Here are deposited the revered remains of John Statham, Master Pilot, H. C. S. a well-known, active and zealous officer, born 24th October 1808, died 18th September 1841. He was universally esteemed for his integrity, kindness of disposition and willing to oblige, and died deeply and deservedly regretted by his relatives, friends and acquaintances, but above all by his much afflicted widow, who mourns the loss of such an incomparable husband. Thou art gone to the grave, 'twere wrong to deplore thee, Since God was thy ransom, thy guardian, thy guide, He gave thee, He took thee, He soon will restore thee, Where death has no sting, since the Saviour has died. Also his two infant children, who died in early Sacred to the Memory of H. G. A. Howe, Jr. The dirge is sung, death's tribute paid, To the Memory of Jessy, wife of Charles Monins Hollingberry, died 7th May 1835, aged 39 years, 9 months and 23 days. Also of Charles Monins Hollingberry, died 20th August 1845, aged 69 years, 11 months and 23 days. This Monument is erected by their bereaved children. Sacred to the Memory of Janthe Alleen Bowes Lyon Dunbar, daughter of J. Dunbar, Esq. of the Civil Service, died Feb. 11th, 1840, aged 1 year and 2 months. "Of such is the kingdom of heaven." Sacred to the Memory of Mrs. Sarah Thompson, who departed this life on the 2d April 1847, aged 46 years, 9 months and 16 days. "I wait for the Lord; my soul doth wait; and in his word do I hope."-Psalm cxxxv. Sacred to the Memory of who departed this life on the 23d of Oct. 1839, aged 36 years and 6 months. Affection's last token. Sacred to the Memory of of the Bengal Artillery, who died in Calcutta 23d October 1824, aged 38 years. He was cut off in the prime of life and in the fullness of earthly hope, far from his native soil, where he had fondly hoped to have ended his days. In every relation of life he was estimable; by his courage, his zeal and his humanity he dignified the profession of a soldier; and by his generosity of heart, sweetness of temper and honorable principle endeared himself to a numerous circle of friends. He lived beloved and esteemed and died lamented and mourned by his afflicted widow and orphans, who erected this as a small memorial of their lovely affection. R. T. Longher, of Pylem, Glamorghanshire, South Wales, Obit. August 31st, 1800, Etat 29. Sacred to the Memory of Evelina Jane, the faithful and beloved wife of James Lamb, who departed this life 18th Jan. 1845. aged 46 years and 2 months. John Lamb, died 10th May 1820, aged 28 years. Sacred to the Memory of Stephen Read, Branch Pilot H. C. B. M. departed this life on the 7th September 1845, aged 48 years, 4 months and 18 days. Reader! reflect and copy if you can, The social virtues of this worthy man. This Monument is erected by his disconsolate widow. To the Memory of Elizabeth Mullins, the affectionate and beloved wife of C. W. Mullins, Esq. born March 22nd 1817, who departed this life January 9th 1843. Sacred to the Memory of Rivers Thomas Howe, died 1st April 1847, Yes! tears shall flow, the loss be felt, Sacred to the Memory of Edward Harris, who died on the 21st Feb. 1841, aged 62 years. Thou art gone to the grave, but 'twere wrong to deplore thee, Since God was thy ransom, thy guardian, thy guide; He gave thee, He took thee, He soon will restore thee, Where death has no sting, since the Saviour has died. Erected by his affectionate widow and only In Memory of Mary Anne Clarke, who died 2d March 1840, aged 26 yrs. and 4 mos. Sacred to the Memory of Thomas Clarke, Esq. late Senior Branch Pilot H. C. Marine, Obit. 31st July 1839, aged 52 years. As the head of the service to which he belonged, he showed to the junior branches of it, a steady example of integrity, diligence and attachment to its duties, but above all this he was a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, and exemplified his faith by works of piety and active benevolence. Reader! follow the footsteps of the upright. In Memory of Eliza Margaret, daughter of J. B. Breen, and his wife Frances Anne, who departed this life on the 1st June 1839, aged 4 years, 