Her first burial was at "Rosehill", the Hedgman plantation located between present day Rt 621 and Rt 608, near Marlborough; and previously named "Accakeek Farm", the former home of Captain George Mason I.
Her first burial was at "Rosehill", the Hedgman plantation located between present day Rt 621 and Rt 608, near Marlborough; and previously named "Accakeek Farm", the former home of Captain George Mason I.
Inscription
Here lies interred the Body of
MARGARET, the Wife of
PETER HEDGMAN
of Stafford County, Gentleman,
and Daughter of
John Mauzy, Gentleman, deceased.
She was married
the 21 Day of September A.D. 1721
and had by Him nine Children
of which three Sons only survived Her.
As she was a Woman
of great Virtue and Goodness,
She liv'd beloved
and dy'd much lamented
by all who had the Happiness
(of Her acquaintanee)
the 6th Day of January. A.D. 1754,
in the 52d Year of her Age.
Conjux Dolens.
H. M. P.
Removed from
Rosehill, 1943
Gravesite Details
Conjux or Coniux Dolens H[oc] M[onumentum] P[osuit] translates roughly as Grieving Husband Erected This Monument.
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