Name |
SPARROW, Pandora () |
Gender |
Female |
Burial |
Cove Burying Ground, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States |
- Transcript of Monument erected in 1876 for the Centennial of the USA.
HERE RESTS THE DUST
OF
RICHARD SPARROW
AND HIS WIFE
PANDORA
WHO CAME FROM KENT COUNTY ENGLAND
ABOUT 1633 AND SETTLED IN PLYMOUTH
ABOUT 1650 THEY CAME TO EASTHAM
AND SETTLED NEAR THIS PLACE
WHERE HE DIED JANUARY 8,1660
HERE ALSO RESTS
JONATHAN SPARROW
ONLY CHILD OF RICHARD
TOGETHER WITH HIS FIRST TWO WIVES
REBECCA BANGS & HANNAH PRINCE
HE SETTLED IN THE PART OF EASTHAM
NOW EAST ORLEANS WHERE
AFTER FILLING MANY OFFICES OF HONOR
AND TRUST IN BOTH CHURCH AND STATE
HE DIED MARCH 21, 1706 AGED 73 YEARS
IN MEMORY OF
THESE EARLY SETTLERS OF OUR COUNTRY
WE THEIR DESCENDENTS HAVE ERECTED
THIS TABLET IN THIS CENTENNIAL YEAR
OF OUR AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE A D 1876
http://www.capecodgravestones.com/easthampixweb/spar60cove.html
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SPARROW, Richard - Gravestone
Cove Burying Ground, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA 1875 Headstone for 100 Year of USA |
Person ID |
I8373 |
Schuler |
Last Modified |
19 Jul 2010 |