"resigned his breath in the service of his _____* country and was buried at Rynbeck on return from the victory at St. John and Montreal, January 26, A.D. 1776."
A single epitaph for father and son reads:
"Thus age and youth without distinction fall, Death is the common lot prepared for all."
*The inscription seems to have been deliberately altered at some point, as a carefully excised rectangle separates the words "his" and "country". At a time when feelings were bitterly divided even among the American-born, the alteration may have been politically motivated.
"resigned his breath in the service of his _____* country and was buried at Rynbeck on return from the victory at St. John and Montreal, January 26, A.D. 1776."
A single epitaph for father and son reads:
"Thus age and youth without distinction fall, Death is the common lot prepared for all."
*The inscription seems to have been deliberately altered at some point, as a carefully excised rectangle separates the words "his" and "country". At a time when feelings were bitterly divided even among the American-born, the alteration may have been politically motivated.
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Source of parental links: Findagrave member Jim Bradley
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