48 WEST BRIDGEWATER,  

[Transcribed by Arthur Richardson]

                     Stop, kind friends, and take a view:
                     The shroud and grave do wait for you;
                     When on my grave you cast an eye,
                     Think on cold death; you soon must die.

   24.   Miss Mary Hayward wife of Mr. Jonathan Hayward, died Oct. 6, 1813, æ 61.
                     Let this vain world engage no more,
                     Behold the gaping tomb;
                     It bids us seize the present hour,
                     To-morrow death may come.

   25.   In memory of Mrs. Betty Hartwell, the wife of Mr. Nathan Hartwell, who died Feb. 28, 1762, aged 26 years and 6 mos.

   26.   In memory of Silence Burr, daughter of Mr. Seth Burr and Charity, his wife, who died March ye 20, A. D. 1780, in the 26th year of her age.
                     You, reader, stop
                     And lend a tear;
                     Think on the dust
                     That slumbers here.

   27.   Orin Hayward, son of Mr. Solomon Hayward and Mrs. Martha, his wife, died Feb. 15, 1797, aged 6 mos.

   28.   Sally B. Hayward, daughter of Mr. Solomon Hayward and Mrs. Martha, his wife, died Feb. 6, 1803, in the 4 year of her age.

   29.   Royal Hayward, son of Mr. Solomon Hayward and Mrs. Martha, his wife, died Feb. 7, 1797, aged 2 years, 9 months.

   30.   In memory of Mrs. Abigail Hayward, wife of Mr. Peter Hayward, who died Oct. 9, 1776, in ye 67th year of her age.   (She was one of five daughters of Jonathan Williams, of Taunton, a large landholder.   Her sister, Mary, married Seth Dean, of Raynham, and her daughter, Rebecca Dean, married Woodward Latham).

   31.   In memory of Mr. Peter Hayward, who died July the 14, 1765, in ye 66th year of his age.   (He was son of Dea. Joseph).

   32.   Abigail, daughter of Mr. Peter Hayward and Abigail, his wife, died April ye 21st, 1760, in ye 15th year of her age.

   33.   Peter, son of Mr. Peter Hayward and Abigail, his wife, died January ye 13th, 1753, in the 2d year of his age.

   34.   Here lies buried Mr. Samuel Hartwell, who decd December ye 25, 1760, in the 67th year of his age.
           Here lies buried Mr. Jonathan Hartwell, who died Feb. 8th, 1761, in the 40th year of his age.
           And Hannah, his daughter, decd Jany ye 30th, 1761, in ye 3d year of her age.   (These persons died with small-pox).

   35.   Mary, daugh. of Mr. Benjamin Hayward and Sarah, his wife, died June 15, 1749, aged 6 years and 6 mos.

   36.   In memory of Thomas, son of Mr. David Wade and Mary, his wife; he died March ye 14th, 1768, in ye 4th year of his age.

 

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