Born c.1736, American patriot and Revolutionary War officer, Nehemiah Wade, Esq., served as 2nd Major, 1st Regiment, Essex County NJ Militia. He was in his 40th year when he died in during the first year of the war. He shares this plot with his widow, the former Abigail Mulford, who survived him by seven years, and their 2-year-old son, Benjamin, who predeceased them in 1765.
The Wades' gravestone is the work of master carver Ebenezer Price of Elizabethtown, and represents one of his more unusual designs: a dove bearing an olive branch with the inscription "Come unto me". Gracing the tympanum of the brown sandstone stele, it's a gentle departure from the often grim soul effigies of the era. Here the dove is used as a symbol of Christian constancy and devotion, both between God and mankind, and between husband and wife in marriage. ("Anonymous" PHOTO: DETAIL of GRAVESTONE TYMPANUM by Nikita Barlow.)
The Wades' gravestone is the work of master carver Ebenezer Price of Elizabethtown, and represents one of his more unusual designs: a dove bearing an olive branch with the inscription "Come unto me". Gracing the tympanum of the brown sandstone stele, it's a gentle departure from the often grim soul effigies of the era. Here the dove is used as a symbol of Christian constancy and devotion, both between God and mankind, and between husband and wife in marriage. ("Anonymous" PHOTO: DETAIL of GRAVESTONE TYMPANUM by Nikita Barlow.)
Born c.1736, American patriot and Revolutionary War officer, Nehemiah Wade, Esq., served as 2nd Major, 1st Regiment, Essex County NJ Militia. He was in his 40th year when he died in during the first year of the war. He shares this plot with his widow, the former Abigail Mulford, who survived him by seven years, and their 2-year-old son, Benjamin, who predeceased them in 1765.
The Wades' gravestone is the work of master carver Ebenezer Price of Elizabethtown, and represents one of his more unusual designs: a dove bearing an olive branch with the inscription "Come unto me". Gracing the tympanum of the brown sandstone stele, it's a gentle departure from the often grim soul effigies of the era. Here the dove is used as a symbol of Christian constancy and devotion, both between God and mankind, and between husband and wife in marriage. ("Anonymous" PHOTO: DETAIL of GRAVESTONE TYMPANUM by Nikita Barlow.)
The Wades' gravestone is the work of master carver Ebenezer Price of Elizabethtown, and represents one of his more unusual designs: a dove bearing an olive branch with the inscription "Come unto me". Gracing the tympanum of the brown sandstone stele, it's a gentle departure from the often grim soul effigies of the era. Here the dove is used as a symbol of Christian constancy and devotion, both between God and mankind, and between husband and wife in marriage. ("Anonymous" PHOTO: DETAIL of GRAVESTONE TYMPANUM by Nikita Barlow.)
Inscription
"Come unto me" (In tympanum)
"In memory of
Nehemiah Wade, Esq, who
died Octr ye 19th AD 1776
in the 40th Year of his
Age
And
Abigail his Wife who
died March ye 1st AD 1783
In the 43rd Year of her
Age"
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