Sunday, August 24, 2014

Nathaniel Lockwood, died 1757. Tomac Cemetery, Old Greenwich

The tombstone of Nathaniel Lockwood, died December 22, 1757, aged 31 years, has both a fine example of a winged soul effigy and is inscribed with the earliest known epitaph found on any gravestone in Greenwich graveyards.


Since Life's uncertain Oft cut down in Prime 
Repent nor dare presume on future time 
Since Mercy's boundless Let not man despair 
Love and Faith in Christ is Saving if Sincere.











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