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Facts and Events
Name |
Anna Richmond |
Gender |
Female |
Birth[2] |
8 Feb 1737/38 |
Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States |
Marriage |
24 Jan 1760 |
Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut, United Statesto Col. Aaron Rowley |
Death[3] |
18 Apr 1799 |
Richmond, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States |
Burial[1] |
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Richmond, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United StatesCone Hill Cemetery |
Other[4] |
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Through a Sea of Infirmities She Waded to her Rest (Gravestone) |
Other? |
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I have doubts about the parents normally ascribed to her, exploring a new possibility |
References
- ↑ Find A Grave
Anna Rowley. - ↑ [d. Benjamin and Mary] b. Feb. 8, 1737/8 Lebanon Vital Records Vol 1, p 269
- ↑ Anna, w. Col. Aaron, Apr. 19, 1799, a. 61. [Apr. 18, on gravestone] - Vital Records of Richmond, Massachusetts: To the Year 1850 (Google eBook) Richmond (Mass.) New England historic genealogical society, at the charge of the Eddy town-record fund, 1913, p 107
- ↑ Her gravestone (and her husband's) were of the "Lulu" type / Cone Hill - Thankful Dean (1784) William Gaston (1787) Isaac Tilden (1792) Elijah Booth (1792) Dorothy Redfield (1797) Aaron and Anna Rowley (1799/1799) The 'Lulu' carvings, a tradition brought by settlers from south-central Connecticut, are mostly found in the Connecticut settled town of Richmond, and do not stray much beyond its borders. Twenty-two of the forty-one stones have epitaphs. The most common epitaph is doggerel verse, either composed by the carver or taken from a printed source. The least common form of epitaph is a personal description of the deceased.
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