Deacon George Morton
Aug 2, 1645 – Aug 2, 1727
Buried at Burial Hill
Transcription
HERE LYES Y_e BODY OF DEACON GEORGE MORTON WHO DEC'_d AUG._st Y_e 2_d 1727 IN Y_e 82_d YEAR OF HIS AGE
- Surveyed On
- September 1, 2015
- Stone Type
- slate
- Tympanum
- skull
- Border
- There is a medium width two line border over the tympanum that begins and ends at the stone's shoulders. The design in the two shoulders are adulterated and undecipherable. But the two illustrated side panels to the left and right of the tablet section are very intact and clear. Both of them utilize nautilus-like whirlpool imagery which also appears floral. The border is found on three sides of the tablet.
- Remark
- The skull image is cracked in two places and a third of the tympanum has cracked and disappeared. The skull is an early rendition in a lightbulb shape with round eyes, a triangular nasal cavity but the mouth area has also cracked off and disappeared. The background of the skull is made up of multisegment rows of interconnected "blocks."
- Physical Status
- straight missing_parts
- Intelligibility
- readable
- Biological Contaminants
- minor incursion
Buried among fellow family members
- Ephraim Morton Feb 18, 1648 – Feb 18, 1732
- Mrs. Reliance Morton Dec 4, 1679 – Dec 4, 1735
- Mr. Thomas Morton Mar 8, 1690 – Mar 8, 1738
- Mr. John Morton Feb 4, 1680 – Feb 4, 1739
- Sarah Morton Apr 3, 1785 – Apr 3, 1785
- Mr. Seth Morton Apr 17, 1726 – Apr 17, 1789
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