9 months and 7 days. William Kerr Ewart, Esq. Here rest the remains of Mary, the exemplary wife of Mr. T. Ross of the Pilot Service, who finished her earthly career on Good Friday, the 17th April, 1840, aged 27 years, 11 months and 14 days. She was a faithful and affectionate wife, a fond and devoted mother, and has left the memorial of her virtues deeply engraven on the hearts of all by whom she was known. "God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave, for he shall receive me.' Also Mary Frances, the beloved child of Mr. and Mrs. T. Ross, who departed this life June 24th, 1839, aged 1 yr. 8 mos. and 14 days. "Of such is the kingdom of heaven." To the Memory of Charles Townsend, the beloved son of Thomas and Louisa Ross, born 22d March 1846, died 31st Aug. 1847. Sacred to the Memory of Mrs. Louisa Ross, the beloved wife of Mr. T. Ross, H. C. M. and grand-daughter of the Rev. John Townsend, Founder of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, whose dissolution took place on the 20th June 1845, aged 31 years, 11 months and 26 days. Her amiable qualities were known to few in India, having been but a few months in Calcutta, but by her afflicted husband, relations and an extensive circle of dear friends her loss will be greatly deplored. In Memory of Charlotte Jane, infant daughter of Frederick James Halliday, born 4th May 1838, died 22d March 1839. "Of such is the kingdom of God." In Memory of Fanny Emily, 9th May 1839, aged 19 years. "The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord." Sacred to the Memory of Mrs. Rose Wren, who departed this life on the 8th Dec. 1829, aged 75 years. Also Mrs. Elizabeth Lamb, who died on the 19th June 1844, aged 69 years. "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord." Sacred to the Memory of Charles, the infant son of H. C. Lefever and Ann Georgiana his wife, who died on the 23d Oct. 1847, aged 8 months and 9 days. Sacred to the Memory of William Godfrey Smith, died 19th July 1839, aged 38 yrs. and 3 mos. Sacred to the Memory of Mrs. Elizabeth Peterson, the beloved wife of Mr. S. Peterson, who died on the 14th Nov. 1838, aged 42 years. Reader, pause and reflect for awhile, Kind death has eased me, I lie here at rest. Sacred to the Memory of a beloved husband, Henry James Chippindall, Esq. of the Bengal Civil Service, who departed this life on the 7th July 1839, aged 50 years. Jehovah, TSIDKENU, was all things to him. Sacred to the Memory of Henry William Mitchell, who departed this life 26th July 1839, aged 30 years, 5 months and 10 days. A name that will ever be near and dear to the heart of a disconsolate widow who erects this frail Monument as a record of much departed worth, as well as a mark of her own esteem for an affectionate husband and a sincere friend, whose suffering in this life, tho' manifold and great, were met with examplary Christian fortitude. "Behold God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid, for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation."Isaiah xii. v. 2. J. J. Llewellyn, Obit. 12th Dec. 1844, aged 29 years. THE NORTHI PARK STREET BURIAL GROUND. Hugh Gayer Honycomb, Esq. died 22nd April 1791, aged 37 years, 1 month and 22 days. How lov'd, how valu'd once avails thee not, Sacred to the Memory of Mrs. Eleonora Honycomb, who departed this life 6th September 1801, A. D. aged 33 years, 3 months and 6 days. "Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints."-Psalm 116. v. 15. To the Memory of Thomas Lee, who was born at Lancaster, and died on his passage from hence to England, on the 14th day of March 1797, aged 38 years. This Monument is erected by his afflicted widow. To the Memory of the late Bernard Hard, aged 60 years, who died the 4th of Dec. 1798. Erected by his beloved daughter, Maria Stacchiney. Sacred to the Memory of Captain Nathaniel Bacon, who was born at Ipswich, in Suffolk, on the 25th of Sept. 1734. He departed this life on the 29th of Jan. 1799, aged 64 years, 4 months and 4 days, sincerely regretted by all who had the pleasure of knowing him. In Memory of Charles Coates, Esq. who departed