John Simpson 1798
Paul Dudley Sargent Jr 1798
William Abbott 1798
Stephen W Merchant 1798
Zachariah Hodgkins 1798

full stone

This tablet
Marks the burial place of
CAPT JOHN SIMPSON
of Sullivan, Me aged 45 years
Master of Sch'r Rachel of that place
who with his entire crew
consisting of the following persons viz
PAUL DUDLEY SARGENT Jr (Passenger)
WILLIAM ABBOTT
STEPHEN W MERCHANT
ZACHARIAH HODGKINS
and one other were lost on the wreck
of the above vessel, near this place,
in the Memorable Snowstorm
November 20, 1798
and afterwards buried here

Erected in 1878 in memory of
CAPT SIMPSON
by his Grandson John S Emery
of Boston

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