Lucy Keyes
Mar 4, 1742 – Oct 9, 1777
Buried at Old Burial Grounds
Transcription
ERECTED in memory of LUCY KEYES wife of Simeon Keyes who departed this life Oct_r 9th 1777 Aged 35 Years 7 months & 5 days
Death is a debt to nature due Which I have paid and so must you
- Surveyed On
- August 14, 2015
- Stone Type
- slate
- Tympanum
- face with ornamentation, memento mori
- Border
- A two line order begins at the top of the stone and proceeds down the tympanum. Once it passes the arch it redirects inward and morphs into a plant with leaves and the homunculus imagery. The images are bi-radial and helps frame the top of the tablet. The tablet section is built around the 2 pillars and arch that support the gabled tablet. The homunculus image repeats on top of the pillars in the tablet section.
- Physical Status
- straight
- Intelligibility
- readable with difficulty
- Biological Contaminants
- medium incursion
Buried among fellow family members
- Elisabeth Keyes Died Apr 29, 1763
- Luther Keyes Sep 20, 1772 – Nov 5, 1773
- Lucy Keyes Died Apr 4, 1776
- Simeon Keyes Mar 11, 1740 – Jan 21, 1782
- Henry Keyes Jul 20, 1769 – Aug 1, 1788
- Eunice B. Keyes Jan 26, 1792 – Oct 20, 1793
- Two Children Keyes
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