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MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS

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JAMES EVANS, WIFE OF EDWARD EVANS, SHIPWRIGHT OF THIS TOWN, OB. 7 AUGT., 1795, AET. 24, AND JOHN EVANS, HIS BROTHER, OB. 19 JULY, 1796, AET. 26.

92.

(Ab.) ALEXR. FULLERTON, ESQ., OB. 4 JANY., 1850, AET. 62. ALSO HIS WIFE, ANN FULLERTON, OB. 7 NOV., 1855, AET. 49. ALSO ELIZABETH, WIFE OF ALEXR. FULLERTON, DY. ORDNANCE STOREKEEPER, OB. 9 SEP., 1825, AET. 33.

93.

(Ab.) CAPT. PETER COCHRAN, 35 YEARS, HARBOUR MASTER OF KINGSTON, OB. 8 JANY., 1829, AET. 74.

94.

(Ab.) JAMES MORRIS, ESQ., MERCHANT, OB. 17 JUNE, 1811, AET. 66.

95.

(Ab.) JAMES BRYDON, ESQ., MERCHT., OB. 7 AUGT., 1840, AET. 44: HE WAS AN ALDERMAN OF KINGSTON, AND MEM. OF ASSEMBLY.

Ab.) HUGH WRIGHT, ESQ., MERCHT., OB. 25 NOV., 1819, AET. 38.

Slab turned on its side, and showing only the name " WILLIAM."

IN MEMORY OF ANN WATER, A NATIVE OF THIS ISLAND, AND MOTHER-IN-LAW TO JOSEPH NOTT. SHE DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 19th OF APRIL, 1737, IN THE 80th YEAR OF HER AGE.

ELIZABETH NOTT, WIFE OF JOSEPH NOTT & DAU. OF G. WALTER, OB. 1764, OCT. 6, AET. 73, &C., &C.

99.

(Ab.) HENRY TURTON, OF THIS PLACE, GENTLEMAN, OB. 16 NOV. 1779, AET. 42. HE WAS A NATIVE OF OLVESTON, GLOCESTERSHIRE IN ENGLAND. ALSO WILLIAM HIS SON, OB. 29 AUGT., 1781, AET. 4 JAMES, HIS SON, OB. 29 MARCH, 1814, AET. 35&C., &C., &C.

100.

(Ab.) WILLIAM LEADLEY, OB. 21 MAY, 1835, AET. 35. HIS WIDOW, SUSAN BERDOE, OB. 8 JUNE, 1839, AET 36.


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HIC JACET HENRICUS GULIELMUS SMYTH FRANCISCI GEORGII SMYTH ARMIGERI DE GOSHEIN, IN PAROCHIA HUJUS INSULAE STA ELIZABETHA FILII NATU SECUNDI LONDINI NATUS OBIIT KINGSTONAE, DIE NOVEMBRIS VICESSIMO TERTIO, AN. D. MDCCCXXV AETATIS SUAE XXII.

102.

HERE LIE THE REMAINS OF ALEXR. SINCLAIR, OF MURR, AYRSHIRE, N.B., WHO DIED 20th JANY., 1825, AGED 19 YEARS.

Ab.) GARRET DAGHERTY, OB. 22 AUGT., 1809, AET. 40.

Ab.) JOSEPH HARRIS, SON OF JOHN HARRIS, OF BRISTOL, ARRIVED IN JAMAICA 17 MAY, AND DIED JUNE 9th, 1798, AET. 30.

Ab.) MR. ROBERT AGUILAR, OB. 19 FEB., 1859.

Ab.) JOHN GRAHAM, ESQR., MERCHT., OB. MARCH 15, 1799, AET. 74.

107.

(Ab.) ROBT. R. P. THURTLE, ESQUIRE, LATE OF LONDON, DIED AFTER A RESlDENCE IN THE ISLAND OF TWO MONTHS, APRIL 30, 1835, AET. 44, (ERECTED BY WIDOW.)

108.

NATHANIEL MARSTON, ESQ., LATE OF THIS CITY, BORN 30 JUNE, 1798, OB. 18 JANY., 1831 ALSO LOUISA, DAUR. OF NATHL. & SARAH MARSTON, BORN 27 MAY, 1826, DIED 7 FEB, 1840 ALSO CHARLES ROBERTSON DEWDNEY, BORN 6 DECR., 1831, DIED 29 JULY, 1834. ALSO EDWARD WEIR DEWDNEY, INFANT SON OF CHARLES & CHARLOTTE DEWDNEY, BORN 14 JULY, 1834, DIED 25 DEC. 1836.

SEE table of Pedigree, p. 123.

109

S. M. CAROLI BLACKWELL, M.D., FIL. ET FRAT. T. T. BLACKWELL, IN ACAD. MARISCALL. ABREDACENSI, GYMNASIARCHARUM CUI SUMMUM INGENIUM SUMMA OPE EXCULTUM PRIMITIAS IN ARTE SUA DETULIT IMMATURE RAPTUS BONIS DOCTISQUE FLEBILIS SIBI NOMEN SUIS MOESTITIAM, INSULAE HUIC DESIDERIUM RELIQUIT A. AETAT. XXXIIX. (sic).

MARITO BENE MER., UXOR MOER. P.

(SIC) ALSO HENRY CROFT PRINCE, SON OF THOMAS & MARY ANN PRINCE,

DEPARTED THIS LIFE 20th NOV. 1798, AGED 3 MONTHS,


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110.

(Ab.) MR. MICHAEL PARKER, OB. 9 NOV., 1779, AET. 24. ALSO JOSEPH PARKER, ESQ., OB. 14 JUNE, 1783, AGED 41. ALSO JAMES WORSFOLD, ESQ., OB. 3 FEB., 1787, AET. 42. ALSO GEO. PARKER, ESQ., OB. 17 OCT., 1787, AET. 48.

(Ab.) JOHN POTTER, ESQ., OB. 16 OCT., 1845, AET. 72.

HERE was a family of Potter, supposed to have come from "Ogbourne" at an early period, to Jamaica, whereof was Elizabeth P., 1st w. of Sir N. Lawes (m. 1680, d. 1681).

112.

Ab.) ROBERT MURRAY OF THE PAR. OF VERE, MERCHT., OB. 19 MARCH, 1795, AET. 45. A DUTIFULL SON & A KIND FRIEND.

113.

MAURICE WEST, OB. 16 SER, 1832 SARAH HIS WIFE, OB. 18 MARCH, 1820 ALSO THEIR SONS, WM. HENRY, OB. 28 JUNE, 1822 STEWART, OB. 12 Nov., 1830. MAURICE, OB. 31 JUNE, 1830. ALSO THEIR NEPHEW WILLIAM HENRY, OB. 17 JULY, 1835.

