Mrs. Rebecca Foster
Died Oct 16, 1794
Buried at Mount Vernon
Transcription
Memento Mori In memory of M_rs Rebecca Foster, consort of Cap_t Jonathan Foster who died Oct. 16_th 1794 AEtat 61.
Beneath this stone rests the moral part of her who once delighted every heart How good she was and what her virtues were her guardian angel can alone declare The friend that now this little tribute pays too exquisitely feels to speak her praise.
- Surveyed On
- April 10, 2023
- Stone Type
- slate
- Tympanum
- face with ornamentation
- Border
- A two-line border around the circumference of this stone is beveled. A single-line border surrounds the tablet and tympanum sections.
- Remark
- The tympanum contains two design elements. In the center is a small niche with the top of a human figure. A round head is fitted into the niche accompanied by realistic facial details. The top of the body depicted is non-gender. A three-point abstract design occupies the space to either side of the niche.
- Physical Status
- straight embedded_vertical
- Intelligibility
- readable with difficulty
- Biological Contaminants
- medium incursion
- Cleaning Type
- wiped
Buried among fellow family members
- Asa Foster Died Oct 10, 1735
- Caleb Foster Died Aug 31, 1736
- Caleb Foster Died Aug 31, 1736
- Beniemin Foster Died Sep 2, 1736
- Hannah Foster Died Dec 18, 1736
- Mr. Ephraim Foster Died Apr 8, 1738
- Mr. Ephraim Foster Died Sep 21, 1746
- Mary Foster Died Dec 10, 1747
- Isaac Foster Died Jan 12, 1748
- Joshua Foster Died Sep 7, 1752
- Nathan Foster Died Oct 9, 1752
- Deacon David Foster Died Jun 22, 1759
- Mrs. Hannah Foster Died Jan 22, 1760
- Mrs. Jemima Foster Died Jan 24, 1763
- Mrs. Sarah Foster Jan 30, 1742 – Oct 2, 1767
- Mr. John Foster Jr. Died Jul 24, 1772
- Mr. John Foster Died Oct 28, 1778
- Mr. Joshua Foster Died Oct 29, 1784
- Mr. Stephen Foster Died Aug 31, 1787
- Mr. William Foster Died Apr 29, 1797
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