| 84 | BRIDGEWATER, |
[Transcribed by Dale H. Cook]
330. Mr. Henry Holmes, died Nov. 3, 1834, aged 41 years.
331. Martha, daught. of Henry and Bethia Holmes, died Feb. 9, 1822, æt. 3 years and 6 mos. Also, Mary, died Feb. 8, 1832, æt. 10 mos.
332. Washington, son of Mr. Jirah Swift and Mrs. Lucy, his wife, died May 4, 1787, aged 8 weeks.
333. Jirah Swift, 1828.
334. In memory of Mrs. Penelope, ye wife of Mr. John Trask, who died Octr 20, 1751, in ye 46th year of her age.
335. Erected in memory of Mrs. Betsey Mitchell, who died Jan. 22, 1834, aged 40 years
336. In memory of Betsey, wife of William Mitchell; she died March 21, 1845, aged 75 years.
337. In memory of William Mitchell, who died March 8, 1852, aged 91 years.
338. Erected in memory of Major Thomas Mitchell, who died April 1, 1776, in ye 50 year of his age.
339. In memory of Keziah, consort of Major Thomas Mitchell; she died Feb. 25, 1815, æt. 79.
340. Here lies the body of Mrs. Olive, wife of Samuel Shaw, Esq.; she died Oct. 2, 1837, in the faith of the gospel, aged 82 years.
It is sown a natural body;
It is raised a spiritual body.
341. Here lies the body of Samuel Shaw, Esq.; he departed this life Dec. 12, 1819, aged 76, in hope of a happy immortality.
Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord.
342. Leonard Shaw, the son of Doct. Samuel and Mrs. Olive Shaw, died with the small-pox in the year 1788; eleven months old.
He was a promising child.
343. Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Hannah W., wife of Capt. Joseph Ames, who died Oct. 31, 1854, æ 72 years.
Beyond this vale of tears
There is a life above;
Unnumbered by the flight of years,
And all that life is love.
344. This stone is erected in remembrance of Capt. Joseph Ames, who died suddenly Sept. 9, A. D. 1813, aged 85. He was esteemed by all who knew, and most by those who knew him best.
Heaven gives us friends to bless the present state,
Resumes them to prepare us for the next;
Lean not on earth; 'twill pierce thee to the heart,
A broken reed at best, but oft a spear,
On its sharp point, peace bleeds, and hope expires.
345. Edward Foster, the adopted son of Mr. Timothy Hayward, died Dec. 27, 1818, æt. 6 yrs.
346. Mary M., dtr. of Timothy and Mary Hayward, died April 1, 1821, æt. 6 weeks.
Previous Contents Index to this cemetery Plan Directions Surnames Next
Copyright © 2003-2008 by Arthur Richardson and Dale H. Cook. All rights reserved.