114.

JAMES PEAKE HUNT, SON OF JAS. & SOPHIA HUNT, OF THIS CITY, OB. 18 JUNE, 1795, AGED 2 MTHS. ALSO HESTER MARY HUNT, HIS SISTER, OB. 30 SEP. 1809, AET. 13 & 1 M. ALSO THEIR BRO. CHARLES GEORGE, OB. 9 NOV. 1809 AET. 2 YR. 9 M. ALSO EDWARD JAMES HUNT, WHO DIED AT BROMPTON, NEAR LONDON, 18 MAY, 1813, AGED 12. ALSO THE SAID SOPHIA HUNT, MOTHER OF THE ABOVE, OB. 26 JUNE, 1835, AET. 73 LIKEWISE WM. AUGUSTUS HUNT, LATE HEAD MASTER AT WOLMER'S FREE SCHOOL, AND LAST SURVIVING SON OF THE ABOVE, OB. 21 NOV. 1852, AET. 50.

BRANCH of the Barbadian family of Hunt (whereof was Leigh Hunt, the eminent author, and his son, Thornton Hunt, a highly-esteemed member of the press, &c.) settled in Jamaica, where many notices of it occur in the public records.

In the register of St. Catherine's, Jamaica, is recorded the marriage of a Thomas Hunt and Anne Allen, in 1674. The following is from a MS. of the Hon. Mr. Justice W. D. Bruce: "John Hunt, of Jamaica (1713), had by his w., Susanna, a son, John of Barbados, and two daurs.; Richard, bro. of John H., senr, was of Barbados, and had two sons, Richard and John."

115.

Ab.) JOHN WILLAN, LATE MERCHT. OF THIS TOWN, OB. 6th MARCH, 1794, AET. 28. ALSO MRS. ELIZAB. JANE NORTON, WIDOW, OB. 6 APL., 1795, AET. 50.

116.

(Ab.) JANE, WIFE OF JASPER FARMER CARGILL, BARR. AT LAW, BORN 20 JUNE, 1810, OB. 30, SEP., 1842.

117.

Ab.) CORNELIUS DALY, OB. 6 APL., 1800, AET. 48.

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118.

(Ab.) WILLIAM ROSEMAN, MERCHT., (ERECTED THIS TOMB) IN MEMORY OF HIS MOTHER, ELINOR ROSEMAN, WHO DIED 30 MAY, 1754, AET. 40.

119.

(Ab.) PHILIP MCDONALD, ESQ., MERCHT, DIED AT CASHEW GROVE, PEN., SEP. 5, 1823, AET. 33 ALS0 THOMAS, HIS ELDEST SON, OB. 22 NOV. 1828, AET. 5 YRS. 11 MTHS.

120.

ROBERT STIRLING, ESQ., OF HAMPTON, IN THE PARISH OF ST. JAMES FIFTH SON OF WILLIAM STIRLING, OF KEIR, IN THE COUNTY OF PERTHSHIRE, SCOTLAND, WHO DIED SEPTEMBER THE 28th, 1808, AGED 36 YEARS.

THIS family is now represented by Sir W. Stirling Maxwell, Bart., of Pollok. The branches of Kippenross and Kippendavic were also connected with Jamaica. Patrick, s. of John S., of the latter, m. a dau. of George Wedderburn, of Par. Westmoreland ; and Wm. S., his yr. bro., in. the dau. and h. of Henry Barrett, of Cinnamon Hill. See " Baronetage."

121.

Ab.) HERE LIETH THE BODY OF CHRISTIANA BETHUNE, DAUGHTER TO JOHN, AND MARY ANNE BETHUNE, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 15th OCTR. 90, AGED 6 YEARS. ALSO DONCAN JOHN BETHUNE, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 29th DECEMR., 90, AGED 13 MONTHS.

122.

(Ab.) MR. JOHN EVANS, LATE OF NESTON, IN CHESHIRE, OB. 5 DEC. 1761, AET. 27.

123.

GEORGE CRIMBLE SHERSTONE, SON OF ARTHUR & ELIZABETH SHERSTONE, OB. 7 NOVR., 1746, AET. 2 Y. 8 D. ALSO ELIZABETH PRICE, MOTHER OF ELIZABETH SHERSTONE, OB. I SEP., 1754, AET. 53 YEARS, 6 MONTHS, & 19 DAYS. ALSO SAMUEL LEWIS, SON OF JOHN & ELIZABETH LEWIS (FATHER OF THE ABOVE NAMED SAMUEL LEWIS), OB. 14 OCT., 1770, AET. 39. 11 . 12 DAYS.

124.

(Ab.) ROBERT FREDERICK SPEARMAN EPPES, 3d SON OF DY. COMMISSARY GENERAL EPPES, DIED OF YELLOW FEVER 1st AUGUST, 1849, AET. 7 YEARS

125.

Ab.) HON. HECTOR MITCHEL, MAYOR, & CUSTOS ROT. OF KINGSTON, MEM. OF ASSLY., &C., OB. 27 MAY, 1853, AET. 74.

126.

(Ab.) HENRY ROBARTS HIBBERT, YOUNGEST SON OF GEO. HIBBERT, OF LONDON, AGENT FOR THIS ISLAND, OB. 14 JULY, 1825, AET. 20.

FOR an account of this family, and that of Nembhard, see Burke's " Landed Gentry," ed. 1871.


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127.

Ab.) HONBLE. GEO. KINGHORNE, ESQ. CUSTOS ROT. OF KINGSTON, MERCHANT, OB. AFTER AN ILLNESS OF 5 YEARS SEPTR. 6, 1823, AET. 73.

128.

Ab.) MARY, WIFE OF WALTER BUOR LODGE, OB. 10 FEB. 1745, AET. 32.

129.

Ab.) MR. PATRICK TURNER, MERCHT, OF KINGSTON, OB. 4 FEB. 1767, AET. 28.

130.

MILBE JOHNSON OF THIS PARISH, PLANTER, OB. JUNE 2d, 1778, AGED 53. LIKEWISE WILLIAM JOHNSON, OB. 12 AUGT., 1755, AGED 5 MTHS. SUSANNA JOHNSON, OB. 18 JUNE, 1757, AET. 9 MTHS, ANN JOHNSON, OB. 31 JANUARY, 1763, AET. 1 YR. CHILDREN OF THE ABOVE.

131.

