South Burying Place - Page 5 - A Very Grave Matter: Gravestones and Burying Grounds of New England Ancestors Genealogy First Settlers of New Hampshire Maine Massachusetts NH ME MA

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gravematter > Left:
SACRED
to the memory of
MR. HUMPHREY
BARRETT
who died
Mar. 13, 1827
Æt. 75.

Right:
In memory of
Mrs. REBECCA BARRETT
wife of
Mr. Humphrey Barrett
who died
Sept. 12, 1829
Æt. 73.

gravematter > In memory of
Mr. HUMPHREY BARRETT
son of Mr. Abel & Mrs. Lucy Barrett
who died Jan. 2, 1818 Æt.20.
He was ???????????
His youth ????????
Rested on either sphere
Whose steps a saintly figure trod
By death's cold hand led home to God.

gravematter > Sacred to
the memory of
Mrs. Lucy Barrett, wife
of Mr. Abel Barrett, who
departed this life Sept. 23rd
1798 Aged 28 years.

She left behind a pleasing boy
His father's hope and grandest joy,
She left behind a precious name,
A character without a stain.

gravematter > In memory of
Miss Rebeckah Barrett,
daughter of
Ens. John & Mrs. Lois Barrett,
who died
Nov. 17, 1793. Aged 28.

Retire my friends dry up your tears,
I must be here till Christ appears.

gravematter > ERECTED
in memory of
Mrs. Elizabeth Barrett,
Relict of
Lieut. Humphry Barrett,
and daughter of
Capt. Daniel Adams
and Mrs. Elizabeth his wife,
who died June 5th 1791
in the 70th year of her age

Bless'd are the dead, yea faith the word,
That die in Christ the living Lord
And on the other side of death,
Thus joyful spend their praising Breath.

gravematter > Here lies Interr'd the
Body of Mrs. Dorcas
Barrett, wife of Mr. Thomas
Barrett Junr. who died
the Seventeenth day of
April AD 1767. In the
29th year of her age.

She was a virtuous wife,
a tender mother, and was
truly religious and
exemplary in her life
and conversation.

gravematter > Memento mori.

HERE lies buried the
Body of Lieut.
HUMPHRY BARRETT,
son of CAPT. JOSEPH & Mrs.
REBECCA BARRETT, who
departed th life March
24th 1783: In the 68th
year of his age.

gravematter > In memory of
Ensign John Barrett
who died
April 19th 1790
in ye 71st year of his
age.

Here in this Grave this lonesome
Cave lies a beloved friend,
A husband dear, a Parent near.
Till time shall have an end.
We hope & trust he'll rise from dust
To everlasting ??????

gravematter > Memento mori

Here rests in hope ye
Body of Miss Lois
Barret Daughter of
Ensign John Barret &
Mrs. Lois his wife
who departed this Life
Nov. 17th 1778, In the
26th year of her age.
She sleeps in death
in Christ we trust
And sees her saviour's
face to face His ???
?????????????

Left:
SACRED
to the memory of
MR. HUMPHREY
BARRETT
who died
Mar. 13, 1827
Æt. 75.

Right:
In memory of
Mrs. REBECCA BARRETT
wife of
Mr. Humphrey Barrett
who died
Sept. 12, 1829
Æt. 73.