Anchor'd in the haven of Rest In Memory of JABEZ SMITH Junr Lieut of Marines on board the Continental Ship Trumbull born in Groton State of Connecticut August 31, 1751 departed this Life in Boston June 28, 1780 Aged 29 Years Jabez was the third child and oldest son of Captain Jabez Smith and his second wife, Amie (Avery) Smith. He was born in Groton, CT on August 31, 1751. The Smith family was one of the oldest families in Groton, and remained prominent well into the 19th c

This is the grave of Edward Carter (1697-1742) in Boston’s Granary Burying Ground. He was a silk dyer and scourer who ran a shop on Cambridge Street near Lynne Street in the West End of Boston. The epitaph takes up the majority of his gravestone and is put higher than his name. Quiet is a bit ironic, since this is one of the loudest and most visited parts of Boston. “Farewell Vain World I have Enough Of The And Now I’m Careles what thou Say of me What Fault thou See in me Tak