(Ab.) ANDREW PETERKIN, OB. JULY 26, 1815, AET. 62. Also MR. GEO. CALDER, OB. 14 DEC, 18 15, AET. 22. ALSO MISS ELIZABETH BOWlE, OB. 4 NOV. 1818, AET. 18 MTHS. 8 DAYS 12. MARY ANN BOWIE, OB. 4 MAY, 1820, AET. 15 MTHS. ALSO GEO. CALDER, SENIOR, OB. 15 JUNE, 1821, AGED 64 YEARS. ALSO MR. JOHN MACFEEAT .............................. 1824. (Imperfect.)

132.

(Ab.) CHARLES WALPOLE GROSSETT, ESQ., OB. 31 MARCH, 1852, AET. 25

YOUNGT. SON OF THE CUSTOS OF ST. GEORGE'S PAR.

SEE " Peerage," " Orford," Robert, 4th s. of Sir Robert, m. in 1780, Diana, d. of W. Grosset.

133.

Ab.) MR. JOHN REIDHEAD, OB. 7 FEB., 1821, AET. 35.

134.

WILLIAM JAMES IRONFOUNDER, OB. NOV. 14, 1816, AET. 52. ALSO THOMAS JAMES IRONFOUNDER, HIS NEPHEW, OB. 9 SEP. 1825, AET. 27, & SON OF HIS BROTHER & COPARTNER THOMAS. ALSO ELIZABETH JAMES, SISTER OF THE ABOVE WILLIAM & THOMAS, DIED AT ST. JOHN'S, NEW BRUNSWICK, 28th FEBY., 1829 AET. 23. ALSO THEIR FATHER, WILLIAM JAMES, OB. 9 JULY, 1841, AET. 45.

135.

THE REVD. JOSEPH BETHUNE, A.M, FORMERLY MINISTER OF THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH OF SCOTLAND, AT RENTON, OB. 5th JUNE, 1800. ALSO WALTER REID, OB. DEC. 3d, 1804, AET. 4 y., 5/12. STEPHEN REID, OB. DEC. 7, 1804, AET. 14 MTHS. MARY REID, OB. OCT. 29, 1807, AET. 1 10/12. MARGARET REID, OB. MAY 12, 1808, AET 8/12.; MARY ANN, WIFE OF CHARLES BROWN, OB. 28 OCT., 1814, AET. 30, THEIR BELOVED CHILD CHARLES BEST, OB, 26, NOV. FOLLG, AET. 4 YRS. 8 DAYS.


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E. C. BROWN, M.D, OF GLASGOW UNIVERSITY, OB. NOV. 1, 1835, AET. 20, 4/12, EBENEZER REID, OB. 25 MAY, 1843, AET. 66. ELIZABETH, HIS WIFE, OB. 13 MARCH, 1845, AET. 37 & 10/12 AND WALTER BUCHANAN REID, OB. Nov. 8, 1847, AET 35.

136.

EDWARD, ONLY SON OF WILLIAM VIMPANY (?) OF THE PARISH OF ST. JAMES IN THE CITY OF BRISTOL, GENT., BY MARY, HIS WIFE. WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 17th DAY OF AUGUST, 1736, AET. 17 YEARS . .................. (on the same) NEPHEW OF CAPT. STOKES ........DEAR............... ...... HIS PARENTS JOY BEWAILED ......................FLIGHT LIGHT.

137.

MRS. ELIZ SMITH, WIFE OF MR . W. II.

138.

(Ab.) JOHN RIENSSETT, ESQ., OB. 22 DEC., 1826, AET. 47.

ERECTED BY HIS SON.)

139.

(Ab.) EDWARD LYNCH NEMBHARD, OB. 13 MAY, 1779, AET, 5 YRS. 9 MTHS. & 5 DAYS, 5TH SON OF JOHN AND ANN NEMBHARD, OF THE PARISH OF ST. MARY.

SEE note to Hibbert.

140.

(Ab.) ELIZABETH, WIFE OF MR. JAMES STEWART, OF KINGSTON, BLACKSMITH, OB. 29th JANY., 1734, AET. 36. LIKEWISE JAMES, SON OF THE ABOVE, OB. NOV. 15, 1751, AET. 10 YRS.

141.

Ab.) MR. HENRY LANG, OB. MARCH 20, 1739, AET. 31.

142.

Ab.) ELIZABETH WOODCOCK, OB. 30 APL., 1805, AET. 39.

143.

Ab.) WILLM. CARGILL, ESQ., OB. 13 JANUARY, 1819, AET. 49.

1. Robert Dallas, of Dallas Castle, Jamaica = Elizabeth, d. of Col. T. Cormack.

.....2. Stuart George = Elizabeth, d. of Samuel Jackson.

........3. Saml. Jackson, b. 1787, d. 1861= Margaret Morison

............4.Morison = .....

............4. Sarah (1) = N. MARSTON d. 1831 = Lascelles (2)

................ [Marston/Lascelles] Edward

................................................John.

................................................Thomas.

.................................................Jane = W. CARGILL.*

.................................................Louisa.

............4. Margt. = J. Duff.

........3. Alexr. James, Officer in Guards = ... Smith.

............4. G. M. Dallas, US. Minister in London.

........3. Charlotte=C. DEWDNEY.

............4. Charles R., Edward W.

.....2. Hen. Charlotte = G. A. Byron.

........3. Lord Byron (7th)

.....2. Robert.

.....2. Charles.

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* Thomas, son of Col. P. Beckford (1731), "slain, it is believed, in an encounter with one, Cargill." - MS. of C. E. Long. This is the earliest notice the author has found of this name in Jamaica.


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MRS. MARTHA CARFRAE, WIFE OF JAMES CARFRAE, OF THIS CITY, OB. 17 APL., 1816, AET. 40.

145.

JOHN ROXBURGH, JUNR., OB. 7 SEP., 1770, AET. 18 MTHS. MARTHA, HIS MOTHER, AND WIFE OF JOHN ROXBURGH, GOLDSMITH, OF THIS CITY, OB. 15 NOVR., 1776, AET. 41, &C., &ALSO, JOHN MOYLE, OB. 24 JANY., 1838, AET. 9/12, MARGARET MOYLE, OB. 18 FEBY., 1841, AET. I YR. ANNETTE ORMISTON, OB. 28 JULY, 1841, AET. 3 YRS. CHILDREN OF THE REVD. T. B. TURNER, ISLAND CURATE, &C., &C SARAH ANN TURNER, MOTHER OF THE SAID THREE CHILDREN, OB. 20 JULY, 1856, AET. 38.

146.

(Ab.) MR. EDWARD COWELL, MERCHANT OF THIS CITY, OB, 30 AUGT., 1841, AET. 68. ALSO, CHARLOTTE, HIS WIFE, OB. 22 SEP., 1854, AET. 79.

147.

HENRIETTA S. ABRAHAMS, DIED 1st NOVR., 1857, AGED 4 MONTHS.

148.

