts

In Memory of Miss

BETTY THORNDIKE

Daughter of Coln.

LARKIN & Mrs RUTH

THORNDIKE who

died Augt. 1765

Aged 13 years. 

Betty Thorndike was the 13 year old daughter of Colonel Larkin Thorndike and Ruth Woodbury.  Ruth is my 3rd cousin, 7 generations removed. Ruth's great grandfather, Thomas Woodbury (1639 - 1718) is the brother of two of my 9th great grandfathers - Isaac Woodbury (1643/4 - 1725) and also Humphrey Woodbury (1647 - 1724).  Ruth also had another great grandfather, John Woodbury (born 1630), who was the son of my 11th great grandfather, John Woodbury (1583 - 1642/3). 

Ruth Woodbury is also a descendant of John Proctor (hanged as a witch in 1692) and Edward Larkin (1615 - 1652), who are also my ancestors.  Her husband Larkin Woodbury is also a descendant of Edward Larkin, the immigrant. 

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Tombstone Tuesday ~ Betty Thorndike, died 1765, age 13, Beverly, Massachusetts", Nutfield Genealogy, posted August 7, 2018, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/08/tombstone-tuesday-betty-thorndike-died.html: accessed [access date]).