Jerusha Sheldon, daughter of Benjamin Sheldon and Mary Strong. From the book "The Ely Ancestry: Lineage of Richard Ely of Plymouth, England, who came to Boston, Mass, about 1655 & settled in Lyme, Conn" by Moses Beach & Rev. William Ely, 1902. Pages 100, 101.
Jerusha Sheldon, daughter of Benjamin Sheldon and Mary Strong. From the book "The Ely Ancestry: Lineage of Richard Ely of Plymouth, England, who came to Boston, Mass, about 1655 & settled in Lyme, Conn" by Moses Beach & Rev. William Ely, 1902. Pages 100, 101.
Inscription
AE 61 "This Marble is affectionately erected by her afflicted Husband the Rev'd Richard Ely And is it then to live when such Friends part. Encomium is unnecessary to perpetuate the Memory of the GOOD, Hers will survive the Memory"
Gravesite Details
Jerusha is also listed on a granite obelisk in the Fountain Hill Cemetery in Deep River, #120532398, with her husband Richard. That is most likely a cenotaph
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