Ab.) MRS. E. S. COX, OB. NOV. 8, 1844.

149.

MARY AIKMAN AND LOUISA SUSANNA WELLS CHILDREN OF JAMES SMITH AND FRANCES, HIS WIFE BORN AT MONTEGO BAY, 3d DEC. 1840 DIED IN KINGSTON, 10 AUGT., 1844. (The rest covered up.)

150.

(Ab.) MRS. PHILLIS SAUNDERS, OB. 11 DEC., 1781, AET. 35. ALSO TWO OF HER CHILDREN MARY, OB. 10 APRIL, 1780, AET. 3 MTHS. AND 25 DAYS SUSANNA, OB. 19 NOV. 1781, AET. 3 MTHS.

151.

Ab.) EMMA MARRIOTT PEN[?R]KINS, OB. 16 APL., 1830, AET. 3 Y. 8 M. 17 D., &C., &C.

152.

(Ab.) MRS. ELIZABETH DONALDSON, OB. 10 MARCH, 1841, AET. 80. (HER GRANDCHILDREN SURVIVING).

153.

(Ab.) MR. WILLM. COUPLAND, OB. 9 JUNE, 1811, AET. 34.

154.

(Ab.) WM. P[?B]RANCH, MERCHT, OB. 17 FEB., 1811, AET. 39.


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155.

(Ab.) JAMES BIGGAR, ESQ., A NATIVE OF DUMFRIES, AND MERCHT. OF KINGSTON, OB. 25 JUNE, 184, AET, 25. HIS AFFECTIONATE UNCLE, JAMES WALKER, ESQ., ERECTED THIS MONUMENT. IN THE SAME GRAVE, ALSO IS INTERRED HIS YOUNGER BROTHER, JOHN BIGGAR, ESQR., OB. 13 JULY, 1829.

156.

(Ab.) HONBLE. JOHN NETHERSOLE, CUST. ROT, BORN 2d JUNE, 1791, OB. 4 JUNE, 1862. HE ARRIVED IN JAMAICA, 9 JUNE, 1808.

157.

(Ab.) ELIZA, DAUR. OF B0SWELL MIDDLETON, AND ELIZA, HIS WIFE, DIED 7th JANUARY, 1836, AGED 10 MONTHS.

158.

(Ab.) JAMES DYKON, ESQ., OB. 25 NOV., 1801, AET. 30 YRS. 8 MTHS. 10 DAYS.

159.

(Ab.) EDWARD NATHANIEL BANCROFT, ESQR., M. D., DEPY. INSPT. GENL. OF ARMY HOSPLS., OB. 18 SEP., 1842, AET. 70 ALSO HIS WIFE, URSULA HILL, OB. 31 JANY., 1830, AET 40. GEORGE AUGUSTUS B., OB. 11 MAY, 1824, AET. 5 MTHS. CHAS. AUGUSTUS B., OB. 11 APRIL, 183..., AET. 7 weeks. URSULA MARIA B., OB. 30 AUGT., 1840, AET. 24 CHILDREN OF THE ABOVE E. N. B. & U. H.

160.

ELIZABETH SALLY BERRY, DIED 5th NOVR., 1795, AGED ........... (the date not inserted). RICHARD BERRY, DIED 10th FEBY., 1797, AGED 37.

161.

CHARLES ARMSTRONG, INFT. SON OF DAVID & MARY BRANDON, OB, 30 MAY, 1852, AET. 1 11/12. ALSO OLETHIA CONSTANTIA, THEIR DAUR., NAT. OCT., 1857, OB. 21 AUGT., 1858.

162.

Ab.) WILLM. HODGSON, OB. 6 FEB., 1840, AET. 2.

163.

HEAR LYES THE BODY OF ELIZABETH PRICE WACOMB, WHO DEPARTED THIS

LIFE SEP. 23d, 1813, AGED 47 YEARS & 6 MTHS. ALSO HER SISTER, SARAH, OB. 3d MARCH, 1822, AET. 53 YRS. 10 MTHS.

N.B. The letters of the inscription are intermixed capitals and italics.


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164.

Ab.) J. C. L. HART, DIED 7th MARCH, 1850, AET. 22.

165.

HERE LIES THE BODY OF MISS ELIZABETH EVEY? WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 22d DAY OF JANUARY,....07, AGED 45 YEARS.

166.

(Ab.) JUANA, INFT. DAUR. OF ALEXR. NAAR DEGRAFF, ESQR., OB. 4 JULY, 1862, AET. 18 MTHS.

167.

THE FAMILY VAULT OF FRANCIS PITT. 1790.

168.

(Ab.) WELLWOOD HYSLOP, ESQR., M. OF ASSLY. FOR PT. ROYAL, OB. 16 FEB., 1845, AET. 65.

169.

IN SPE LAETAE RESURRECTIONIS SUB HOC MARMORE JACET CORPUS CLEMENTI HOY FOYSTER QUI OBIIT 6 DIE DECEMBRIS, 1763 ANNO QUARTO AETATIS SUAE ITEM (QUI PRIUS INSCRIBI OPORTUIT) MARIAE FOYSTER, OB 9 NOV., 1746, AET. ..................JOSHUAE FOYSTER OB.21 NOV., 1752, AET. 4. MARIAE FOYSTER OB 29 SEP., 1758, AET. 5.

REMAINDER abridged and in English.

170.

(Ab.) CLEMENT FOYSTER, OB. 30 JULY, 1765, AET. 2. CALEB FOYSTER, FATHER OF THE ABOVE, OB. 13 MAY, 1777, AET. 69, &c.

171.

Ab.) ELIZABETH LYNCH, OB. 2 APRIL, 1762, AET. 30.

172.

MR. WM. LEWIS, SURGEON, WHO DYED NOVR. 8th, 1733, IN THE 44th YEAR OF HIS AGE.

173.

MRS. ELIZABETH WELLS, WIFE OF MR. RICHARD WELLS, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE IN GREAT BRITAIN, THE 4th JANY. 1766, AGED 43 YEARS ALSO THEIR SONS AND DAURS..


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THOMAS, OB. NOV. 4, 1753, AET. 4. MARY, OB. JANY. 7, 1754, AET. 2. SARAH, OB. NOV. 1, 1763. ELIZABETH, OB. FEB. 26, 1764. ANN, DIED IN GT. BRIT., FEB. 28, 1769, AET. 13. ALSO THE CHILDREN OF THE SAID RICHARD, BY HIS SECOND WIFE: CHARLES .......................... BERKLEY ....... RICHARD ....... JOHN

Partially covered.

174.

Ab.) DAVID BLACK, OB. 23 SEP., 1813.

175.

