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Person Details
 
Last NameMARSH
First NameSARAH
Maiden 
RelationW/O JONATHAN
Cemetery NumberNT014
Cemetery NameCLIFTON BURIAL GROUND
Birth Day0
Birth Month 
Birth Year1664c
Death Day21
Death MonthSEP
Death Year1687
War 
Gravestone Details
Section 
Lot 
Map00038
Stone Materialslate
Conditiongood
Shapefancy top
Carvingskull with wings
Legibilitygood
Number of Graves on Stone1
Stone Height (inches)22
Stone Width (inches)19
Exists?
Last Seen Date2006
Carver 
Notes/Misc Details
Notes "ye 21 of ye 7 mo." "d. Newport." Very elaborate carving: double panel on top with winged skull on top, floral motif below, strange double row of pears on each side hanging from ring in mouth of a face. Her infant son died the next month]
Transcribed ByWS;CETA;QUAK;AGB;JES;BA;DF