Born c.1750, Elenor was 38 years old when she died during the third year of the American Revolutionary War. Described as "the wife of William", her gravestone inscription (see below) is curious in that it identifies the couple only by their first names.
Elenor's surname is given as "Moor" in the 1928 burial roster of the First Presbyterian Church of Orange, which further identifies her by her date of death, age, and spouse's first name as it appears on her gravestone. Interestingly, the only other Moor in the churchyard is the William buried near her, but as the year of his death is given as 1733, almost 20 years before Elenor was born, she could not have been his wife.
Her headstone, which is made of brown sandstone, features a large, feminine-looking soul effigy in its tympanum with delicate brows, plump cheeks, and a rosebud mouth. This gentle image is in decided contrast to her epitaph, which harks back to the earlier colonial era and is as grim as it is brief: "Reader, Thou too muft die"
Elenor's surname is given as "Moor" in the 1928 burial roster of the First Presbyterian Church of Orange, which further identifies her by her date of death, age, and spouse's first name as it appears on her gravestone. Interestingly, the only other Moor in the churchyard is the William buried near her, but as the year of his death is given as 1733, almost 20 years before Elenor was born, she could not have been his wife.
Her headstone, which is made of brown sandstone, features a large, feminine-looking soul effigy in its tympanum with delicate brows, plump cheeks, and a rosebud mouth. This gentle image is in decided contrast to her epitaph, which harks back to the earlier colonial era and is as grim as it is brief: "Reader, Thou too muft die"
Born c.1750, Elenor was 38 years old when she died during the third year of the American Revolutionary War. Described as "the wife of William", her gravestone inscription (see below) is curious in that it identifies the couple only by their first names.
Elenor's surname is given as "Moor" in the 1928 burial roster of the First Presbyterian Church of Orange, which further identifies her by her date of death, age, and spouse's first name as it appears on her gravestone. Interestingly, the only other Moor in the churchyard is the William buried near her, but as the year of his death is given as 1733, almost 20 years before Elenor was born, she could not have been his wife.
Her headstone, which is made of brown sandstone, features a large, feminine-looking soul effigy in its tympanum with delicate brows, plump cheeks, and a rosebud mouth. This gentle image is in decided contrast to her epitaph, which harks back to the earlier colonial era and is as grim as it is brief: "Reader, Thou too muft die"
Elenor's surname is given as "Moor" in the 1928 burial roster of the First Presbyterian Church of Orange, which further identifies her by her date of death, age, and spouse's first name as it appears on her gravestone. Interestingly, the only other Moor in the churchyard is the William buried near her, but as the year of his death is given as 1733, almost 20 years before Elenor was born, she could not have been his wife.
Her headstone, which is made of brown sandstone, features a large, feminine-looking soul effigy in its tympanum with delicate brows, plump cheeks, and a rosebud mouth. This gentle image is in decided contrast to her epitaph, which harks back to the earlier colonial era and is as grim as it is brief: "Reader, Thou too muft die"
Inscription
"In Memory of
Elenor Wife of
William who
Died Dec'r 20
1788 Aged 38 Years
Reader Thou too must die"
Gravesite Details
NO SURNAME ON GRAVESTONE
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