Inscriptions from Tombsones; Wm. and Mary Qrtly., Vol. 9, No. 3

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Inscriptions from Tombsones

   William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 9, No. 3.
   (Jan., 1901), pp. 168-175.
 
                        INSCRIPTION FROM TOMBSTONES
      IN KING AND QUEEN, WESTMORELAND, HANOVER AND ALBEMARLE COUNTIES.

                                     I.

   From a tombestone lying near the Mattaponi River, in King and Queen county,
near Little Plymouth.

   Here lies the body of Thoms Thorpe Gent. who died on the 19th day of August,
1758, aged 58 years.

                                    II.

   From Smith's Mount in Westmoreland county.

(Arms.)
Beneath this Marble
Are deposited
The Remains of
Major Henry Turner(1)
1751
and
Wlisabeth his wife
1752.
Who with Credit and Esteem
Possess'd and enjoy'd
An Ample Fortune
From which unerring wisdon
Thought fit to snatch them
In their Bloom
Together with three Sons
who All dyed
In their infancy.

Page 169.

                                   III.

   From a tombsteone near Beaverdam, Hanover county.

I H S
Patrick Belsches
Born 19th September 1733
and
Departed this Life
6 January 1766.


                                   IV.

   From the churchyard at Point of Fork, Hanover county.

In memory of My Father
Capt. Thomas Price Senr.
Who died 21 December
1836.
Aged 82 years.
This stone was Erected
By his affectionate son,
P. H. Price

-------------------------

In memory of My Mother
Barbara Price,
Who died 21st of May 1831
Age ------- yrs.
This stone ---------ected
by her affectionate son.
P. H. Price

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John Samuel Temple
Born Nov. 24th 1800
Married Maria D. Price
Oct. 7th 1824
Died Aug. 2nd 1834.

---------------------------

Maria Doswell Temple
Wife of 
John Samueul Temple
Born Feb 2nd 1807
Died Feb. 21st 1837.

Page 170

Mrs. Elizabeth T. Price,
who died March 1st 1850.

------------------------------

Thomas Price Jr.
Son of Thomas & Barbara Price
who departed this life the 31st of
October 1838 aged 57 years.

------------------------------

Ann Callis

Born in Hanover Nov. 4th 1774
died in Louisa county
Sep. 8, 1846.

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Judith Carter Nelson,
Daughter of Gov. Jno. Page,
& widow of
Judge Robert Nelson
of Williamsburg,
obt. Augt. 24, 1845.
AE 62

_____________________________

Hugh Thomas Nelson
who died at Oakland
in the county of Hanover,
Jan. 10th 1843
in the 26th year of his age.
He was the eldest son of
Thomas & Judith Nelson
and Grandson of
Col. Hugh Nelson &
Genl. Thomas Nelson.

-----------------------------

Thomas Nelson
born at Chilton Hanover Co.
Nov. 24th 1780
Died at Oakland, Hanover Co.
June 5th 1859.
Hughella N. Page.
obt. Aug. 15, 1844
AE 22


Page 171.

Susan, wife of Francis Page
& daughter of Gen. Thomas Nelson,
Born at York Town, Va.,
Octr. 3d, 1780
Died at Frederick Town Md.
Jany. 8th 1850
AET. 70


-----------------------------------

Francis Page, born at
Rosewell Gloucester Co. Va.
1st April 1780
died at Rugswamp, Hanover Co.
Nov. 4th 1849
AET. 70

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Alice Grymes Digges
daughter of Gov. Jno. Page,
& widow of Dudley Digges,
ob. 10 May 1846.

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Lucy, wife of
Hugh N. Pendleton
Granddaughter of
Govrs. Thos. Nelson & John Page,
and only child of
Jude Robert Nelson
On the 20th of May 1837
At the age of 33 years and a

few days, her spirit returned
unto him who gave it.

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Dudley Digges, died Apl. 4th 1839
Aged 74.

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Edmund Pendleton, born 18 April 1774
died 23 January 1847.

Page 172.

Thomasia Meade, wife of the
Rt. Rev'd William Meade
born May 6th 1796
died July 26th 1836

---------------------------------

Mrs. Lucy Nelson,
Relict of
Gov. Thomas Nelson.
she died Sep. 18th 1830
Aged 87 years and 14 days.

---------------------------------

Jane Byrd Page, daughter of
John & Jane Page,
of North River, Gloster County
and wife of
Nathaniel Nelson, of York Town
who died at Offley Hoo, in Hanover
county, Feby. 2nd 1782 in the 19th
year of her age.

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                                       V.

