Samuel Hedge 1709

headstone tympanum footstone

SAMUEL HEDGE
Ye SON OF SAMUEL
& GRACE HEDGE
AGED 5 YEARS
DIED DECEMBER
Ye 13th 1709

footstone
SL. H

The gravestone displays a crude winged skull carved in the style of the Lamson carvers of Boston. The top left photo shows the headstone with the footstone in the background.

LOCATION - No. 28 on EHS 1976 Cove survey map

MATERIAL - slate

HEADSTONE - 12" W, 13" H, 2" D

FOOTSTONE - 7" W, 10" H, 2" D (pyramid top)

CONDITION - lichen growth

COMMENTS - Headstone and footstone cleaned and reset October 2000. Headstone and footstone cleaned October 2004. Headstone cleaned with D/2 October 2008.


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