Excerpted from The Birth, Marriage and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts 1643-1850, published by W. J. Coulter, Printer, Courant Office, Clinton, Massachusetts 1890; "The Chocksett Precinct Burial Ground 1736-1781"; pg. 416.
Excerpted from The Birth, Marriage and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts 1643-1850, published by W. J. Coulter, Printer, Courant Office, Clinton, Massachusetts 1890; "The Chocksett Precinct Burial Ground 1736-1781"; pg. 416.
Inscription
In memory of Mr.
NATHAN BURPE
DIED SEPT 30th, 1756
IN YE 25th
YEAR
O[F] HIS AGE.
This man wife and child
in 14 days did die
His house left Disolate
Being ye whole Family.
Gravesite Details
In 1756 Chocksett was ravaged by an endemic dysentery, singularly fatal in its attacks. Within two months more than one-twentieth of the population died.
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