Inscription
Here Lyes Buried ye
Body of Mrs. HANNAH
BARKER Wife of Lieut.
BENJAMIn BARKER
Who Departed this life
Jany. 14th 1732 in ye 65
Year of Her Age.
The English converted from the Julian to modern Gregorian calendar in 1752. Hannah's recorded date of birth of Feb. 16, 1667 occurred in the old Juian calender, written historically in the modern Gregorian calendar as Feb. 16, 1667/8. In addition, her inscribed date of death also occured on a date in the old Julian calendar now historically written as Jan. 14, 1732/3. On the day Hannah died she was 64 years old, and Ætatis suæ (i.e., Æ, "Aged," in the XX year of her Age) 65.
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