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Grace <I>Morris</I> Child

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Grace Morris Child

Birth
Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
10 Dec 1723 (aged 62)
Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Roslindale, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Plot
WSt2
Memorial ID
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She was born 7 Feb 1660/1. (Source: A Genealogical and Historical Register of the Descendants of Edward Morris of Roxbury, Mass., and Woodstock, Conn, by Jonathan Flynt Morris (1822-1899), page 20).
She was born 7 Feb 1660/1. (Source: A Genealogical and Historical Register of the Descendants of Edward Morris of Roxbury, Mass., and Woodstock, Conn, by Jonathan Flynt Morris (1822-1899), page 20).

Bio by: Fr. Timothy Ferguson


Inscription

Here Lyes the Body
of GRACE CHILD
The Wife of
BENJAMIN CHILD
Died Dec. ye 10th
1 7 2 3
In the 63rd year
of Her Age.

Based on her recorded baptism at Roxbury and the manner in which her age at death is stated, on the date Grace died she was 62 years old, and Ætatis suæ (i.e., Æ, "Aged," in the XX year of her Age) 63. This indicated she was b. AFTER Dec. 10, 1660. She was bapt. of record at Roxbury Feb. 17, 1660/1 by the Reverend John Eliot, the "blessed apostle" to the New England native tribes and founder of the Roxbury Latin School.



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  • Maintained by: CMWJR
  • Originally Created by: Star Rhodes
  • Added: Mar 9, 2008
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25155606/grace-child: accessed ), memorial page for Grace Morris Child (7 Feb 1661–10 Dec 1723), Find a Grave Memorial ID 25155606, citing Walter Street Burying Ground, Roslindale, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by CMWJR (contributor 50059520).