Sacred to the Memory of that valuable Inƒtructor Capt. Thomas Clouston who in the midƒt of great uƒefulneƒs took his departure, on Monday evening, Aug. 10, 1795 Æt. 52. Happy the Seaman who his Compaƒs knows And ƒteers to Heaven, tho' ƒtorms & tempeƒts blow His Admirals ƒignal quickly before fly Which bid his hark to ƒail beyond the ƒky His ƒails trim'd & took his leave of all, Knowing it right to obey his Admirals call. - 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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The Old Burying Hill (or Old Hill Burying Ground) is found by the Bartlett Mall, in between Auburn Street and Greenleaf Street off of High Street in Newburyport. When this cemetery was established in 1729 the town was still part of Newbury. Newburyport formed a seperate town in 1764. See it's location and get directions at Yahoo Maps.

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Sacred to the Memory
of that valuable Inƒtructor
Capt. Thomas Clouston
who in the midƒt of great uƒefulneƒs
took his departure,
on Monday evening, Aug. 10, 1795
Æt. 52.
Happy the Seaman who his Compaƒs knows
And ƒteers to Heaven, tho' ƒtorms & tempeƒts blow
His Admirals ƒignal quickly before fly
Which bid his hark to ƒail beyond the ƒky
His ƒails trim'd & took his leave of all,
Knowing it right to obey his Admirals call.