Charles Pratt Marston

In Memory of

CHARLES PRATT MARSTON

An Infant Son of

John Marston Esqr. and Mrs. Elizath. Marston

of Boston.

He died Octr. 20th 1775 aged 9 Months.

While British Forces held his native Town.

Here rest sweet Babe...nor know the Cares of Life.

Serene Repose, thy precious Dust shall find.

Til reunited to thy blissful Mind;

Then shall thou rise, where dwells Immortal Love.

And with great CAMDEN live in brightest Realms above.

Lord Camden, great friend of America and after

whom the Child was nam’d.”

Little Charles was the son of John Marston, one of the Sons of Liberty in Boston. Mr. Marston was the tavern keeper of the Golden Ball Tavern and later the Bunch of Grapes Tavern, both in Boston and both Whig (Patriot) meeting places. He and his family fled Boston during the British siege of 1775 and went to Woburn where little Charles died on October 20, 1775 aged 9 months.

He rests in the Second Parish Burial Ground in Burlington, MA.