John ye Son
of Robert &
Ann Gilbert
died ye 8 th of
Sept: 1690
On the reverse side of the stone is the following inscription:
When living one
of uertues hopfull
branches was he;
His conursation
honist delitting in
pious sobriety;
G Hv ls
Doner
There is some confusion between the letter U and V - I have transcribed it here as U because it is identical to the letter U used in other places. However, in context it should have been a V. Thus the verse could be written as follows:
When living, one of virtue's hopeful branches was he;
His conversation honest, delighting in pious sobriety;
The lettering at the bottom of the stone may possibly refer to a person who paid for the stone or possibly for this inscription - which seems to be the work of a different mason from the one who engraved the front of the stone.
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