JOHN CORAM, OB. NOV. 23, ......04, AGED 27 YEARS. MRS. E. H. MANING, OB. JULY 6, 1852, AGED 72. SOPHIA STANLEY PALMES, OB. NOVR. 8, 1853, AET. 15 MTHS.

176.

Ab.) MARY ANNE BERGE, OB. 22 JUNE, 1844, AET. 74.

177.

Ab.) MR. GEO. LEE, OB. 6 OCT., 1813, AET. 43. ERECTED BY HIS FRIENDS.

178.

(Ab.) J. G. LORRAIN, OB. 12 DEC., 1812, AET. 47. ALSO HIS WIFE, SUSAN MARGARET, OB. 15 JANY., 1829, AET. 63.

179.

(Ab.) JAMES LAWSON, ESQ., OB. 8 DEC., 1803, AET. 38.

180.

LARGE tomb, without any tablet or inscription.

181.

HERE LYETH THE BODY OF ELIZABETH, LATE WIFE OF WILLIAM GORDON, ESQR. WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE FEBRUY. THE 2nd, 1727, AGED 28 yEARS. ALSO THE BODY OF THEIR SON WILLIAM, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE AUGUST YE 10th 1725, AGED ONE YEAR AND 4 MONTHS. LIKEWISE THE BODY OF


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THEIR SON JOHN, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE OCTOBER THE 24th, 1725, AGED 14 DAYS.

W. M. Slab.

182.

LYES THE BODY OF JOSEPH POYNTZ OF KINGSTON, IN YE ISLAND OF JAMAICA MERCHANT WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON. 24 DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1728 AGED 37 YEARS. "TEACH US THE NUMBER OF OUR DAYS, THAT WE MAY APPLY OURSELVES TO WISDOM."

PSALM XC. 12.

W. M. Slab; Arms, Barry of eight, on third bar a crescent. Crest, Over an esquire's helmet, a dexter hand closed.

183.

(Ab.) ARCHIBALD GARBRAND, ESQ., OB. JULY 5, 1798, AGED 36 YEARS. ALSO JANUARY 25th, 1789, DIED W.................GARBRAND, SON OF ARCHIBALD, AGED 11 [?] YEARS, DEC. 15, 1789. ALSO MARY ANN GARBRAND, AGED [3 YEARS ?]

Altar Tomb.

184.

(Obl.) PHARAOH WHO THIS LYFE 27 DEC., 1804, AGED 48 YEARS.

185.

HERE LYETH THE BODY OF MRS. ANN STEPHENSON THE WIFE OF MR. ROBERT STEPHENSON OF THE PARISH OF KINGSTON CARPENTER, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 19th DAY OF AUGUST 1783, AGED 37 YEARS.

N. B. This slab lies on the top of another, of which the only inscribed portion seen bears :

186.

ANN STOUTINBURGH, DIED THE 7th AUGT., 1781, AE. 80.

187.

MR. JOHN BURROWS, OB. FEB. 12, 1807, AET. 39 ALSO TWO OF HIS CHILDREN, VIZ., JOHN B., OB. JUNE 9, 1800, ALT. 8 M. 13 DAYS; ELIZABETH B., OB. SEP. 13, 1800, AET. 17 YRS. 11 MTHS. 20 DAYS.

188.

(Ab.) THE HONBLE, JOHN JAQUES, CUSTOS ROT. AND CH MAGIST. OF THIS CITY, OB. 5 JAN., 1815, AET. 74.


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189.

......Y NOE ............ (The remains of the sculptured mantling of a Coat of Arms.)

Fragt. of Slab.

190.

(Ab.) ELIZABETH, WIFE OF ANDREW DUNN, M. D., 2d DAUR. OF W. S. TONCE, BARR.-AT-LAW, OB. 26 OCT., 1850, AET. 44 Y. 5 M. 10 DS.(Two lines follow then) WILLIAM SHERRIFFE TONGE DUNN, BORN 19 NOV., 1840, DIED .. JANUARY, 1861.

191.

(Ab.) PETER DELMESTRE, SURGEON, OB. 2d NOV., 1746. HAD ISSUE BY HIS WIFE, MARY, 2 SONS & 2 DAURS., VIZ. JOHN DELMESTRE, BORN 26 DEC., 1745, DIED 24 MAY, 1753, AET. 8 YRS. 5 MTHS. ANN DELMESTRE, BORN 26 Nov., 1738, DIED 8 MAY, 1760, AET. 20 YRS. 6 MTHS. PETER DELMESTRE, BORN 6 AUGT., 1741, DIED 26 JUNE, 1763, AET. 21 YRS. 10 MTHS. MARY DELMESTRE, BORN 13 AUGT., 1746, DIED 13 NOV., 1768, AET. 22 YRS. 3 MTHS.

Also,

MARY BOURQUIN, GRANDMOTHER TO THE ABOVE CHILDREN, OB 10 AUGT., 1753, AET. 79.

continued,

SAMUEL GREGORY, MERCHANT IN THIS TOWN, MARRIED MARY DELMESTRE, WIDOW OF THE ABOVE PETER DELMESTRE, BY WHOM HE HAD ISSUE, 3 DAUGHTERS, VIZ. CATHERINE GREGORY, BORN 10th APRIL, 1751, MARRIED TO DOCTOR SIMON MCKENZIE DIED 31st MARCH, 1771, AGED 20 YEARS. SUSANNAH GREGORY, BORN OCTOBER, 1762, DIED AN INFANT. JEAN GREGORY, BORN NOV. 30th, 1753, MARRIED HUGH POLSON, ESQ. DIED 12th OCT., 1776. BY HER HE HAD ISSUE: MARY DOROTHY POLSON, BORN 4th Nov., 1773, & DIED 5th NOVEMBER, FOLLOWING. THIS IS PLACED BY ORDER, & AT THE EXPENSE OF THE SAID HUGH POLSON, IN MEMORY OF HIS DEARLY BELOVED WIFE AND DAUGHTER.

SEE pedigree of Gregory, of Jamaica.

192.

HERE LYETH THE BODY OF RICHARD LAMB, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 15 DAY DECEMBER, 1716 AGED 36 YEARS. ALSO HENRY LAMB, HIS SON, DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 22 OF OCTOBER, 1716 AGED FOUR YEARS.


130 JAMAICA.

HERE ALSO LYES INTERRED THE BODY OF MRS. ELIZABETH THOMAS, DAUGHTER TO THE ABOVE RICHARD LAMB, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 3d OF FEBRY., 1765, AGED 56 YEARS.

193.

..............LYETH THE BODY OF ............TH MERCHANT, ..............THIS LIFE THE 27th ..................26 YEARS.

Fragment.

194.

