Roxton Grave Memorials      

SURVEY OF GRAVE MEMORIALS AT THE CHURCH OF

ST. MARY MAGDALENE, ROXTON, BEDFORDSHIRE


Graves 11A to 20D

11A  ii) W iii) H/S iv) none v) VP vi) P vii) Heavy L & Ivy + lean to SE

  W/M p.46 no 24

  Marker stone H S
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
HARRIET
DAUGHTER OF
JOSEPH & MARY SCRUBY
WHO DIED MARCH 5 1842
IN THE 14TH YEAR OF HER AGE

SAINTS DIE AND WE SHOULD GENTLY WEEP
SWEETLY IN JESUS ARMS THEY SLEEP
FAR FROM THIS WORLD OF SIN AND WOE
NOT SIN, NOT PAIN, NOR GRIEF THEY KNOW
DEATH IS A SLEEP AND O HOW SWEET
TO SOULS PREPAR'D IT'S STROKE TO MEET
THEIR DYING BEDS, THEIR GRAVES ARE BLESS'D
FOR ALL TO THEM IS PEACE AND REST
THEIR BODIES SLEEP, THEIR SOULS TAKE WING
IN PRAISE TO HEAVEN AND THERE THEY SING
WITH JOY BEFORE THE SAVIOURS FACE
TRIUMPHANT IN THE VICTORIOUS GRACE
THEN LOOK AND LEARN AS YOU PASS BY
BOTH HOW TO LIVE AND HOW TO DIE
BLESS'D IN HER CONDUCT AND BY HEAVEN APPROV'D
BY ALL LAMENTED, AS BY ALL BELOV'D


  11B  ii) W iii) H/S iv) none v) VP vi) P  vii) very faded L

  W/M p.46 no 23

  Marker stone E S S
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
ELEANOR SUSANNAH SCRUBY
DAUGHTER OF
JOSEPH & MARY SCRUBY
DEPARTED APRIL 28 1833
AGED 6 MONTHS AND 6 DAYS

DEAR BABE FAREWELL, A LONG FAREWELL
THAT SOUND PROCLAIMS THY PASSING KNELL
THY LIFE WAS SHORT THY SUFFERINGS GREAT
NOW FAVOUR'D ANGELS ON THEE WAIN
AND BEAR THEE IN THEIR ARMS AWAY
TO REGIONS OF ETERNAL DAY
WHERE PEACE ENDLESS JOY COMBINES
TO BLESS THEE IN THE REALMS DIVINE


  11C ii) W iii) H/S iv) none v) VP vi)? vii) V badly worn, L damage, leans to N/E

  W/M p.45 no 22
IN
MEMORY OF
WILLIAM ROWLATT
WHO DIED JULY 2ND 1770
AGED 77 YEARS


  11D ii) W  iii) H/S as 11C above  iv) none  v)  vi) & vii) see 11C description

  W/M p.45 no 21
IN
MEMORY OF
ELIZABETH THE WIFE OF
WILLIAM ROWLATT
WHO DIED JAN 6TH 1769
AGED 81 YEARS


12A   ii) W  iii) H/S badly eroded, illegible and leaning on 13A



12B   ii) W  iii) H/S elaborate stone, badly eroded much L and illegible

 W/M p.47 no 26
IN MEMORY OF
SARAH, THE WIFE OF
THOMAS ROBINSON
WHO DIED AUG 18 1799
AGED 40


12C, ii) W iii) H/S - like an open book, with cherub head each side of top of H/S iv) none v) F vi) L vii) F

 W/M p.47 no 25

 These are burial dates
IN MEMORY OF
THOMAS THE SON
OF JOHN AND ANN NEAL
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
OCT 9TH 1770
AGED 8 YEARS

IN MEMORY OF
JOHN THE SON
OF JOHN AND ANN NEAL
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
OCT 14TH 1770
AGED 8 YEARS


