Inscription on Matthew RaperMonument

In Memory of
MATTHEW RAPER Esqr
Who died June 18 A.D. 1748
Aged 73.
He was a man
of an unblemished Life,
and sincere Piety,
a tender Husband
and an affectionate Father.
And of ELISABETH his Wife
who bore him six Sons & one Daughter,
& died April 11.1760, Aged 77.

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And also of Elisabeth his only Daughter who died
unmarried July the 8th.1781 in the 68th year of her age.
She was a Religious and vertuous Woman,
and an affectionate Daughter
and Sister.

 

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