Nathaniel Arey Newcomb 1790

tympanum

In memory of
Nathaniel Arey Newcomb
son to Mr LEMUEL
& Mrs LYDIA NEWCOMB
he died March 29,1790
in Boston
AETAT 11 Years

Sleep on sweet child & take thy rest
God called thee home he tho't it best

A flying cherub with round head and hair combed forward. See Samuel Mayo (1798) for a similar gravestone most likely by the same carver.

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