I made some progress in the Mary Fawcett mystery today. It's Susan Hill to the rescue again. First she emailed an elderly fellow who had done transcriptions in the cemetery in 1970 to see whether he had taken photos. He hadn't but remembered the Old Burying Ground very well, especially the bones sticking out of the ground (!). Next Susan checked her own notes and discovered that she, too, had questioned the dates. She sent me a photo taken in 2005 and it's just astonishing how much more readable that stone was just 8 years ago. It's clearly the stone of Mary Ripley. The day of her death, 16 Dec is clearly visible, but the year is not. The first digit is a 1 and the last a 7. We know that Mary was still alive in 1835 when Henry died and that she was born around 1770. The year must range from 1837 to 1897. The unreadable numbers in question have some roundness to them so my best guess is that she died in 1837 at age 68.
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AuthorHi there! My name is Mallory Burton and I started researching the Ripley family in 2011. I'd describe myself as a careful amateur who's more interested in story than names and dates. I hope you enjoy my website and blog. I also have a public Mallory/Ripley tree on Ancestry with over 4,000 names. To contact me, please comment on any one of my blog posts. Archives
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