Her parents were Nathan Chandler & Phebe unknown. Her husband was Benjamin Ames, Jr. She died aged 43 years & 8 months [aged 44 yrs & 2 months. church records; 44 years & 8 months. gravestone].
(sources: South Church cemetery database & Vital Records of Andover, MA to the end of the year 1849)
(sources: South Church cemetery database & Vital Records of Andover, MA to the end of the year 1849)
Her parents were Nathan Chandler & Phebe unknown. Her husband was Benjamin Ames, Jr. She died aged 43 years & 8 months [aged 44 yrs & 2 months. church records; 44 years & 8 months. gravestone].
(sources: South Church cemetery database & Vital Records of Andover, MA to the end of the year 1849)
(sources: South Church cemetery database & Vital Records of Andover, MA to the end of the year 1849)
Inscription
In
Memory of
Mrs. Phebe Ames,
the wife of
Mr. Benjamin Ames Jnr
who died 19th June
1798; aged 44 years &
8 months
While o're the grave you walk or weep,
Remember here all flesh must sleep;
Slender's the thread whence life depends
Begins this hour, the next it ends.
Taken from The Essex Antiquarian
Salem, Massachusetts August 1898
Listing of pre-1800 transcriptions readable at that date
Family Members
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