Epitaphs from the Old Burying Ground in Watertown (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Epitaphs From the Old Burying Ground in WatertownI must also acknowledge here my indebtedness to Francis Bigelow, Esq. Who placed at my disposal, for comparison, his own very beautifully executed copy of the epitaphs, made by him in 1867.It will be seen that the general arrangement of the work is alphabetical. For strictly genealogical purposes this is undoubtedly more useful than the chronological plan adopted in the Cambridge Epitaphs.The oldest stone in the ground is that of sarah hammond, bearing date of 1674. This, with one or two others here, as many more in the old ground at Cambridge, and still more in Charlestown, Copp's Hill and Chapel Grounds in Boston, were without doubt cut in this country, and by one indi vidual. Periods, in these cases, separate the words, and deeply cut horizon tal marks separate the different lines of the epitaph. The letters are all cap itals. The stone of hannah coolidge, 1680, bears a winged skull, a fashion which almost universally prevailed from about this time to near the close of the last century. Nearly all the stones in this ground are so ornamented.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.