Nathaniel Stone Parker 1786
Fanny Parker 1788

headstone

Ob Juvenes ! Memento Mortis

In Memory of Nath'l Stone Par
ker who died at Porto Prince
July ye 31st 1786. Also of Fanny
Parker who died Jan. 20, 1788.

Children of Mr. Joseph & Mrs.
Hannah Parker

While distant shores retain
Ye ashes of a son
Behold a daughter lies inter'd
Within this urn
Short sixteen years
This vital air he breath'd
While scarcely four
A daughter did survive

The ages are given in the epitaph. The epitaph is from other records. The photo was supplied by Brian Nickerson August 2008.


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