Memorial Details

IN THE MEMORY
of
MARY THE WIFE OF
JOHN MARTIN SEN.
(OF THIS VILLAGE)
WHO DIED JUNE 13^TH  A.D. 1806
AGED 45 YEARS

Also
WILLIAM HENRY THE SON OF
JOHN AND MARYANN MARTIN
(OF THIS VILLAGE)
WHO DIED DECEMBER 1^ST  A.D. 1830:
AGED 1 YEAR AND 11 MONTHS
ALSO JOHN, THE SON OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED APRIL 20^TH  A.D. 1851:
AGED 7 YEARS AND 4 MONTHS
ALSO SELINA
WHO DIED MAY 16^TH
A.D. 1851
AGED 5 YEARS

Happy the Children who privileg’d by fate.
To shorten labour and to lighter weight;
Received but yesterday the gift of breath,
Order’d to morrow to return to Death.