Constable, Golding b. 1738 d. May 14, 1816 "Sacred to the memory of GOLDING CONSTABLE, who died the 14th. day of May 1816, aged 78 years. Sacred to the memory of ANN, the wife of Golding Constable, who died the 6th. day of March 1815, aged 67 years." Golding Constable owned two watermils and a windmill on the banks of the River Stour. In 1767, he married Ann Watts, the eldest daughter of William Watts, a cooper of Upper Thames Street in London. They had six children, of whom the fourth was John Constable (q.v.), the landscape painter...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine) St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, East Bergholt, Suffolk, England
Lott, William b. 1761 d. July 12, 1849 The inscription reads : "Sacred to the memory of WILLIAM LOTT, who departed this life July 12th. 1849, aged 88 years. He resided at Gibeons Farm, near Flatford Mill, in this parish, all his life." Willy Lott was a tenant farmer, who spent only four nights away from his house in the whole of his long life. It can be seen in many of the paintings of John Constable (q.v.), notably "The Hay Wain." (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine) St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, East Bergholt, Suffolk, England
b. 1738 d. May 14, 1816