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Memento mori

[Death's Head.]

71. In Memory of departed this life | July 3 months and 8 days.

M'. JOSEPH BRIGHAM | Who 29th. 1786 | Aged 80 years

Footstone: M Joseph | Brigham

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72. In Memory of | LYDIA, Daugh'. of | M' Benjamin Brigham & M". | Hannah his wife; | fhe died Aug 12th 1763 Age ¦ 5 Y' 5 M

Footstone: Lydia | Brigham

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73. Erected In Memory of | M". LYDIA BRIGHAM | Wife of | Lieu'. Joseph Brigham | who departed

this Life | May

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23. 1784. Aged | 41 years & 38 days.

Life is Short, but Death is Shure,

Sin is the Wound, Chrift is the Cure;

Of fallen man Salvation Shure.

Footstone: Mrs. | Lydia Brigham

[Mrs. Brigham was a daughter of Daniel and Zeruiah Barnes.]

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74. In Memory of | MARY BRIGHAM,

Enf". Jona- | than Brigham. | she died Nov.

AD 1751, in 74. | Year of her Age.

Reader:

Death is a Debt to Nature due,

[Which I have paid and so must you.]

Footstone: Mr. Mary | Brigham | 1751

[She was a daughter of John and Mary Fay.]

[Urn and Willow Tree.]

75. In Memory of

Wife of

9th. |

Mrs. MARY BRIGHAM,

Wife of Mr. Ithermer Brigham. | who died | May

13, 1813. | Æt. 78.

Footstone:+M. B.

[A daughter of Abraham and Mary (Rice) Beaman.]

[Death's Head and Scrolls.]

76. MATTATHIAS BRIGHAM Son th'n | & M" Damaris | Brigham who |

18 | 1752 in 10 | Year of his

Footstone: M. B.

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age.

of M' JonaDec August

77. MIRIAM BRIGHAM, | Daugh'. of Capt. Paul | Brigham & M". | Elizabeth his Wife, | died Jan' 10th 1776. | Aged 12 Years.

How loved how valued once

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Footstone: Miriam | Brigham

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78. In Memory of | Capt. PAUL BRIGHAM | who died June 4th 1777 | Aged 40 Years & | 2 Months

The sweet remembrance of the Juft

Shall flourish when they fleep in Duft.

Footstone: Capt. | Paul | Brigham

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79. Here lies Buried |

Body of ❘ PHINEHAS BRIGHAM | Son of Lieu' | Sam Brigham, Esq' | & MR' Abigail his wife who died | Auguft; 23 | 1736 in 11th [year of his age]

Footstone: Phinehas | Brigham

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80. In Memory of RUTH BRIGHAM, | (The Wife of M'. | Ithamar Brigham.) | fhe died May 29th, | AD 1766, Aged 34 Y', | 3 Months, & 9 Days.

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[She was a daughter of Daniel and Mary (Bigelow) Ward.]

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81. In Memory of | M". RUTH BRIGHAM, | (wife of | M'. Jofeph Brigham) | who departed this life | Feb. 7th 1786; Aged | 74 years 2 months | and 20 days.

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Footstone: Mrs Ruth | Brigham

[According to Hudson's History of Marlborough, Ruth was the second wife of Joseph Brigham, and at the time of her marriage to him was the widow of Elisha Ward.]

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82. In Memory of | Mi" RUTH BRIGHAM | only daugh'. of Mr. Ithamer | & Mrs. Ruth Brigham. | who died | Sep. 20 1797: | Ætatis 41. Footstone: Mifs | R. Brigham.

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83. Here Lyes Buried The Body of Cap'. | SAMUEL BRIGHAM, | Deceafed July the 24th 1713 | in the 59th year of his age.

Footstone: [Death's Head.] Capt. Samuel | Brigham

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84. In Memory of Mifs | SARAH BRIGHAM (Daughter of | M' Thomas Brigham & | M" Sarah his Wife) The died July 21, AD 1765 | In; 34th Year of | her Age

Time was I ftood where thou doft now,
And view'd the Dead as thou doft me.
Ere long thou'lt lie as low as I,

And others ftand & look on thee.

Footstone: Mifs Sarah | Brigham | 1765.

[This footstone and the one belonging to Mrs. Sarah Brigham on next page have changed places.]

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85. In Memory of

M. SARAH BRIGHAM, | Relict of | M'. Tho'. Brigham. | she died Sept. 15th,

1775: | Aged 74 Years.

Remember time it runeth faft,

The longest lives must end at laft.

Footstone: Mrs Sarah | Brigham | 1775.

[She was a daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Howe) Stratton.]

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86. Erected in memory of | Mrs. | THANKFULL BRIGHAM, widow of the late | Cap'. Daniel Brigham | who died | Dec. 14, 1824; | Æt. 59.

Footstone: T. B.

Her milder graces of domestic life,

And kindred virtues, let thy soul revere;
And o'er the best of mothers drop a tear.

[She was a daughter of George and Mary (Bragg) Brigham.]

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87. In Memory of | M'. THOMAS BRIGHAM | who died November; 25th, | AD 1765, in 70th | Year of his Age.

Behold & fee! as You pass by,
As You are now, so once was I;
As I am now, fo You must be,
Prepare for Death, & follow me.

Mr. Thomas Brigham | 1765

[Urn and Willow Tree.]

88. WILLARD BRIGHAM | died Aug. 28, 1835, | Æt. 63.

Footstone: W. B.

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89. In Memory of | WILLIAM (Son of M' | William Brigham & | M". Betty his Wife) | who died March | 6th 1771 Aged 1 Y', | 2 M. & 7 D.

Footstone: William | Brigham

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90. Sacred to the memory of M'. Winflow BRIGHAM, | who died August 29, 1791, | Ætatis 54. "Vain man! thy fond pursuit forbear, Repent, your end is nigh;

Death at the fartheft can't be far,
O think before you die."

Footstone: Mr. | Winflow Brigham.

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91. ZERUIAH BRIGHAM | Daughter of M'. | | Joel & M". | Mary Brigham, | died Aug. 31 | AD 1746 Aged | I Y 5 M, & 20 D.

Footstone: Zeruiah | Brigham

Clifford.

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92. In Memory of ELISABETH CLIFFORD | (Wife of M'. Jonathan | Clifford.) who died | Nov'.; 17th 1775. in 49th Year of her | Age.

Footstone: Mrs. Elifabeth | Clifford 1775

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93. Mrs. | ELIZABETH COLE, | Relict of Tho'. Cole of Boston, | died Jan. 13, 1813. | An. Æt. 102. Footstone: E. C.

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Cook.

GEORGE W. Cook, | Died in | Feltonville Sept. 4. 1830 Æ. 31

[Sculptor's mark:] N. Piper, Hudson.

[He married Charlotte, daughter of Silas Felton (No. 106).]

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