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Kent, Northborough History (1921), p. 238: inscriptions on four slate gravestones in the Old Burial Ground (Mr. Adam Holloway, Decd June Ye 7 1733, in Ye 80th year of his age; Aaron, Elisabeth and Joseph Wheeler). Kent prints the inscriptions of four slate gravestones in the Old Burial Ground on Brigham Street: Mr. Adam Holloway ('Decd JUNE Ye 7 1733 IN Ye 80th YEAR OF HIS AGE'), Aaron Wheeler (d. 12 Apr 1747, aged 19), Mrs. Elisabeth Wheeler (d. 12 Sept 1748) and Mr. Joseph Wheeler (d. 20 May 1747).

Image · dated 1921 (deaths 1733-1748) · source: Internet Archive (public-domain scan); northboroughhist00inkent.

Kent, Northborough History (1921), p. 238: inscriptions on four slate gravestones in the Old Burial Ground (Mr. Adam Holloway, Decd June Ye 7 1733, in Ye 80th year of his age; Aaron, Elisabeth and Joseph Wheeler). Kent prints the inscriptions of four slate gravestones in the Old Burial Ground on Brigham Street: Mr. Adam Holloway ('Decd JUNE Ye 7 1733 IN Ye 80th YEAR OF HIS AGE'), Aaron Wheeler (d. 12 Apr 1747, aged 19), Mrs. Elisabeth Wheeler (d. 12 Sept 1748) and Mr. Joseph Wheeler (d. 20 May 1747).

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Word-for-word transcription (spellings kept; uncertain letters in brackets).

(The four inscriptions; line breaks shown by slashes.)

HERE LYES THE / BODY OF Mr / ADAM HOLLOWAY / Decd JUNE Ye 7 / 1 7 3 3 / IN Ye 80th YEAR / OF HIS AGE

Here Lies Buried Ye / Body of Aaron / Wheeler Son of Mr / Joseph and Mrs / Elisabeth Wheeler / Who Decd April Ye / 12th A.D. 1747 / Age 19 Years / 2 M & 5 Ds

Here Lies Buried / Ye Body of Mrs / Elisabeth Wheeler / Wife of Mr Joseph / Wheeler Who / Decd Sept. Ye 12 / A.D. 1748 / Age 61 Years / 5 M & 10 Ds

Here Lies Buried / Ye Body of Mr / JOSEPH WHEELER / Who Departed / This Life May / Ye 20 A.D. 1747 / Aged 56 Years / 2 M & 6 Ds

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Keep in mind: Confirmed. Kent's transcription, not the stones themselves. Adam's 7 June differs from the Westborough loose return's 9 June (unreconciled). Adam's age ('in ye 80th year') puts his birth about 1653-54.

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