Vital Records of Plymouth Massachusetts to the Year 1850
Book Two [p. 363]
Edward Taylor born April 28th 1797; decd. Sept. 15th 1798
This memorial was updated on September 9, 2023.
Vital Records of Plymouth Massachusetts to the Year 1850
Book Two [p. 363]
Edward Taylor born April 28th 1797; decd. Sept. 15th 1798
This memorial was updated on September 9, 2023.
Inscription
To the memory
of
Capt EDWARD TAYLOR
who was drowned in
attempting to go ashore
from his vessel
Novr 25th 1798
whose remains were found
July 10th 1799 & here interred
aged 33 years
also in memory of
EDWARD son of
Capt EDWARD & Mrs MARY
TAYLOR who died Sept 15th
1798 aged 1 year & 4 months
The wide Atlantic past his raptur'd fight
Beholds his wished for home his best delight,
Adverse the tide - in boat the surge he braves
And meets his fate beneath o'erwhelming waves,
Thus fell the husband kind the parent dear,
The loving brother and the friend sincere.
Epitaphs from Burial Hill
by Bradford Kingman
Published 1892
Epitaph #726
Family Members
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