Lieu. John Houghton

Apr 5, 1673 – Apr 5, 1724

Veteran of the Indian war

Here Lyes Buried y_e Body of Lieu_t. JOHN HOUGHTON Who Dec'_d April y_e 5_th 1724 Aged 51 Years

Border: A simple two line, thin width border covers the circumference of this stone. The tablet section has a three line, thin width, double border.

Remark: The tympanum has four design elements. This overhead arch isn't plain, but decorated in a series of abstract bi-radial designs terminating in a thinning width rope image. There are two nautilus-like images on either side of the center point. The skull is pressed down into a wider shape and flattened at the top to accommodate the designs above it. The facial details feature round eyes, triangular nasal cavity balanced with the eye brows, and simplified teeth. The wings are single quill, multiple segments with longer ones farther out and smaller ones close to the skull. Below the skull and above the tablet is a circle in the center with the same abstract designs as in the illustrated side panels. In the stone's shoulders, there are enclosed circle with a cross-hatched diamond shape in its center.