(Ab.) LEONARD WRAY SENIOR, ESQ., & MARY, HIS WIFE. ERECTED BY THEIR DAU, ELIZAB. PARKINSON. THE LATTER DIED 13 AUGT., 1781, AET. 46. THE FORMER 12th AUGT., 1782, AET. 56.

Altar Tomb.

195.

MARY WHITFIELD, WIFE OF WILLIAM WHITFIELD, OF THIS TOWN, MERCHANT, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 16th JULY, 1765, IN CHILDBED, OF HER THIRD SON, &C., &C, LIKEWISE 3 SONS OF WM. & MARY WHITFIELD. ALSO, ELIZABETH HILL WHITFIELD, SECOND WIFE OF THE ABOVE WILLM. WHITFIELD, OB. 3d AUGT., 1772, IN HER 65th [?] YEAR.

196.

(Ab.) Miss JANE TYNDALL, OF THIS TOWN, B0RN 4tH AUGT., 1730, OB. 3d SEPTR., 1810. ALSO, MRS. DOROTHY DUCOMMUN, OB. 4th OCTR., 1813, AET. 78. ALSO, MRS. ELEONER TYNDALL, OB. 23d JULY, 1814, AGED (not inserted).

197.

(Ab.) MARGARET HILL, WIFE OF STEPHEN HILL, ESQR., MERCHANT, OF THIS TOWN, OB. 9 SEP., 1798, IN HER 28th YEAR, &C. PROBABLY of the same family as Colonel Stephen J. Hill, C. B., Governor of Newfoundland.

198.

(Ab) EDWARD ARTHUR, INFT. SON OF CHARLES B. & OLIVIA MOSSE, OB. 6th MARCH, 1859.ALSO, ANN RAMOS, WIFE OF DAVID RAMOS, ESQ., MERCHT., OB. 30 MAY, 1858, AET. 51 & 7 M.

Lines commencing:" DEAR IS THE SPOT WHERE CHRISTIAN," &C.

ALSO, OLIVIA SPREY, THEIR DAUR., OB. 10 MARCH, 1860, AET. 22.


MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS. 131

199.

TO THE MEMORY OF MR. JOHN MUZZLE, OB, 5 JANY., 1809, AET. 77. HE WAS CHARITABLE & COMPOSED IN SUFFERINGS.

200.

I. H. S.

THE FAMILY VAULT OF FRANCIS GRANT, A.M., OF THIS TOWN, SCHOOLMASTER. HE DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 6th DAY OF SEPTR., 1779 AGED 57 YEARS. HERE ALSO LIETH INTERRD THE REMAINS OF HIS WIFE HIS SISTER AND ELDEST DAUGHTER.

SEE pedigree of Grant, of Kilgraston, Perthshire, Burke's "Landed Gentry."

201.

IN MEMORY OF MR. JOHN KETSER, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 19th JULY, 1805, AGED 56 YEARS.

202.

ALEXR. THOMPSON, SENR., ESQ., OB. 25th AUGT, 1813, AET. 65. ALSO HIS WIFE, ANN, OB. 2d APL., 1816, AET. 52 & 9 M. ALSO, MISS SARAH LATHAM, OB. 2d SEPTR., 1818, AET. 44. ALSO, MRS. ANN WEBLEY, MOTHER OF MRS. ANN THOMPSON, OB. 28 DEC., 1818, AET. 80, &C., &C.

203.

HERE LIETH THE BODY OF MR. GEORGE SINDAL OF THIS ISLAND, GENT., WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE (no date) OF (no date), 17... (the year not inserted), ... YS. HE WAS A DUTIFULL SON AND SINCERE FRIEND WHICH SHINING QUALITYES MAID HIM JUSTLY ESTEEM'D BY ALL WHO HAD THE PLEASURE OF HIS ACQUAINTANCE.

204.

(Ab.) GEORGE ALDRED, ESQR., PRACTITIONER OF PHYSIC & SURGERY, OB. 23d SEP, 1793, AET. 53 ALSO, JULIA, HIS WIFE, OB. 15 AUGT., 1808, AET. 70.

Altar Tomb.

205.

Ab.) CHARLES HENRY, INF. SON OF ALEXR. & EMILY BRYMER, OB. AUGT. 10, 1861, AET. 1.

VERSES follow.

206.

Ab.) MRS. MARY MARKS, OB. 21 DEC., 1811, AET. 58.

207.

Ab.) ROBERT CHARLES GRUBER, OB. 28 DEC., 1830, AET. 18 M. 4 D. ALSO, ROBERT WELLWOOD GRUBER, OB. MAY 6, 1832, AET. 1 Y. 24 DAYS.


JAMAICA. 132

208.

MARY STAFFORD, DIED 23d JANY., 1766, AGED 6 M. & 14 DAYS. ALSO, JAMES MCMURTRIE, OB. 13 DEC., 1771, AET. 32. ALSO, MR. JOHN BURNE, OB. 20 JULY, 1769, AET. 39. ALSO, ELICHA CHRISTIANA DEDAM, OB. 28 MARCH, 1771, AET. 6 YRS. & 5 MHS. ALSO, ROBERT RUSSELL DEDAM, SON OF ELICHA CHRISTIANA DEDAM, OB. 21 JULY, 1777, AET. 6 M. 20 DAYS ALSO, MR. JOSEPH STAFFORD, OB. 27 JUNE, 1772, AET. 40. ALSO, THE ASHES OF MR. J. M. R. STAFFORD, OB. 21 OCT., 1784, AET. 24.

209.

FRANCIS V. CHAMBERLAINE, OB. NOV. 20, 1841, AET. 9 YRS. IN MEMORIA EST. I.H.S.

PROBABLY of the family of Chamberlayne, of Cranbury Park. Burke's " Landed Gentry."

210.

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF ELIZABETH EDGAR WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE 5th OF MAY, 1842, AGED 82 BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHO DIE IN THE LORD."

M. Altar T.; A weeping willow sculptured.

211.

(Ab.)

212.

(Ab.) ALEXR. RITCHIE, ESQR., ATTY.AT LAW, J.P., AND ASST. JUDGE OF, THE COURT OF COM. PLEAS, OB. 3 d. APL., 1807, AET. 67.44 YRS. RESIDENT IN THIS ISLAND. HIS WIDOW LAMENTS, &C., AND HIS TWO NEPHEWS, ALEXR. FARQUHARSON & ALEXR. GLENNIE, ERECTED THE TOMB.)

Altar Tomb.

213.

(Ab.) WILLIAM SMITH, ESQ., OF THE VINEYARD PEN, OB. 31 AUGT., 1795, AET. 71 ALSO, SARAH BARNETT, HIS WIFE.

214.

(Ab.) GEORGE WARDEN, JUNR., OB. JULY 15, 1788, AET. 51 & 11 MTHS.