   From tombstones in Aylett Burying-ground, on "Fairfield" Farm, King William

county, Va.(2)

Here lied Interred the Body of
Martha Aylett wife of Philip Aylett
and Daughter of the Honourable
William Dandridge and Unity
Dandridge, who died the 25th of
April 1747 in the 26th year of her
age and left behind her two
Daughters and two sons, Viz:
Unity Williams, Ann and John Aylett.

-------------------------------------

Here lies the body of
Philip Aylett{1} son of
Col. William Aylett
Who died at "Montville"
11th of Septr 1835 in 65th year
of his age
____________________________________________________
   {!} He married Elizabeth Henry.

Page 173.

Here lies the Body of
Patrick Henry Aylett
Son of Philip Aylett
of King William
Who died Whilst a student at
the University of Virginia
on the 28th of January, 1829,
Aged 20 years and 
7 months.

----------------------------------

Here lies the Body of
William Aylett
Son of Philip Aylett
Who died at Montville
On the 11th February, 1829
Aged 22 years
and 1 month.

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Genl Philip Aylett
of Montville
Born 1787
Died 10 Sept. 1848
This stone is erected to his memory
by his bereaved Widow & Children.

----------------------------------

In Memory
of
Judith Page
Wife of
Gen. Philip Aylett
Died
At Selma Alabama
May 7, 1850
aged 56 years.

-----------------------------------

                                      VI.

   Inscriptions copied from tombstones in the "Lewis" Graveyard, near
Charlottesville, March 14, 1892, by Robert W. Lewis.

Page 174.


Here
Lies the Body of
Nicholas Lewis
Born January 19th 1734,
And Departed this
Life December 8th 1808.

-----------------------------------

In
Sacred
Memory of
Thomas Walker Lewis
Born June The 24th 1763,
And Departed this life
June the 7th 1807.
Aged 44 years.

                                   NOTES.

   (1) Major Henry Turner, or Harry Turner, as he was generally called, was son of Thomas
Turner, who was son of Thomas Turner (King George County Records).  Thomas Turner was
sworn clerk of King George, Sept. 6, 1723.  His will was dated 19th of February, 1757,
and was proved May 4, 1758; mentions land in King George, Prince William and Westmoreland

counties; names his son-in-law, Capt. Edward Dixon, and the latter's sons Harry Dixon and
Thomas Dixon, grandsons Thomas Turner and Henry Turner, granddaughter Sally Turner, niece,
Ann Wrenn's son, John Wrenn; refers to his son Harry Turner's will; names daughter Mary
Turner.  His son, Major Harry Turner died before his father in 1751; and in his will
mentions his father Thomas Turner, brother Thomas Turner's son Charles, nephews Harry
Dixon and Turner Dixon; names son Thomas and wife Elizabeth.  Elizabeth Turner, last
named, was daughter of Colonel Nicholas Smith, whose epitaph has been already printed.
(See QUARTERLY, VI., p. 42).  Soon after Major Turner's death, she married Bowler Cocke,
Jr.  She left an only son, Col. Thomas Turner, who married Jane (born August 15, 1749),

daughter of Col. William Fauntleroy, of Nayler's Hole, in Richmond county, about the 
year 1767, and left a family of eight children - four sons and four daughters.  The sons
were Henry, Thomas, Richard and George.  In 1794, Henry Smith Turner advertised "Smith's
Mount", consisting of 1700 acres, for sale.

   (2) I owe these inscriptions to Miss Alice Page Aylett, daughter of Col. William R.
Aylett, and niece of Patrick Henry Aylett.  She writes:  "By the side of the tombstone
of Martha Aylett is another, whose inscription is worn off.  I have heard that Unity
West lies here.  Elizabeth Henry (daughter of Patrick Henry) lies by her husband, Phili
Aylett, but has no tombstone.  Donald Robertson, who came from Scotland

Page 175.

about 1760, had a school near Aylett's Warehouse, on the King and Queen side of the
Mattaponi, and worshipped in old Cattail Church.  His daughter Lucy Robertson married
Mr. Semple, and was the mother of Mrs. Ada Semple Bradford, of Springfield, Illinois,
who lately made a handsome gift of silver plate to our church.  Mrs. Bradford has a
number of the school books of Donald Robertson, with some of his pupils' names in them".
(John Walker Semple, son of John Semple, a lawyer of King and Queen county, and 
Elizabeth Walker, and grandson of Rev. James Semple, pastor of Long Dreghorn, Ayrshire,
married, first, Miss Laurie, of Caroline county, and, secondly, Lucy Robertson.  Issue,
interalios Adaline Matilda, who married John S. Bradford, of Springfield, Illinois).