soldiers' epitaphs. 51 



[Cherub's Head] 



Here lies the Body of 



Joseph son of Mf Ephraim 



& M'.' Azubah Parker 



who died Sep' 22*? 1775 



Aged 5 years & 2 monl 



Also in Memory of M' 



Nehem*! son of y": above 



nani'd persons, who died 



in his Country service 



at Ticonderoga Oct' 22"^ 



1776. In y^ig"' year of his 



age 



Nehemiah Parker enlisted originally, on April 30, 1775, in 

 Captain Asa Lawrence's Company. 



[Cherub's Head] 



Memento mori 



Here lies the 

 Body of M' Simon 



Patch who was 

 wounded in y': de- 

 fence of his Country 

 at y\ White-plaijis 

 Oct^28'!' 1776 and 

 died of his wound 

 Dec^ 3 if 1776 in y! 

 28'!' year of his age. 



The son of Ebenezer and Sarah Patch, born July 11, 1749. 

 He was brought home on a litter from White Plains, New 

 York, a distance of nearly two hundred miles, accompanied 

 by his elder brother. The litter was made by fitting the 

 butt-ends of two small trees into the stirrups of a saddle, and 

 putting a sack of hay behind on the branches. 