13A   ii) W  iii) H/S completely illegible

 W/M p.47 no 29
WILLIAM LOVETT SNR
HE DEPARTED THIS LIFE
AUGUST 3 1753
AGED 72 YEARS


13B  ii) W iii) H/S  iv) none v) VP vi)? vii) badly eroded + much L

 W/M p.47 no 28
IN MEMORY OF
WILLIAM LOVETT JNR
HE DEPARTED THIS LIFE
MAY 3RD 1753
AGED 36 YEARS


13C   ii) W  iii) H/S identical to above 13B & same description

 W/M p.47 no 27
IN MEMORY OF
ELIZABETH THE WIFE OF
WILLIAM LOVETT SNR
SHE DEPARTED THIS LIFE
FEBRUARY 7 1753
AGED 64 YEARS


14A  H/S
HERE LIES THE BODY OF
THOMAS MAYS
DIED 18th APRIL 1733




14B   H/S

 W/M p.47 no 30
HERE LIETH THE BODY OF
THOMAS ROBINSON
HE DIED OCTOBER 1ST 1729
IN THE 64TH YEAR OF HIS AGE


14C   H/S

Believed to be

THOMAS ROBINSON
BURIED MAY 20TH 1742
ALSO HIS CHILDREN
CAROLINA BURIED FEB 16TH 1743
THOMAS BURIED MARCH 10TH 1743


15A  ii) W  iii) H/S  iv) none  v) F  vi) White M  viii) very dirty some L leans to E

 W/M p.48 no 33

 Marker stones   H K  W K
        1899 1882
IN
AFFECTIONATE
REMEMBRANCE OF
WILLIAM KING
WHO DIED 6TH APRIL 1882
AGED 63 YEARS

ALSO OF HANNAH HIS WIDOW
WHO DIED 24TH FEBRUARY 1899
AGED 76 YEARS
"THERE THE WEARY BE AT REST"
(Job 3v17)



15B  ii) ? iii) H/S iv) none v) G except verse

 W/M p.48 no 35
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
CATHARINE, WIFE OF
JAMES COOPER
WHO DIED 16 APRIL 1856
AGED 56 YEARS

ALSO JAMES COOPER
WHO DIED 22 AUG 1860
AGED 65 YEARS

THE …………..THE….ALA
MAY EVERY HEART OBEY
NOR BE THE HEAVENLY
WHICH WILL TO ………..


16A  ii) E iii) H/S iv) none v) F - G  vi) P vii) flaking on both sides

SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
THOMAS CHAPMAN
FOR 21 YEARS THE FAITHFUL PASTOR
OF THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
IN THIS VILLAGE
WHO DIED DECR 18TH 1915
AGED 88 YEARS

ALSO OF

EMMA ELIZABETH
HIS DELOVED WIFE
WHO DIED NOVR 7TH 1903
AGED 72 YEARS

"BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE
IN THE LORD"
(Rev 14.13)

ALSO OF THEIR DAUGHTER
MARY ELIZABETH CHAPMAN
WHO DIED JANY 8TH 1958
AGED 94 YEARS


16B  ii) E iii) H/S iv) none v) F vi) White M  vii) slight lean to NW.

 W/M p.48 no 34
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
REV. JAMES HAMMIL
WHO ENTERED INTO REST
JULY 9TH 1913
AGED 62 YEARS

"TO BE WITH CHRIST WHICH IS FAR BETTER"



17A  ii) W iii) H/S iv) none v) Inscription G - verse VP vi)?  vii) Worn, much L

 W/M p.48 no 36
IN MEMORY OF
ELIZABETH AYRES
THE WIFE OF
JAMES AYRES
WHO DIED JUNE 16TH 1834
AGED 76 YEARS

AFFLICTIONS SORE, LONG TIME I BORE
PHYSICIANS WERE IN VAIN
TILL GOD DID PLEASE TO GIVE ME EASE
AND FREE ME FROM MY PAIN
DEPARTED FRIEND THY SUFFERING LIFE IS O'VER
THY PAINS HAVE CEAS'D MISERY IS NO MORE
LONG DIDST THOU BEAR AFFLICTIONS HEAVY ROD
BUT NOW WE HOPE THY SPIRIT RESTS WITH GOD



18A ii) E iii) H/S iv) none v) F - G vi) M vii) L + ivy damage, leaning to S

 Marker stone G K
       1914
IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
GEORGE KING
WHO DIED JUNE 6TH 1914
IN HIS 86TH YEAR

