The inscription on her tombstone tells us that she was an accomplished, and deeply appreciated, midwife, assisting in the birth of many children at a time when medical doctors were rare.
The inscription on her tombstone tells us that she was an accomplished, and deeply appreciated, midwife, assisting in the birth of many children at a time when medical doctors were rare.
Inscription
In memory of Mrs. Mary Blakslee relict of Capt. Thomas Blakslee who died with a fit of the apoplexy, Oct. ye 4th A.D. 1781 in the 79th year of her age.
Forty-two years of her frail life,
She served in office of mid-wife;
Females lament that she is gone,
And learn to do as she hath done.
Gravesite Details
The headstone is broken, badly damaged and unreadable; the inscription above is quoted from The History of Plymouth, published in 1895.
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