Born c.1706, Mrs. Arding, age 25, died on the third day of the new year 1732, and lies "with her three babes at rest". The plaintive inscription on the young mother's gravestone reads:
"I hope the lord her crys did hear
and granted her request."
"I hope the lord her crys did hear
and granted her request."
Born c.1706, Mrs. Arding, age 25, died on the third day of the new year 1732, and lies "with her three babes at rest". The plaintive inscription on the young mother's gravestone reads:
"I hope the lord her crys did hear
and granted her request."
"I hope the lord her crys did hear
and granted her request."
Inscription
"Here lies the body of Mary Arding
with her three babes at rest
I hope the lord her crys did hear
and granted her request.
Died Jan 3d 1732 aged 25 Years."
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