Mr. Benjamin Thomson
Dec 31, 1772 – Dec 31, 1795
Buried at Old Burying Ground
Transcription
in memory of Mr. Benjamin Thomson who deceas'd Dec 31_st 1795 in the 23d Year of his Age
You young men all attend the call For death prepared be, For you may die as well as I, For death no age is free.
- Surveyed On
- November 16, 2015
- Stone Type
- slate
- Tympanum
- face with ornamentation
- Border
- This stone's design presents a gabled bas-relief plaque held up by two stone columns. The pictured columns and their pieces form a "border" around the plaque. The plaque utilizes its bas-relief presentation as a second border. Above this structure is the tympanum and below a poem expression.
- Remark
- The tympanum has four design elements. First is the arch on top, just inside the outermost border line. The second element is the bas-relief face which is middle late period appropriate. Pull back hair, minimal eye details, well proportioned nose off of the eyebrow ledge. The thrid element are the wings which use the tab format which is the easiest to produce. Finally there are plants in the lower corners that are growing up to focus the viewer on the center piece.
- Physical Status
- straight cracked
- Intelligibility
- readable
- Biological Contaminants
- minor incursion
Buried among fellow family members
- John Thomson Died Sep 17, 1742
- Mrs. Jannat Thomson Died Apr 28, 1744
- Ann Thomson Sep 25, 1744 – Sep 25, 1749
- Mr. Samuel Thomson Aug 14, 1698 – Aug 14, 1755
- Mr. James Thomson Aug 18, 1671 – Aug 18, 1755
- Mr. Hugh Thomson Sep 3, 1699 – Sep 3, 1756
- Mrs. Ruth Thomson Sep 14, 1703 – Sep 14, 1770
- Benjamin Thomson May 12, 1769 – Aug 12, 1771
- Captain Samuel Thomson Jan 3, 1735 – Jan 3, 1787
- Widow Margret Thomson
- Calvin Thomson
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