American Revolutionary War Soldier. He was mortally wounded during the British retreat from Concord on the first day of the American Revolution, one of fifty Americans either killed or mortally wounded on that day. He died of his wounds over three months after the fighting of April 19, 1775, at the age of sixty-nine.
American Revolutionary War Soldier. He was mortally wounded during the British retreat from Concord on the first day of the American Revolution, one of fifty Americans either killed or mortally wounded on that day. He died of his wounds over three months after the fighting of April 19, 1775, at the age of sixty-nine.
Inscription
In Memory of
Mr. THOMAS BENT
who died
wednesday morning
July the 26th 1775
Ætatis Suæ
69.
Mrs. MARY BENT
wife of Mr. THOMAS BENT
who died wednesday
morning July the
26th 1775
Ætatis Suæ 57.
Our term of time is seventy Years,
An age that few survive;
But if with more than common strength
To eighty we arrive.
Yet then our boasted strength declines
To sorrow turn and pain
So soon the slender thread is cut
And we no more remain.
[Transcription kindly provided by Bill Boyington.]
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