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gravematter > Left:
HERE LIES BURIED
THE BODY OF
MRS SARAH FRIEND
WIFE OF DEACON
JOHN FRIEND WHO
DEPARTED THIS LIFE
JANR THE 28TH A.D.
1753 AND IN
THE 73TH YEAR
OF HER AGE  

Right:
In Memory of
Dean John Friend
who Departed this
Life Feby Ye 25th 1785;
Aged 67 Years
The Great lam his Sommons Sends
And Calls us to the Grave
Then Like him Self Thunders Alowd
And Calls us to the Skies
gravematter > BETHIAH
DAUGHTER OF
MR JOHN AND
MARTHA
FRIEND WHO
DIED JANRY 28
1765 IN THE
TENTH YEAR
OF HER AGE
gravematter > 
Mrs.
SARAH MERRILL
consort of Deacon
Thomas Merrill
died Jan. 7th 1813
Æt. 71

Mortals how few among yor race
Have given this thought its weight
That of this present moment h???
Your everlasting ???
gravematter > 
MARTHA FRIEND
wife of Dea.
Sylvanus Merrill
died Jan. 23, 1863
Aged 63.

Hark it is the Saviour's voice,
Welcome pilgrim to thy rest,
Now within the gate rejoice,
Safe and sealed and bought and blest.
gravematter > 
Mrs. Martha Friend
Relict of
Deacon John Friend of Wenham
died Feb. 23, 1807
Æt. 90

She scarce was heard e'er to complain
While she was thus confind
Perhaps to seek would be in vain
A person so resign'd.
gravematter > 
In Memory of
JOHN PALMER
Died May 18, 1833
Æt. 83

MARTHA, his wife
Died Aug. 15, 1830
Æt. 81.

They died in Jesus and are bles'd; how kind their slumbers are;
From sufferings and from sins releas'd and freed from ev'ry ???,
Far from this world of toil and strife; they're present with the Lord;
The ??? of their mortal life and in a large reward. 

B. DAY, LOWELL
gravematter > Here are interred the Remains of
Mrs. Ann Friend
wife of
Capt. John Friend
who died
March 25, 1787
Æt. 80
Left:
HERE LIES BURIED
THE BODY OF
MRS SARAH FRIEND
WIFE OF DEACON
JOHN FRIEND WHO
DEPARTED THIS LIFE
JANR THE 28TH A.D.
1753 AND IN
THE 73TH YEAR
OF HER AGE

Right:
In Memory of
Dean John Friend
who Departed this
Life Feby Ye 25th 1785;
Aged 67 Years
The Great lam his Sommons Sends
And Calls us to the Grave
Then Like him Self Thunders Alowd
And Calls us to the Skies
gravematter > Left:
HERE LIES BURIED
THE BODY OF
MRS SARAH FRIEND
WIFE OF DEACON
JOHN FRIEND WHO
DEPARTED THIS LIFE
JANR THE 28TH A.D.
1753 AND IN
THE 73TH YEAR
OF HER AGE  

Right:
In Memory of
Dean John Friend
who Departed this
Life Feby Ye 25th 1785;
Aged 67 Years
The Great lam his Sommons Sends
And Calls us to the Grave
Then Like him Self Thunders Alowd
And Calls us to the Skies
Left:
HERE LIES BURIED
THE BODY OF
MRS SARAH FRIEND
WIFE OF DEACON
JOHN FRIEND WHO
DEPARTED THIS LIFE
JANR THE 28TH A.D.
1753 AND IN
THE 73TH YEAR
OF HER AGE

Right:
In Memory of
Dean John Friend
who Departed this
Life Feby Ye 25th 1785;
Aged 67 Years
The Great lam his Sommons Sends
And Calls us to the Grave
Then Like him Self Thunders Alowd
And Calls us to the Skies
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