this life the 10th of May 1799, aged 36 years. In Memory of Mrs. L. Woodhouse, the wife of Mr. Thos. Woodhouse, in the H. C. P. Service, who departed this life Anno Domini 1799, aged 19 years. Sacred to the Memory of Robert Matthew, Sacred to the Memory of late of H. M. 78th or Rosshire Regiment of Foot, Ob. 27th November 1799, Æt 25 years. Sacred to the Memory of Jane Benbow, died the 17th of January 1800, aged 8 years, 4 months and 2 days. Peculiar blessings bear the shortest date, Memoriæ Sacrum Rosette Ford, Sacred to virtue in a well spent life, Her sorrowing husband rears this votive stone. To the Memory of Thomas Henry Graham, son of Thomas Graham, Esq. (late a Member of the Supreme Council in Bengal) who fell gloriously in an action between the Honorable East India Company's Ship Kent," and a French privateer in the mouth of the Ganges, on the 7th of October 1800, the day on which he completed the sixteenth year of his age. Tho' his terrestrial career was thus short it displayed a great and varied excellence, endowed with superior talents he cultivated them, with unwearied industry and amiable success; and to these literary acquirements which commanded respect he added the amiable manners which secured the friendship of his associates. The premature close of a life so full of promises was honored by sincere and general sorrows, and his afflicted parent, to whom after a long separation he was about to be restored with all the accomplishments of a liberal education, and under whose eye he was about to commence his duties as a Civil Servant on the Honorable Company's Bengal Establishment, hath erected this Memorial to perpetuate the remembrance of a son so deservedly the object of his affection and regret. Sacred to the Memory of Mrs. Maria Jane Farrell, who died 26th Sept. 1801, aged 34 years. Adieu, Maria, once amiable and accomplished woman, the powers of panegyric are weak and vain; thy merits are best recorded in the bosoms of thy friends and of him who must ever bewail thy loss, yet even the passing stranger may find an interest in knowing what has been taught by thy example, that at the close of a life of piety and virtue death is less to be dreaded as an evil than coveted as a blissful transition to a happier state of existence. Sacred to the Memory of who died on the 27th day of October 1801, deeply and deservedly lamented by all who knew him, as a pious and charitable Christian, a brave soldier, a warm and generous friend.-Et. 49. Sacred to the Memory of Long time with sickness I was sore oppress'd, In Memory of Agnes Jane Scott, School Mistress, who departed this life May the 29th, 1802, aged 31 years. She was a virtuous woman, a loving wife and an excellent mother. " To the Memory of Mrs. Charlotte Sandys, who died on the 22d of July 1802, aged 25 years. "I know that my Redeemer liveth.' To me, by the Divine mercy, death hath lost its sting; I welcome its arrival in the sure and certain hope of present joy and felicity. Such were her own words on the day of her death; whosoever thus believeth shall never die. Her children, Wm. Digby Sandys, Allan Sandys and Charlotte Sandys, shall call her blessed, and her husband, (hereby) praiseth her, for she was a wife from the Lord. Her record is on high. Sacred to the Memory of who died on the 20th July 1802, aged 27 years. Whose talents, virtues, and generous dispositions, (had it pleased God to prolong his life,) promised extensive utility. This unavailing but sincere tribute of esteem and affection is inscribed by his brother, John Hutcheson Fergusson. No funeral wreaths thy simple grave adorn, But thy departure truth and friendship mourn; Short as unequal is life's passage o'er, Though sever'd now, we soon shall part no more. Sacred to the Memory of Mrs. Jane Johnson, wife of Captain J. Martin Johnson, who died July 24th, 1802. Sacred to the Memory of Mrs. Jane Lathrop, who died on the 15th of August 1802, aged 18 years. Sacred to the Memory of Master William Richardson, who departed this life September 8th, 1802, aged 15 months. Erected to the Memory of Mr. John Newman, who departed this