American Revolutionary War casualty. Born c.1747, Nicholass Parcell (a.k.a.Parsil), was killed in action at the Battle of Springfield, NJ, "in ye 33rd year of his age". His older brother, Captain Thomas Parcel, was mortally wounded at age 34 two years earlier at the Battle of Connecticut Farms in nearby Union. Both patriots are buried here, as is Nicholas's widow, Esther, who survived him by 36 years. The brown sandstone stele which marks his grave was cut by the same carver who did his brother's. Now perilously tilted, it features a soul effigy of the portrait type in its tympanum, a popular gravestone image during the latter part of the colonial era. The epitaph, however, is a defiant twist on a grim Puritan classic, the misspelled words adding to its raw power. It reads:
"Behold me here as you pass by
Who bled and dy'd for Liberty
From Brittish Tyrents now am free..."
("Anonymous" gravestone photo taken by Nikita Barlow in March 2006.)∼Nicholas was a Revolutionary War patriot who died during the battle of Springfield
"Behold me here as you pass by
Who bled and dy'd for Liberty
From Brittish Tyrents now am free..."
("Anonymous" gravestone photo taken by Nikita Barlow in March 2006.)∼Nicholas was a Revolutionary War patriot who died during the battle of Springfield
American Revolutionary War casualty. Born c.1747, Nicholass Parcell (a.k.a.Parsil), was killed in action at the Battle of Springfield, NJ, "in ye 33rd year of his age". His older brother, Captain Thomas Parcel, was mortally wounded at age 34 two years earlier at the Battle of Connecticut Farms in nearby Union. Both patriots are buried here, as is Nicholas's widow, Esther, who survived him by 36 years. The brown sandstone stele which marks his grave was cut by the same carver who did his brother's. Now perilously tilted, it features a soul effigy of the portrait type in its tympanum, a popular gravestone image during the latter part of the colonial era. The epitaph, however, is a defiant twist on a grim Puritan classic, the misspelled words adding to its raw power. It reads:
"Behold me here as you pass by
Who bled and dy'd for Liberty
From Brittish Tyrents now am free..."
("Anonymous" gravestone photo taken by Nikita Barlow in March 2006.)∼Nicholas was a Revolutionary War patriot who died during the battle of Springfield
"Behold me here as you pass by
Who bled and dy'd for Liberty
From Brittish Tyrents now am free..."
("Anonymous" gravestone photo taken by Nikita Barlow in March 2006.)∼Nicholas was a Revolutionary War patriot who died during the battle of Springfield
Family Members
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
