Mary Fuller, dau. of Sgt. Samuel Fuller and Elizabeth Thacher, b. of record Apr. 5, 1713 at Mansfield, Conn. [Mans. VRs.] She d. of record Dec. 21, 1788 at Preston, Conn., Æ 76 [Preston VRs.] Unfortunately, Mary has no extant gravestone, certainly not one when Hale inventoried all known Conn. cemeteries as part of a 1930s WPA project. However, when her death was recorded she must have had a gravestone from which her age at death of "Æ 76" was taken.
On Feb. 14, 1736/37 of record at Norwich, Conn., Mary m. Joseph Tracy, s. of Nathaniel Tracy and Sarah Minor, b. of record at Preston, Conn. Apr. 2, 1712 [Preston VRs] and bapt. May 4, 1712 at the Preston Cong. Ch. He d. of record Feb. 2, 1780 at Preston, Æ 68 [Preston VRs.] Like his wife, he has no extant gravestone but must have once had one from which his age at death was taken.
Mary Fuller and Joseph Tracy had ten children who are summarized in their father's memorial.
Edited 1/15/20215
On Feb. 14, 1736/37 of record at Norwich, Conn., Mary m. Joseph Tracy, s. of Nathaniel Tracy and Sarah Minor, b. of record at Preston, Conn. Apr. 2, 1712 [Preston VRs] and bapt. May 4, 1712 at the Preston Cong. Ch. He d. of record Feb. 2, 1780 at Preston, Æ 68 [Preston VRs.] Like his wife, he has no extant gravestone but must have once had one from which his age at death was taken.
Mary Fuller and Joseph Tracy had ten children who are summarized in their father's memorial.
Edited 1/15/20215
Mary Fuller, dau. of Sgt. Samuel Fuller and Elizabeth Thacher, b. of record Apr. 5, 1713 at Mansfield, Conn. [Mans. VRs.] She d. of record Dec. 21, 1788 at Preston, Conn., Æ 76 [Preston VRs.] Unfortunately, Mary has no extant gravestone, certainly not one when Hale inventoried all known Conn. cemeteries as part of a 1930s WPA project. However, when her death was recorded she must have had a gravestone from which her age at death of "Æ 76" was taken.
On Feb. 14, 1736/37 of record at Norwich, Conn., Mary m. Joseph Tracy, s. of Nathaniel Tracy and Sarah Minor, b. of record at Preston, Conn. Apr. 2, 1712 [Preston VRs] and bapt. May 4, 1712 at the Preston Cong. Ch. He d. of record Feb. 2, 1780 at Preston, Æ 68 [Preston VRs.] Like his wife, he has no extant gravestone but must have once had one from which his age at death was taken.
Mary Fuller and Joseph Tracy had ten children who are summarized in their father's memorial.
Edited 1/15/20215
On Feb. 14, 1736/37 of record at Norwich, Conn., Mary m. Joseph Tracy, s. of Nathaniel Tracy and Sarah Minor, b. of record at Preston, Conn. Apr. 2, 1712 [Preston VRs] and bapt. May 4, 1712 at the Preston Cong. Ch. He d. of record Feb. 2, 1780 at Preston, Æ 68 [Preston VRs.] Like his wife, he has no extant gravestone but must have once had one from which his age at death was taken.
Mary Fuller and Joseph Tracy had ten children who are summarized in their father's memorial.
Edited 1/15/20215
Inscription
If Mary's gravestone still existed, her age would be inscribed as the Preston vital record states; that is, she died Æ 76, and the following would be added for explanation:
On the day Mary died she was 75 years old, and Ætatis suæ (i.e., Æ, "Aged," in the XX year of her Age) 76.
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