life the 18th June 1803, aged 65 years. Sacred to the Memory of Mrs. Sarah Aungier, who departed this life July 2d, 1803, aged 22 years and 6 months. Sacred to the Memory of William Patrick Cooke Bradshaw, died 21st July 1803, aged 32 years. When living beloved in all relations true, Exposed to follies, but subdued by few; Reader, reflect, and copy if you can, The social virtues of this worthy man. Sacred to the Memory of Lieut. James Reddy, Royal Navy, who departed this life 2d Aug. 1803, Ætat 47 years. Richard Fuennes Procter, son of G. Jas. Procter, Esq. Surgeon H. M. 22nd Regt. Inf. and of Elizabeth Anne his wife. Born January 25th, 1802, died August 31st 1803. Sacred to the Memory of Martha Jane Adams, who departed this life on the 28th Sept. 1807, aged 3 years, 10 months and 14 days. Sleep soft in death, and wait the Almighty's will, Then rise unchanged and be an Angel still. To the Memory of Captain George Romaine, who departed this life on the 3rd Oct. 1803, aged 56 years. A lonely wretched father lost to all earthly joy, erects this Monument to the mourned Memory of his first and favorite child, Maria Bathurst. Born on the 5th of Aug. 1786, died the 28th of Dec. 1803, aged 17 years, 4 months and 23 days. Ah me, of faith and piety to God, of love and gratitude to her parents, of friendship, charity good will to all; how sweet a blossom, how untimely nipt in health, the gay, the careless, the supremely happy in sickness; the mild, the pensive; she patiently resign'd through every vicissitude of pleasure and of pain; engagingly and interestingly attractive, her smiles blended cheerfulness with sensibility, her manuers elegant and graceful, accorded with the purity and elevation of her mind. You who from sympathy or sorrow, A mingled gleam of hope and triumph shed. the way; This truth confess'd, pray humbly at his shrine That her eternal raptures may be thine. To the Memory of Master John Benson, who died 27th Sept. 1804 aged 3 years and 4 months. In the joyful hope of resurrection, Here lieth the body of Edward Shouldham, who was born at Dublin on the 12th Feb. 1745, O.S. and departed this life on the 18th April 1804, N. S. aged 59 years, 2 months and 18 days. His character throughout life was marked with the strictest integrity and unaffected humanity and benevolence; he was an affectionate parent and husband and a sincere friend. Sacred to the Memory of the late Mary Ann Grueber Sealy, wife of John Nathl. Sealy, who departed this life on the 26th Sept. 1804, in the 28th year of her age. To the Memory of Mrs. Mary Lewis, who departed this life Oct. 24th, 1804, aged 30 yrs. Sacred to the Memory of Serjeant Robert Habberly, late of the Town Guard, who departed this life the 5th Nov. 1804, aged 37 yrs. 9 mos. and 26 dys, leaving a widow and three children to lament his death. Long time with sickness, I was sore oppress'd, Sacred to the Memory of George Augustus Chichely Plowden, of the Civil Service on the Bengal Establishment, who departed this life Friday the 16th Nov. in the year of our Lord 1804, aged 18 years. "We brought nothing into this world and it is certain we can carry nothing out. The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord." Sacred to the Memory of Mrs. Ann Barnfield, Obit. 2nd Dec. 1804, Etat 29 years. Know ye, who to this mournful shrine draw near, Here lies the wife belov'd, the mother dear; Here rests a woman good without pretence, Blest with plain reason, and with solid sense : Her unaffected and composed mind, Was meek, was humble, patient and resigned. "Blessed are the poor in spirit; blessed are the meek."-Matthew, chap. 5. v. 3. Elizabeth Dunbar Robertson, the daughter of Roderick and Anna Robertson, born the 31st July 1804, died the 23d March 1805. "Suffer little children to come unto me and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of God." Hic Sepultus Jacet Hippolitus Poignand, To the Memory of St. John Moore, Esq. who departed this life Sept. 2nd, 1805, aged 19 yrs. Sacred to the Memory of Captain Henry Knight Erskine, 53d Regt. of Foot, who died on the 3rd Sept. 1805, aged 24 years. |