ALSO, WILLIAM WARDEN, OB. OCT. 25, 1788, AGED ... ALSO, GEORGE WARDEN, SENR., OB. SEP. 21, 1793, AET. 50 YRS. 3 MTHS. 17 DAYS. ALSO, HIS GRAND DAUGHTER, SUSANNA BAKER, OB. AUGT. 25th, 1798, AFT. MONTHS & 23 DAYS.

215.

WM. REES, ESQ., A NATIVE OF CARDIFF, IN GLAMORGANSHIRE, S. WALES, OB 6 JANY., 182...; AET. 44. (A GOOD HUSBAND). ALSO, ERECTED BY MRS. ANN


MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS. 133

REES, AS A TRIBUTE TO HER BROTHER, JAMES DAVIDSON, ESQR., LATE MERCHANT OF THIS CITY, WHO DIED 25th MARCH, 1814, ON BOARD THE SHIP "INDIAN TRADER," CAPT. LEE, FROM LIVERPOOL, AT THE AGE OF 23.

216.

CHENEY HAMILTON, ESQR. DIED THE 17th JANUARY, 1820, IN THE 55th YEAR OF HIS AGE.

217.

JOHN HUSKISSON, 2d SON OF JOHN HEWITT AND JANE RODON SMITH, OB. 1 AUGT., 1813. ALSO, THEIR DAUR., MISS SARAH WHITE, OB. 12 JANY., 1826, AET. 1 Y, 8 M. & 3 DAYS.

218.

JOHN READER, OB. 15 NOVR., 1801, AGED 45 YEARS ALSO, WILLIAM, SON OF WM. MARSDEN, OB. 11th JUNE, 1803, AGED 9 MONTHS & 7 DAYS. ALSO, WM. MARSDEN, SON-IN-LAW OF THE ABOVE JOHN READER, OB, 15 APRIL, 1805, AGED 33 YRS. ALSO, OLIVER, SON OF BENJN. BLACKHAM, OB. 16 JUNE, 1811, AGED 15. ALSO, BENJN. BLACKHAM, ESQ., FATHER 0F THE ABOVE, OB. ON BOARD THE BRIG, "LETITIA," CAPT. SLA...

219.

(Ab.) HELEN, DAUR. OF H. L. AND E. GARRIGUES, OB. 27 NOV., 1821, AET. 2 M. 21 D.

220.

(Ab.) LOUISA NORTON SMITH, DAUR. OF GEO. BURRELL AND ELIZA WHITE, OB. 17 SEP, 1824, AET. 6 M. 3 D.

Altar Tomb.

221.

HERE LIES THE BODY OF JAMES SMITH, ESQUIRE, LATE OF THE PARISH OF CLARENDON, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 8th DAY OCTOBER, 1796 AGED 42 YEARS.

On a side tablet, as follows

222.

IN THIS VAULT THE MORTAL REMAINS OF ANNE, WIFE OF MR. WM. SMITH, MERCHT. OF THIS CITY; SHE DIED 11th DEC., 1825, IN HER 21st YEAR, AFTER HAVING BEEN MARRIED ONLY 10 MONTHS & 8 DAYS. ALSO, WILLIAM TARRANT, SENR., ESQ., OB. 17 MARCH, 1825, AET. 35, & HIS WIDOW, SARAH MARY TARRANT


134 JAMAICA.

OB. 18 FEB., 1843, AET. 71 YRS. AND THEIR DAUGHTER, ANN TARRANT, OB. 11 FEB., 1822, AET. 20.

On another tablet, on the same

JAMES ADAMS, GENTLEMAN, OB. 15 NOV., 1717, AET. 37. ALSO, ANN, HIS WIFE, WHO DIED THE DAY AFTER, IN THE 37th YEAR OF HER AGE. SHE ONLY SURVIVED HIM FIFTEEN HOURS. BOTH WERE NATIVES OF IRELAND. JANE WALLACE TARRANT, DIED 19th AUGT., 1807, AGED 2 MTHS. & 3 DAYS; & HARRY WOODS, DIED DEC, 9, 1807, AGED 25 YEARS.

223.

THOMAS, SON OF THOMAS & MARTHA CHIADDOCK, OB. JANY. 3, 1734, AET. 6. ALSO, BENJN. HEWES, SON OF BENJN. & MARTHA HEWES, OB. JANUARY 11th, 1738, AET. 6 ALSO, MARTHA HEWES, THE MOTHER OF THE ABOVE CHILDREN, OB. 5 DEC..... 174..., AET. 38 ALSO, BENJN. HEWES, SON OF BENJN. HEWES & PRUDENCE HEWES, OB. JULY 21st; 1743, AET. 8 DAYS.

On another tablet, on the same tomb

CHRISTIANA ELIZABETH SAYLE, WIFE OF CAPTAIN CHRISTOPHER SAYLE, OB 28 MAY, 1803, AET. 34. THEIR DAUR., ELIZABETH, OB. 10 DEC., 1791, AET. 3 YRS. THEIR SON, WM. SMITH SAYLE, OB. 8 JANY., 1796, AET. 2 YRS. 11 MTHS. ALSO, MARY J. EDWARDS, OB. 13 AUGT., 1820, AET. 41.

224.

IN MEMORY OF MR. ROBERT FYFE ONLY SON OF MR. BARCLAY FYFE MERCHANT IN LEITH. THIS STONE IS ERECTED BY HIS UNCLE DOCTOR WILLIAM FYFE, OF THIS TOWN AS A MARK OF HIS SINCERE AFFECTION AND REGARD FOR A NEPHEW WHO, HAD HIS LIFE BEEN SPARED, BY HIS PROPRIETY OF CONDUCT AND A HIGH SENSE OF HONOUR PROMISED TO BE AN ORNAMENT AS WELL AS AN USEFUL MEMBER OF SOCIETY. HE DIED THE, 1st OF AUGT.1 1794 IN THE 19th YEAR OF HIS AGE.

On wall of churchyard.

225.

HERE LYETH THE BODY OF JOHN TURNER, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 27th OF DECR., A DOM. 1744, AGED 56 YEARS.

226.

MR. SAMUEL IVERS, OB. 11 JANY., 1807, AET. 25.

______________________________________

This is engraven over a " 5."


MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS. 135

227.

.....WILL......................BRISTO

FRAGMENT ; inscription obliterated by the rain dropping from the leaves of an overhanging tree.

228.

(Ab.) MR. DANIEL O'HARA, JUNR., A NATIVE OF CHARLESTON, S. CAROLINA, OB. FRIDAY, 8th JANY., 1808, AET. 20 Y. 2 M. ALLUSION to a brother.

229.

