(Exact Copy of Original)
Register of the Births, deaths, ets., of the family of John MacGowan, of London, correctly transcribed from the genuine Register accompanying this Bible, which being torn from its place occasioned this copy. - E. Macgowan.
[I was] Married to Mary, daughter of William and Mary Harper of Bookton, near Shiffnal in Shropshire, on May 15, 1766, in the Parish Church of Bridgenorth. ...
... Mary, my wife, died on March 6, 1779, of the Febricula.
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[cos1776 note: "Febricula" could have meant typhoid fever or simply a prolonged fever.]