SAFE HOME AT LAST



18B  ii) E iii) H/S iv) none v) F - G vi) M vii) P, L + Ivy

 W/M p.49 no 38

 Marker stone   S K  
         1902
IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
SARAH, THE BELOVED WIFE OF
GEORGE KING
WHO DIED MARCH 19TH 1902
AGED 79 YEARS

GENTLY TRANSLATED, THEY PASS OUT OF SIGHT
SO MAY I FADE AWAY INTO THY LIGHT



19A  ii) E iii) H/S iv) none v) G vi) P vii) L bad lean to N

 W/M p.49 no 39

 Marker stone V K
        1879
IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
VINCENT YOUNGEST SON OF
GEORGE AND SARAH KING
(OF ROXTON)
BORN MARCH 13TH 1865
DIED APRIL 18TH 1879

THERE IS NO DEATH, WHAT SEEMS SO
IS TRANSITION TO ETERNAL LIFE
THROUGH CHRIST OUR SAVIOUR

ALSO OF EDITH EMMA
SISTER OF THE ABOVE
WHO PASSED AWAY JULY 30TH 1942
AGED 81 YEARS



19B ii) E iii) H/S iv) none v) G vi) White M  vii) tilts slightly S

 W/M p.49 no 40

 Marker stone J K
        1891
IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
JOHN KING
WHO DIED SEPTR 18TH 1891
AGED 60 YEARS

" COME UNTO ME ALL YE THAT ARE WEARY,
AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST "
(Matthew 11.28)



19C ii) W iii) H/S iv) none v) G vi) White M  vii) slight tilt to S

 W/M p.49 no 41

 Marker stone  C K
        1902
LOVING MEMORY
OF
CHARLOTTE THE BELOVED WIFE OF
JOHN KING
WHO DIED JANUARY 12TH 1902
AGED 70 YEARS

"PEACE, PERFECT PEACE, WITH SORROWS SURGING ROUND
ON JESUS' BOSOM NOUGHT BUT CALM IS FOUND "
ERECTED BY HER LOVING SISTER
EMILY KING



20A ii) W iii) H/S iv) none v) partly vi) P vii) some L, tilting N. very sunken

 W/M p.50 no 46

 2 incorrect marker stones
 correct 1 at 20B below
IN MEMORY OF
MARY
THE DAUGHTER OF THO & SUSANNA WILES
WIFE OF JOHN CUSSINS
DIED MAY 6TH 1755
IN THE 21ST YEAR OF HER AGE
More inscription below soil level



20B ii) W iii) H/S iv) none v) F vi) P vii) Much L

 (Parish registers have no record of this burial)

 W/M p.49 no 45

 E facing marker stone M C
           1755
 NB: Possibly belongs to 20A
IN
MEMORY OF
SUSANNA THE WIFE OF
JOHN CARTWRIGHT
WHO DIED JUNE 17TH 1768
AGED 74 YEARS




20C ii) E iii) H/S iv) none v) F vi) white M vii) leans to E

 marker stone   E K
        1923
IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE
OF
ERNEST KING
WHO PASSED AWAY
ON THE 6TH OF JANUARY 1923
AGED 60 YEARS

AFTER LONG AGONY, RAPTURE OF BLISS
RIGHT WAS THE PATHWAY LEADING TO THIS

ALSO ALFRED EBENEZER KING
BROTHER OF THE ABOVE
WHO PASSED AWAY
ON THE 12TH AUGUST 1937
AGED 78 YEARS



20D ii) E iii) H/S large on P iv) none v) G vi) Red/Pink M leaning W

 W/M p.49 no 42

 Note: incorrect spelling of Isbell on H/S
IN
LOVING
MEMORY OF
FREDERICK ISBEL KING
FALKLAND ISLANDS
WHO DIED 9TH DECR 1912
AGED 63 YEARS

WHAT THOUGH IN LONELY GRIEF I SIGH
FOR ONE BELOVED NO LONGER NIGH
SUBMISSIVE WOULD I STILL REPLY
"THY WILL BE DONE"

ALSO EMILY HIS WIFE
DIED 16TH SEPT 1932
AGED 89 YEARS