Miriam Wood, d. 1706
no. 23768
A few feet from thence were laid, long since, the remains of another school mistress, over whose grave the storms of more than a century and a half have beaten. The quaint inscription on her monumental stone is as follows;
Here Lyes ye Body of Miriam wood,
Formerly Wife to John Smith,
Aged 73 Years.
Died October ye 19th
1706
A Woman well beloved of all
her neighbours, from her care of small
Folks education, their number being great,
that when she dy’d she scarsely left her mate,
So Wise, Discre[et], was her behaviors
that she was well esteemed by neighbors.
She liv’d in love wih all to dy[e]
So let her rest [to] Eternaty.