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Inscriptions in Churchyard at All Saints, Hastings |
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SOG SX/PER Vol XLI |
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Inscriptions in Churchyard at All Saints, Hastings |
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| SOG SX/PER Vol XLI. Inscriptions in Churchyard at All Saints, Hastings. |
"This Stone Sacred to the Memory of Joseph Swain Fisherman was erected at the expense of the Members of the Friendly Society of Hastings In commiseration of his cruel and untimely death, and as record of the public indignation at the needless and sanguiniary violence of which he was the unoffending victim .... He was shot by Geo. England one of the Sailors employ'd in the Coast blockade Service in open day on the 13th March 1821 and almost instantly expired in the twenty ninth Year of his Age leaving a widow and five small children to lament his loss."
On the body stone " Sacred to the memory of Mary, widow of Joseph Swain who departed this life August 17th 1869 aged 83. Psalm LXVIII 5 also Sarah Sophia third daughter of Joseph and Mary Swain who departed this life June 30th 1870 aged 54."
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