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Which hope we have as an Anchor ƒoul
In Memory of
Mrs Dolly Picket
Wife of
Capt. William Picket
and Daughter of
Richd Skinner of Marblehead
and died March 3rd 1795
aged 36 years 7 days.
She left five children mourn the loƒs
of a tender Parent

This stone features a more unusual carving of a woman leaning on an anchor with the sands of time run out on a table next to her.

Capt. William Picket captained a voyage in 1797 on the William. The University of Southern Carolina has the ships rosters for the voyage.

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