This 1723 stone is unusual because of its abundant bouquet of flowers decorating the lunette. I've never seen so many flowers on such an early stone.
Here lyeth ye body o[f]
Mrs Martha Mobes wife [of]
George Mobes & Da[ughter]
to Capt. James & Mrs. Mar[?]
Calley who dy'd octo[ber]
ye 14th 1723 aged
21 years.
St. Michael's Cemetery, Marblehead, Massachusetts
Martha Calley and George Mob[e]s were married 11 December 1721 in Marblehead, MA.
That is unusual--but quite lovely!
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