44yrs.
This stone is located with a group of others in a line at the opposite end of the grounds, nearer to Lake Quannapowitt. This stone originally was in the towns very first burying grounds and was then re-located to the current location.
His wife was Judith.
This stone is located with a group of others in a line at the opposite end of the grounds, nearer to Lake Quannapowitt. This stone originally was in the towns very first burying grounds and was then re-located to the current location.
His wife was Judith.
44yrs.
This stone is located with a group of others in a line at the opposite end of the grounds, nearer to Lake Quannapowitt. This stone originally was in the towns very first burying grounds and was then re-located to the current location.
His wife was Judith.
This stone is located with a group of others in a line at the opposite end of the grounds, nearer to Lake Quannapowitt. This stone originally was in the towns very first burying grounds and was then re-located to the current location.
His wife was Judith.
Inscription
Memento te esse mortalem.
C ye 2d.
Fugit hora.
Here lyes the body of Capt. Jonathan Poole, who deceased in the 44th year of his age, 1678.
Friends sure would prove too far unkind,
If, out of sight, they leave him out of mind;
And now he lyes transform'd to native dust,
In earth's cold womb as other mortals must,
It's strange his matchless worth, entomb'd should lye,
Or that his fame should in oblivion dye.
Source: NEGHR, vol 7
Gravesite Details
There is a nice write up on this gravestone in "Graven Images - New England Stonecarving and Its Symbols, 1650-1815" by Ludwig. (Page 83)
