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Eliza <I>Tufts</I> Hunt

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Eliza Tufts Hunt

Birth
Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
6 Jan 1817 (aged 27)
Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.3746165, Longitude: -71.1471953
Plot
Elm Avenue, Lot 1784
Memorial ID
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American Samplers, by Ethel Stanwood Bolton, Eva Johnston Coe, pg 177; print, Boston, MA · 1921 (Google Books): Hunt, Eliza Ann... in lower right-hand corner, large willow tree drooping over a tombstone, with inscription, "Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Eliza Hunt who died Jan. 6, 1817, Mrs. Sarah Hunt died Sept. 28, 1823." Two large rose sprays on either side of three hearts twined together enclosing inscriptions, "Rueben Hunt bn Jan 11 1783; Eliza Tuft bn June 27 1788; Sarah Snow bn Sept 14 1785, married to E T Oct. 27 1814 to S S March 10 1819." Below, "Eliza A Hunt bn Sept 20 1815; Reuben Hunt Jr bn Dec 19 1816; Sarah Hunt bn Feb 8 1820; Martha A Hunt bn Nov 7 1822.

Columbian Centinel dated 8 Jan 1817, Boston: Hunt, Mrs. Eliza, wife of Reuben Hunt, died in Charlestown, Sunday, aged 27 years.
American Samplers, by Ethel Stanwood Bolton, Eva Johnston Coe, pg 177; print, Boston, MA · 1921 (Google Books): Hunt, Eliza Ann... in lower right-hand corner, large willow tree drooping over a tombstone, with inscription, "Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Eliza Hunt who died Jan. 6, 1817, Mrs. Sarah Hunt died Sept. 28, 1823." Two large rose sprays on either side of three hearts twined together enclosing inscriptions, "Rueben Hunt bn Jan 11 1783; Eliza Tuft bn June 27 1788; Sarah Snow bn Sept 14 1785, married to E T Oct. 27 1814 to S S March 10 1819." Below, "Eliza A Hunt bn Sept 20 1815; Reuben Hunt Jr bn Dec 19 1816; Sarah Hunt bn Feb 8 1820; Martha A Hunt bn Nov 7 1822.

Columbian Centinel dated 8 Jan 1817, Boston: Hunt, Mrs. Eliza, wife of Reuben Hunt, died in Charlestown, Sunday, aged 27 years.

Inscription

ELIZA TUFTS
wife of
Reuben Hunt
1789 ― 1817

Gravesite Details

Re-interred 20 Dec 1850 from Cambridge Cemetery.



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