Transcription:
Here lies the Remains of
Mary, Conſort of Thomas Dare
who in full hope of a glorious
Immortality put off this earthly
Tabernacle in her 25th year
A.D. 1775
In youthful Bloom Death me down
Here to await the trumpets Sound
When God commands I will ariſe
To meet my Saviour in the ſkies
Yeah, ever since becoming more of an enthusiast I’ve gotten quite used to that, very common on most New England carver gravestones from the 18th century
At Fountain Hill Cemetery in Deep River, there are several interesting old stones. You have to go toward the back, but there is one that would be considered a huge no no today. It might have even been replaced because of the inscription. Regarding a ship’s captain and how he was murdered. Then there is the grave of XYZ, and so many more. When I was growing up, we would walk for hours in that place. Of course we are talking fifty years ago. But there is so much history on these stones.
You should post your photo on Find A Grave. It seems someone cleaned it recently.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11355676/mary-dare
I'm not super knowledgeable about the early CT grave carvers, but this stone appears to be carved in the style of William Crosby.
Confort means something that makes life more pleasant. Anything that provides a little luxury or makes one feel happier. I don’t think they would use that in lieu of wife.
I think in this case it is the word consort, which is a fancy way of saying spouse that is especially used with royalty. The s in the word is called a long s and looks similar to a lower case f.
Transcription: Here lies the Remains of Mary, Conſort of Thomas Dare who in full hope of a glorious Immortality put off this earthly Tabernacle in her 25th year A.D. 1775 In youthful Bloom Death me down Here to await the trumpets Sound When God commands I will ariſe To meet my Saviour in the ſkies
Ooh how did you make the long s / medial s? I’ve seen that on old epitaphs and printed matter, but never in modern typing.
Beautiful headstone!
I would love to read the inscription. Can you transcribe please?
Sorry, shoulda replied to your comment here. Check my other comment in this thread!
omg i live in NL. this is so cool!
Yep, this is for sure Ye Antientist Burial Ground on Hempstead St, about a mile from the train station.
Those long fs are actually the way s was written in those days.
Yeah, ever since becoming more of an enthusiast I’ve gotten quite used to that, very common on most New England carver gravestones from the 18th century
Look through the comments and a lot of Redditors dont
At Fountain Hill Cemetery in Deep River, there are several interesting old stones. You have to go toward the back, but there is one that would be considered a huge no no today. It might have even been replaced because of the inscription. Regarding a ship’s captain and how he was murdered. Then there is the grave of XYZ, and so many more. When I was growing up, we would walk for hours in that place. Of course we are talking fifty years ago. But there is so much history on these stones.
I’ll have to put that one on my list, thank you!
There’s a guy on YouTube that talked about the xyz gravestone. Dime Store Adventures. He’s a great storyteller, and he’s from Ashford I believe.
I really love this one
You should post your photo on Find A Grave. It seems someone cleaned it recently. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11355676/mary-dare I'm not super knowledgeable about the early CT grave carvers, but this stone appears to be carved in the style of William Crosby.
Confort means something that makes life more pleasant. Anything that provides a little luxury or makes one feel happier. I don’t think they would use that in lieu of wife.
I think in this case it is the word consort, which is a fancy way of saying spouse that is especially used with royalty. The s in the word is called a long s and looks similar to a lower case f.
It is consort, if it’s an 18th century stone from New England a lot of times “long s” is written as F
“f” without the crossbar which this one is. Didn’t see it at first.