Mrs. Mary Heywood

Dec 11, 1720 – Dec 11, 1793

Buried at Old Burying Ground

Transcription

ERECTED In Memory of M_rs. MARY HEYWOOD Relict of Cap_t. Amos Heywood who departed this life Jan. 21st 1793 in the 73rd Year of her Age.

Death is to us a Sweet repose, The bud was op'd to show the rose, The cage was broke to let us fly And build our happiness on high

Surveyed On
November 16, 2015
Stone Type
slate
Tympanum
face with ornamentation
Border
A beveled edge and a single line set a thin width apart provide a border space around the circumference of this stone. The gabled tablet section has a single line border and is indented for its bas-relief appearance.
Remark
There is a generic body and face in an niche at the center of this tympanum. Unisex with straight combed back here, the reality of the face is clearly from a later period. Mirror image vines grow from the stone's shoulders to the left and right of the figure.
Physical Status
straight less_than_20_degrees
Intelligibility
readable
Biological Contaminants
minor incursion
Buried among fellow family members

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