Mrs. Ruth Estabrook
Jun 10, 1703 – Jun 10, 1782
Buried at Old Burying Ground
Transcription
ERECTED in memory of Mrs. Ruth Estabrook, (Wife of Cap_t. Eben_r Estabook) who died June 10th 1782 in the 41st Year of her age.
Retie my friends, dry up your tears Here I must lie till Christ appears Death is a debt to nature due.
- Surveyed On
- November 16, 2015
- Stone Type
- slate
- Tympanum
- face with ornamentation
- Border
- This stone has a two line, thin width, beveled outer edge border around its circumference. The tablet section is presented as a gabled plaque set into the stone. There is deep cut made in the stone along the outer edge of plaque and then the stone slowing rises to its natural level adding to its bas-relief appearance.
- Remark
- The tympanum rests like a cap on top of this plaque. There are four design elements. The Arch at the top is simple and without fine detail. The face is blank and without any emotion or hint of gender. The wings are the tab type. From the stone's shoulders, mirror imaged plants from from the shoulders to the bottom of the tympanum.
- Physical Status
- straight cracked
- Intelligibility
- readable
- Biological Contaminants
- minor incursion
Buried among fellow family members
- Leisy Estabrook Feb 8, 1777 – Jul 8, 1778
- John Estabrook Jul 2, 1772 – Jul 21, 1778
- Ebenezer Estabrook Aug 23, 1812 – Sep 23, 1813
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