Husband of Mary Pratt.
John was a Mariner. He was also a veteran of The King Philips War. (1675-76) He served under Capt. William Turner and took part in the falls fight at Hadley.
Husband of Mary Pratt.
John was a Mariner. He was also a veteran of The King Philips War. (1675-76) He served under Capt. William Turner and took part in the falls fight at Hadley.
Inscription
Memento Mori [- Fugit Hora]
Here L[yes ye Body of]
John Prat[t Senr Aged]
53 Years [& 4 Mo who]
Ended this Life in [a]
Sudden Death june [ye 3rd]
1708
All you that are A[live]
Now stand upon your [Gard]
Least Sudden Death sh[ould Come]
and find you Unprep[ard]
When Death doth [come]
No Man can it Rev[oke]
[Neither in] Sic[knes]
[Nor from Thunder Stroke]
Gravesite Details
Headstone listed in 1855 in NEHGR (9:325) Missing text per the Corey transcriptions published in the Register of the Malden Historical Society (No. 3, pg. 53) and the Malden Cemetery Department Bell Rock card file.
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