Married Ezekiel How, May 10,1740 in Sudbury, MA.
Elizabeth was buried in the cemetery formerly in the Worcester town common, and she is included in an epitaph transcription of the yard. Interrments and surviving gravestones there (they were laid flat and buried in 1853) were transferred to Hope Cemetery in the 1960s.
Her epitaph, from Epitaphs from the Cemetary of Worcester Common, page 16
Sweet soul we leave thee to thy rest,
Enjoy thy Jesus and thy God,
Till we, from bands of clay releas'd,
Spring out and climb the shining road
In 1776 thre were 76 deaths in Worcester, mostly from the SmallPox. See Linc. Hist.
Elizabeth was buried in the cemetery formerly in the Worcester town common, and she is included in an epitaph transcription of the yard. Interrments and surviving gravestones there (they were laid flat and buried in 1853) were transferred to Hope Cemetery in the 1960s.
Her epitaph, from Epitaphs from the Cemetary of Worcester Common, page 16
Sweet soul we leave thee to thy rest,
Enjoy thy Jesus and thy God,
Till we, from bands of clay releas'd,
Spring out and climb the shining road
In 1776 thre were 76 deaths in Worcester, mostly from the SmallPox. See Linc. Hist.
Married Ezekiel How, May 10,1740 in Sudbury, MA.
Elizabeth was buried in the cemetery formerly in the Worcester town common, and she is included in an epitaph transcription of the yard. Interrments and surviving gravestones there (they were laid flat and buried in 1853) were transferred to Hope Cemetery in the 1960s.
Her epitaph, from Epitaphs from the Cemetary of Worcester Common, page 16
Sweet soul we leave thee to thy rest,
Enjoy thy Jesus and thy God,
Till we, from bands of clay releas'd,
Spring out and climb the shining road
In 1776 thre were 76 deaths in Worcester, mostly from the SmallPox. See Linc. Hist.
Elizabeth was buried in the cemetery formerly in the Worcester town common, and she is included in an epitaph transcription of the yard. Interrments and surviving gravestones there (they were laid flat and buried in 1853) were transferred to Hope Cemetery in the 1960s.
Her epitaph, from Epitaphs from the Cemetary of Worcester Common, page 16
Sweet soul we leave thee to thy rest,
Enjoy thy Jesus and thy God,
Till we, from bands of clay releas'd,
Spring out and climb the shining road
In 1776 thre were 76 deaths in Worcester, mostly from the SmallPox. See Linc. Hist.
Gravesite Details
12/15/12: There are only 17 stones left in this cemetery and Elizabeth Howe is not one of them. Also her name is not listed among those moved to a mass grave at Hope Cemetery.
Family Members
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