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John Waldron, Marblehead, MA - 1717

November 28, 2011

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HERE LYES Ye

BODY OF JOHN

SON OF JOHN

& DELIVERANC

WALDRON WHO

DIED JULY Ye 22

1717 AGED 13 YRS

Old Burial Hill, Marblehead, Massachusetts

1710s Marblehead

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Using Mirrors to Photograph Gravestones

Yesterday I got to do some cemetery exploration with some fellow researchers. That's a rare treat for me. During this outing I got to see a mirror in action used to improve gravestone photos. While photographing on my own this is not really an option. If you have a helper be sure to bring a mirror along and make it a light weight one! It's easy to see how the light from the mirror aided in reading the gravestones. Without the aid of light from the mirror with the mirror without the mirror with the mirror

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Evergreen Cemetery, Medway, Massachusetts In Memory of Doctr. AARON WIGHT who died Feb. 8th 1813 in his 71st Year --------------- In memory of two wives of Doctr. Aaron Wight 1st wife Mrs. MARY WIGHT, died June 14th 1771 in her 23d Year 2nd wife Mrs. MARY WIGHT died Aug. 26th 1775 in her 23d Year. Imagine that - two wives, both named Mary and both die in their 23rd year. Talk about some confusing genealogical research! Doctor Aaron Wight actually had three wives. His third wife was named Jemima and she outlived him to die at age 66 in 1833. The style of the stone, with the willow and urn, shows us that it is contemporary to the time period when Aaron Wight died even though is first two wives died in the 1770s.

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John Waldron, Marblehead, MA - 1717

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