Gerctruy, the baby daughter of Abraham and Cathrine (nee Bruyn) Hasbrouck, was born in January 1746 and died the following July, "aged 6 months & 17 days". Her gravestone appears to be the work of the "Common Jersey Carver", a colonial era craftsman who was active in the NY-NJ Metro area at the time of her death. (See gravestone of John Biglow, Whippany Burial Ground, Whippany, NJ.) The delicate-featured soul effigy which appears in the tympanum of Gerctruy's gravestone is of a type often used for children's steles. The inscription appears below.
∼Dau of Abraham & Catharine
∼Dau of Abraham & Catharine
Gerctruy, the baby daughter of Abraham and Cathrine (nee Bruyn) Hasbrouck, was born in January 1746 and died the following July, "aged 6 months & 17 days". Her gravestone appears to be the work of the "Common Jersey Carver", a colonial era craftsman who was active in the NY-NJ Metro area at the time of her death. (See gravestone of John Biglow, Whippany Burial Ground, Whippany, NJ.) The delicate-featured soul effigy which appears in the tympanum of Gerctruy's gravestone is of a type often used for children's steles. The inscription appears below.
∼Dau of Abraham & Catharine
∼Dau of Abraham & Catharine
Inscription
"HERE LYES
the body of Gerctruy
Daughter of Abraham
and Cathrine Hasbrouck
Aged 6 months & 17 Days
Dec'd July the 29th
1746"
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