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De Forest and Bates, The History of Westborough, Massachusetts (1891), p. 210: Mr. Adam Holloway, Sr., 'Decd June ye 7th, 1733, in ye 80th year of his age'. Among the names that can still be read in the old burying ground, 'Mr. Adam Holloway, Sr., who Decd June ye 7th, 1733, in ye 80th year of his age'; Joseph Wheeler, his wife Elizabeth and their son Aaron were buried in 1747 and 1748.
Image · dated 1891 (death 1733) · source: Internet Archive (public-domain scan); historyofwestborm00defo.
Transcription
Word-for-word transcription (spellings kept; uncertain letters in brackets).
(Sentence only.)
... a few names of the earlier settlers can still be read. These are: Mr. Adam Holloway, Sr., who "Decd June ye 7th, 1733, in ye 80th year of his age;" Joseph Wheeler, his wife Elizabeth, and their son Aaron, all of whom were buried in 1747 and 1748.
How it is shown: Complete page as scanned; no crop, no retouch, no search highlight.
Keep in mind: Confirmed. De Forest does not use the word 'gravestone' (it is Kent, 1921, p. 238, that prints the inscription). The date 7 June differs from the Westborough loose return (9 June); the two are unreconciled.