376 History of Hingham. 



HERE LIES BURIED Y* 



BODY OF SARAH PRATT 



WHO DIED OCT. 22 nd 



1761 IN Y e 101 st YEAR 



OF HER AGE LATELY 



YE WIFE OF LIEUT JOHN 



PRATT* BUT FORMERLY 



YE WIFE OF Mr STEPHEN 



GARNET BY HIM SHE HAD 



A NUMEROUS POSTERITY 



RUNNING TO Y e 5 fh GEN 



ERATION IN NUMBERS 



187 



Other ancient inscriptions here are as follows : — 



HERE LIES Y« BODY 



OF OBADIAH GROSS 



WHO DIED FEB 1 "* Y e 28 



1750 IN Y e 49 lh YEAR 



OF HIS AGE 



HERE LYES THE BODY 



of MR PETER DUNBAR 



who DIED MARCH Y E 



16 th 17 50/51 



IN Y e 51 st YEAR 



of HIS AGE 



In memory of 



Mr Daniel Whiton 



who died September 



15 th 1768 in y e 45 th 



Year of his age. 



IN MEMORY 



OF CAPT ENOCH 



WHTTON who DEPARTED 



THIS LIFE JUNE THE 



21 st 1778 IN y e 



43 rd YEAR 



OF HIS 



AGE 



For a period of more than half a century the little burial-ground 

 was large enough for the requirements of this section of the town ; 

 and it was not until 1817-18 that additional land was needed or 

 secured. The loss of all records prior to this date renders it im- 

 possible, therefore, to furnish the names of persons who were con- 

 nected with its supervision or management. 



In 1844 James Gardner, William Young, Samuel W. Loring, 

 and others, organized as a corporation, their first meeting being 



* Lieut. John Pratt, of Weymouth, and Sarah Garnet were married Nov. 15, 1737, 

 he being at that time seventy-four years old ; and if the age given upon her grave- 

 stone at her decease is correct, Mrs. Garnet must have been seventy-seven years old at 

 the time of her marriage with Lieutenant Pratt. 



