Abigail Jackson 1719

headstone

HERE LYES Ye
BODY OF ABIGAIL
JACKSON WIFE
TO NATH'LL JACK
SON WHO DIED
SEPT'R 11
1719
IN Ye 26th YEAR
OF HER AGE

There is some question about the year of death. In the late 1800's Gustavus Hinckley recorded her death as 1719. "A Chipman Genealogy" by John Hale Chipman III available at Sturgis Library confirms 1719 and the information given above in the inscription.

The book "Cemetery Inscriptions of the Town of Barnstable, Mass." by Paul Bunnell indicates year of death as 1779 based on his survey in the early 1990's. Also, the abstract winged head carved on the stone is typical of the 1730's or later. This image could be explained if the gravestone was erected 10 years or more after the reported 1719 year of death.

The photo was supplied by Kevin Murphy October 2009.


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