Thomas Oakes 1719
Original Gravestone (bottom photos)
HERE LYETH INTERRED yeGranite Monument (top right)
Dr THOMAS OAKES
BORN JUNE 18 1644
DIED JULY 15 1719
GRADUATED HARVARD 1662
EMINENT PHYSICIAN
OF BOSTON FOR 50 YRS
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
1689 & 1708
COMMISSIONER TO ENGLAND
1690
REV JOSIAH OAKES
HIS SON
HARVARD GRADUATE
DIED IN THE 44th YEAR
OF HIS AGE JAN 2 1732
THE MEMORY OF THE JUST
HOWEVER TREATED IS BLESSED
HANNAH OAKES
DIED JUNE 20 1725
AGE 1 MO 4 DYS
The Thomas Oakes gravestone is carved in the style of Nathaniel Emmes of Boston. The Oakes monument stands a few feet behind the slate marker. It is not indicated when the granite monument was put in place.
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