(Ab.) JOHN O'HARA, ESQ., OB. THURSDAY, 20th OCTR., 1808, AET. 34 YRS. & 7 MTHS. HE WAS A NATIVE OF N. AMERICA, AND 14 YRS. A MERCHANT IN THIS CITY.

NINETEEN eulogistic lines follow.

230.

(Ab.) HENRY TIPPET, LATE OF GOOD HOPE, IN THE PAR. OF PORT ROYAL, ESQUR., OB. AUGT. 7, 1800, AET. 83.

231.

(Ab.) MR. THOMAS FISHER, NAT. 23d MAY, 1796, OB. 15 JANUARY, 1847.

232.

(Ab.) MARY ANN BETTS, WIFE OF THE REVD. W. K. BETTS, OB. NOV. 4, 1838.

233.

(Ab.) JOSEPH JACKSON, ESQR., OB. 20 AUGT., 1850, AET. 79 YRS. & 8 DAYS.

BROTHER of John Jackson, M.P. for Dover, Cr. Bart. in 1815. " Baronetage," "Jackson of Arlsey, Beds."

234.

JOHN HEWITT SMITH, ESQR., OF RIVERSIDE ESTATE, IN THE PARISH OF VERE, DIED IN THIS CITY 26th APRIL, 1828, AGED 49 YEARS. HE WAS UNITED TO HIS WIFE, JANE RODON SMITH, UPWARDS OF TWENTY YEARS. ALSO, E. W. SMITH, WIFE OF GEORGE BURRELL SMITH, ESQ., OB. 18th JULY, 1853, AET. 65.

235.

HENRIETTA, DAUR. OF H L. & F. A GARRIGUES, OB, 22 SEP., 1814, AET. 5 MTHS. & 22 DAYS.


136 JAMAICA.

236.

(Ab.) HENRY, SON OF JOHN HEWITT SMITH, & OF HER, JANE RODON, HIS WIFE, OB. 19 DEC., 1840, AET. 26.

237.

Ab.) MR. JOHN FEGAN, MERCHT., OB. APL. 8, 1819, AET. 58.

238.

MRS. JANE GREGSON, DIED JULY 21st 1829, AGED 32 YEARS.

239.

(Ab.) CAPT. JAMES LENNY, A NATIVE OF GUERNSEY, OB. 12 JUNE, 1810, AET. 38

ALSO, GRATEFUL TO THE MEMORY OF SARAH JANE LENNY, BORN IN PORT GLASGOW, SCOTLAND, WIFE OF GEORGE MOREY, ESQ., OF H.M.‘S CUSTOMS IN THIS PLACE, OB. 11 APRIL, 1821, AET. 24, 16 OF WHICH WERE IN THE ISLAND. ALSO, JOHN LENNY, HER BROTHER, A NATIVE OF THE SAME PLACE, OB. 10 JANUARY, 1823, AET. 24, & 18 YRS. REDT. IN JAMCA.

240.

HERE LIES INTERRED THE BODY OF MR. THOMASS BROCKS WHO DEPARTED

THIS LIFE NOV. 8 1749, IN THE 42d YEAR OF HIS AGE. ALSO, THE BODYS OF TWO OF HIS CHILDREN VIZ.: JANE BROCKS....WHO DIED NOV. 2, 1749, AGED 4 YEARS AND 10 MONTHS, THOMAS BROCKS, WHO DIED NOV. 19th, 1749, AGED 2 YEARS AND 3 MONTHS.

241.

(Ab.) SIMON TAYLOR, ESQ., OF PLEASANT HILL PLANTATION, PORT ROYAL, OB. 1 NOV., 1838, AET. 43.

TWENTY-THREE eulogistic lines.

242.

SOLOMON FERRIS, ESQ. COMMANDER OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP "L'HERCULE OBIIT 27th MAY, 1803 AET. 54.

243.

IN MEMORY OF MR. MATTHEW PAILLET OF ROYAN, IN FRANCE; DIED THE 6th OF AUGUST, 1821 AGED 48 YEARS.

244.

CAPT. JACOB HIND, FROM LIVERPOOL, OB. JULY 9, 1780, AET. 40.


MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS. 137

245.

MR. R0BERT HARVIE DIED THE 30th OF OCTOBER, 1787, AGED 32 YEARS.

246.

(Ab.) BRIDGET COLEAR, WIFE OF MR. THOMAS COLEAR, OF THIS PAR., OB. 20 SEP., 1737, AET. 31.

247.

(Ab.) JOHN READ, ESQ., ORDNANCE STONE KEEPER AT JAMAICA, OB. JULY 17, 1832, AET. 47.

248.

(Ab.) MRS. SUSANNA BRYAN, OB. 17 OCT. 1804, AET. 20.

VERSES follow.

249.

IN & NEAR THIS VAULT LIE INTERRED THE REMAINS OF THOMAS STEWART, SON OF JAMES STEWART, OF THIS PARISH, MERCHANT, AND ANNE MARY, HIS WIFE, WHO DIED 20th AUGUST, 1794, AGED 20 MONTHS.

On the upper slab:

TALBOT O'BR1EN, ESQ., OF THE PAR. OF ST. DAVID, OB. 24 MAY, 1776, AET. 39. SARAH BANKS, WIDOW, DIED 10 MAY, 1799, AGED 63 SARAH KNOT STEWART, WIFE OF JAMES STEWART, OF THIS PAR., MERCHT., & DAUR. OF THE SAID SARAH BANKS, OB. 11 MAY, 1779, AET. 20. ANNE ELIZABETH O'BRIEN, WIDOW OF WM. O'BRIEN, ESQ., & DAUR. OF E.... BANKS, OB. 3 d JULY, 1799, AET. 41 JOHN STEWART GARNETT, SON OF JOHN GARNETT, OF THIS PAR., MERCHT., AND SARAH ANN, HIS WIFE, DAUR. OF THE SAID JAMES & SARAH KNOT STEWART, OB. 28 DEC., 1798, AET. 1 MONTH. ANNE GARNETT OB 24 MARCH, 1803, AET. 11 M. MARGARET ANNE GARNETT OB 4 NOV, 1805, AET 2 YRS. 5 MTHS.

Altar Tomb.

250.

HERE LIES THE BODY OF JOHN STIFF, ESQ., BORN IN BRISTOL, UNION STREET DIED 17 0CTOBER, A.D. 1810 AGED 20 YEARS. (NOT LOST, BUT GONE BEFORE.)

251.

JOHN M. ESCOFFERY, ESQ., OB. JULY 17th, 1804, AET. 50.

252.

HERE LIES THE BODY OF GEORGE SKOPP, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE, ON THE 30th AUGUST, 1826, AGED 50 YEARS.


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