Sibila's stone is on the far right of the three in front. Translation of the German on Sabilla's stone (thanks to Jude Fischer): In this place rests in God the little daughter of the late Wilhelm Best. She died in the year 1762. Her full age was 10 years. Her name was Sibila. Here I will now live forever. Dearest friends, good night. Photograph courtesy of Deb Schwabenbauer.
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Suggested edit: I can't read the tombstone or German but I question the translation of "late" in the inscription. I don't believe this is the d/o William 1713-1762. Wilhelm Best & Anna had Sybilla bp 8 Apr 1760 (Personal Register of the Rev· Daniel Schumacher, image 73 on Ancestry). Given the customs she was probably an infant, not an 8 yr old. But Sabilla d/o William 1713-176 was clearly alive when Simon Triesbach was appointed her guardian 20 Sep 1769 (Northampton Orphans Court, Book D, p 75) as a child under 14, which agrees with a birth abt 1760. "2014 Burial Directory of those Individuals with Tombstones Buried in St. Paul’s Graveyard and Cemetery", p 31 states that this Sibila’s parents are Wilhelm and Catharina. William (1733-1823)’s second wife was named Catherine. This Sibila is probably his daughter. However if that is the case he was still alive in 1762 when she died.
Contributor: Patricia Richart (48673054)
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Suggested edit: I can't read the tombstone or German but I question the translation of "late" in the inscription. I don't believe this is the d/o William 1713-1762. Wilhelm Best & Anna had Sybilla bp 8 Apr 1760 (Personal Register of the Rev· Daniel Schumacher, image 73 on Ancestry). Given the customs she was probably an infant, not an 8 yr old. But Sabilla d/o William 1713-176 was clearly alive when Simon Triesbach was appointed her guardian 20 Sep 1769 (Northampton Orphans Court, Book D, p 75) as a child under 14, which agrees with a birth abt 1760. "2014 Burial Directory of those Individuals with Tombstones Buried in St. Paul’s Graveyard and Cemetery", p 31 states that this Sibila’s parents are Wilhelm and Catharina. William (1733-1823)’s second wife was named Catherine. This Sibila is probably his daughter. However if that is the case he was still alive in 1762 when she died.
Contributor: Patricia Richart (48673054)
Sibila's stone is on the far right of the three in front. Translation of the German on Sabilla's stone (thanks to Jude Fischer): In this place rests in God the little daughter of the late Wilhelm Best. She died in the year 1762. Her full age was 10 years. Her name was Sibila. Here I will now live forever. Dearest friends, good night. Photograph courtesy of Deb Schwabenbauer.
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Suggested edit: I can't read the tombstone or German but I question the translation of "late" in the inscription. I don't believe this is the d/o William 1713-1762. Wilhelm Best & Anna had Sybilla bp 8 Apr 1760 (Personal Register of the Rev· Daniel Schumacher, image 73 on Ancestry). Given the customs she was probably an infant, not an 8 yr old. But Sabilla d/o William 1713-176 was clearly alive when Simon Triesbach was appointed her guardian 20 Sep 1769 (Northampton Orphans Court, Book D, p 75) as a child under 14, which agrees with a birth abt 1760. "2014 Burial Directory of those Individuals with Tombstones Buried in St. Paul’s Graveyard and Cemetery", p 31 states that this Sibila’s parents are Wilhelm and Catharina. William (1733-1823)’s second wife was named Catherine. This Sibila is probably his daughter. However if that is the case he was still alive in 1762 when she died.
Contributor: Patricia Richart (48673054)
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Suggested edit: I can't read the tombstone or German but I question the translation of "late" in the inscription. I don't believe this is the d/o William 1713-1762. Wilhelm Best & Anna had Sybilla bp 8 Apr 1760 (Personal Register of the Rev· Daniel Schumacher, image 73 on Ancestry). Given the customs she was probably an infant, not an 8 yr old. But Sabilla d/o William 1713-176 was clearly alive when Simon Triesbach was appointed her guardian 20 Sep 1769 (Northampton Orphans Court, Book D, p 75) as a child under 14, which agrees with a birth abt 1760. "2014 Burial Directory of those Individuals with Tombstones Buried in St. Paul’s Graveyard and Cemetery", p 31 states that this Sibila’s parents are Wilhelm and Catharina. William (1733-1823)’s second wife was named Catherine. This Sibila is probably his daughter. However if that is the case he was still alive in 1762 when she died.
Contributor: Patricia Richart (48673054)
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