The grave of Abigail (nee Green) Broadwell is covered by a broken ledgerstone of brown sandstone. Born c.1750, she was approximately 19 years old when she married Hezekial Broadwell on May 29, 1769. Only 31 at the time of her death, which occurred during the final years of the Revolutionary War, it can be inferred from her epitaph that she was an ardent American patriot.
Mrs. Broadwell's ledgerstone, which is distinguished by incised floral and tree motifs and a soul effigy whose folded wings suggest a heart, appears to be the work of noted Elizabeth, NJ, stonecutter Ebenezer Price or one of his apprentices. The wording of the inscription (see below) is curiously spaced, suggesting that this part of the stone was not cut by the masterful Price but an amateur craftsman.
("ANONYMOUS" PHOTO of ledgerstone by Nikita Barlow, 2004)
Mrs. Broadwell's ledgerstone, which is distinguished by incised floral and tree motifs and a soul effigy whose folded wings suggest a heart, appears to be the work of noted Elizabeth, NJ, stonecutter Ebenezer Price or one of his apprentices. The wording of the inscription (see below) is curiously spaced, suggesting that this part of the stone was not cut by the masterful Price but an amateur craftsman.
("ANONYMOUS" PHOTO of ledgerstone by Nikita Barlow, 2004)
The grave of Abigail (nee Green) Broadwell is covered by a broken ledgerstone of brown sandstone. Born c.1750, she was approximately 19 years old when she married Hezekial Broadwell on May 29, 1769. Only 31 at the time of her death, which occurred during the final years of the Revolutionary War, it can be inferred from her epitaph that she was an ardent American patriot.
Mrs. Broadwell's ledgerstone, which is distinguished by incised floral and tree motifs and a soul effigy whose folded wings suggest a heart, appears to be the work of noted Elizabeth, NJ, stonecutter Ebenezer Price or one of his apprentices. The wording of the inscription (see below) is curiously spaced, suggesting that this part of the stone was not cut by the masterful Price but an amateur craftsman.
("ANONYMOUS" PHOTO of ledgerstone by Nikita Barlow, 2004)
Mrs. Broadwell's ledgerstone, which is distinguished by incised floral and tree motifs and a soul effigy whose folded wings suggest a heart, appears to be the work of noted Elizabeth, NJ, stonecutter Ebenezer Price or one of his apprentices. The wording of the inscription (see below) is curiously spaced, suggesting that this part of the stone was not cut by the masterful Price but an amateur craftsman.
("ANONYMOUS" PHOTO of ledgerstone by Nikita Barlow, 2004)
Inscription
"Here lies ye Body of Ab
igail Broadwell Wife of He
zekiah Broadwell, Who de
parted this Life July ye 18th
A.D. 1781 Anno AEtat 31
& 4 Mons.
Love to her God her Friends
her Country shon
In her who lies Entombed
beneath this stone
Go passengers like her your
utmost try
To live to some good end for
you must die."
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