A Very Grave Matter - Benjamin Herbert, Elizabeth Herbert - Old Burying Point Cemetery, Salem Massachusetts

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In Memory of
M^r Benjamin Herbert
who departed this Life
Jan. the 20^th 1761
In the 52^d Year
of his Age
is here Buried Here lie
Buried the remains
of Elizabeth
Consort of Cap^t
Benjamin Herbert
In her were united the
affectionate Wife, the
tender Parent, the friend
to the diƒtreƒsed and in
a word the pious & good
Woman.
Ob^t 23^d AD 1772
Ætat 55

Here is a sampler embroidered by their daughter, Elizabeth, in 1764 at age 12.

Benjamin and Elizabeth Herbert had 7 children.

Capt. Benjamin Herbert, mariner, married Elizabeth Fowler of Ipswich (published Jan. 17, 1735-6); died in the winter of 1760-1; she married, secondly, Capt. John Gardner. 29