Her age (32) places her birth between Apr 1720 and Mar 1721.
Her age (32) places her birth between Apr 1720 and Mar 1721.
Inscription
In memory of THEODOSIA the wife of Andrew Reed who departed this life the 19th of March 1753 Aged 32 years.
Life's maze I've trod; I've met th' appointed Day;
And here in Dust now sleeps my breathless clay.
The Blow how sudden; how severe the Dart;
How early levelled at my tender Heart.
But stop, kind reader; cease to view me here;
Know where I dwell, above the starry sphere.
Would you, secure, the threats of Death defy,
Like me religious live; like me serenely die.
"Record of the Inscriptions in the Tablets and Gravestones in the Burial-Grounds of Christ Church, Philadelphia" Section A, LXXXIV, p. 65.
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