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Laurence Lideard, Pettigrew
"The man that rests in this grave has had 8 wives,
by whom he had 45 children, and 20 grand-
children. He was born rich, lived and
died poor, aged 94 years,
July 30th, 1774
Born at Bewdley in Worcestershire in 1650."
Ann Jennings, Wolstanton
"Some have children - some have none -
Here lies the mother of twenty-one."
Hedon, Holderness, East Yorshire
"Here lyeth the body of
William Strutton, of Patrington
Buried the 18th of May 1734
Aged 97
Who had, by his first wife, twenty-eight children,
And by a second seventeen;
Own father to forty-five
Grand-father to eighty-six,
Great grand-father to ninety-seven,
And Great, great-grand-father to twenty-three;
In all two hundred and fifty-one."
"Here lies A. B.
Who at the age of eighteen
earned £40 a year."
"John Palfryman, who is buried here
Was aged four and twenty year,
And near this place his mother lies
Likewise his father when he dies"
"Ledyard Conn, on a man who died of natural
causes after several attemps at suicide;
He died an honest death."
"Here lies Peter Montgomery, who was accidentally
shot in his 30th year. This monument
was erected by grateful relatives."
"Here lies the body of Jonathan Ground
Who was lost at sea and never found."
"She lived with her husband fifty years
And died in confident hope of a better life."
"Here lie I, and no wonder I'm dead,
For the wheel of the wagon went over my head."
Juha
Laurence Lideard, Pettigrew
"The man that rests in this grave has had 8 wives,
by whom he had 45 children, and 20 grand-
children. He was born rich, lived and
died poor, aged 94 years,
July 30th, 1774
Born at Bewdley in Worcestershire in 1650."
Ann Jennings, Wolstanton
"Some have children - some have none -
Here lies the mother of twenty-one."
Hedon, Holderness, East Yorshire
"Here lyeth the body of
William Strutton, of Patrington
Buried the 18th of May 1734
Aged 97
Who had, by his first wife, twenty-eight children,
And by a second seventeen;
Own father to forty-five
Grand-father to eighty-six,
Great grand-father to ninety-seven,
And Great, great-grand-father to twenty-three;
In all two hundred and fifty-one."
"Here lies A. B.
Who at the age of eighteen
earned £40 a year."
"John Palfryman, who is buried here
Was aged four and twenty year,
And near this place his mother lies
Likewise his father when he dies"
"Ledyard Conn, on a man who died of natural
causes after several attemps at suicide;
He died an honest death."
"Here lies Peter Montgomery, who was accidentally
shot in his 30th year. This monument
was erected by grateful relatives."
"Here lies the body of Jonathan Ground
Who was lost at sea and never found."
"She lived with her husband fifty years
And died in confident hope of a better life."
"Here lie I, and no wonder I'm dead,
For the wheel of the wagon went over my head."
Juha