Ann Erinton

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Ann Erinton

Birth
Newcastle-under-Lyme, Newcastle-Under-Lyme Borough, Staffordshire, England
Death
25 Dec 1653 (aged 76–77)
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.3750464, Longitude: -71.1199084
Memorial ID
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Cambridge deaths: ERRINGTON, Ann, Dec. 11, 1653 (Dec. 25, 1653, a. 77. GR1)
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This is the oldest gravestone in this burying ground.
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Ann, prob. Abraham's mo. d. 11 Dec. 1653, aged 76; but his f. was perhaps d. bef. she came over. (Savage's Gen. Dictionary)
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ERRINGTON, ANN (otherwise written Erinton, Arrington, Herrington, and Harrington), a widow, died here 11 Dec. 1653; or according to the inscription on her gravestone, the most ancient now standing in our burial ground, 25 Dec. 1653, a. 77. She was formerly of Newcastle-on-Tyne, as appears by a document recorded Mid. Reg. Deeds, i. 87. It is not known at what time she came here, nor whether she was at that time a widow. She left children, Abraham; Rebecca, who m. John Watson; and possibly Robert of Watertown. (History of Cambridge)
Cambridge deaths: ERRINGTON, Ann, Dec. 11, 1653 (Dec. 25, 1653, a. 77. GR1)
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This is the oldest gravestone in this burying ground.
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Ann, prob. Abraham's mo. d. 11 Dec. 1653, aged 76; but his f. was perhaps d. bef. she came over. (Savage's Gen. Dictionary)
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ERRINGTON, ANN (otherwise written Erinton, Arrington, Herrington, and Harrington), a widow, died here 11 Dec. 1653; or according to the inscription on her gravestone, the most ancient now standing in our burial ground, 25 Dec. 1653, a. 77. She was formerly of Newcastle-on-Tyne, as appears by a document recorded Mid. Reg. Deeds, i. 87. It is not known at what time she came here, nor whether she was at that time a widow. She left children, Abraham; Rebecca, who m. John Watson; and possibly Robert of Watertown. (History of Cambridge)

Inscription

HERE LIES ye BODY OF ANN
ERINGTON AGED 77 YRS. DECD.
DECEMR. 25 1653

Gravesite Details

It was carved by the "Old Stonecutter," who may have been Elias Grice.