. Shannon genealogy; genealogical record and memorials of one branch of the Shannon family in America; . o the obliterating hand of time, has been repaired. The work of restoration, the designing and erection of the monument, was done withadmirable skill and in good taste under the superintendence of George E. Hodgdon, Esq., ofthis citv, for Colonel Richard Cutts Shannon of New York, a descendant of Governor Vaughan. The ancient slate tablet which formerly rested upon the old tombstone, now forms a raisedpanel, or , to llic upper surface of the nionunieiu, and is in form, and inscri
. Shannon genealogy; genealogical record and memorials of one branch of the Shannon family in America; . o the obliterating hand of time, has been repaired. The work of restoration, the designing and erection of the monument, was done withadmirable skill and in good taste under the superintendence of George E. Hodgdon, Esq., ofthis citv, for Colonel Richard Cutts Shannon of New York, a descendant of Governor Vaughan. The ancient slate tablet which formerly rested upon the old tombstone, now forms a raisedpanel, or , to llic upper surface of the nionunieiu, and is in form, and inscribed, asfollows :— NORTH. j Here L y e t h the Body t A >;e d-40-y ears 0 c Also ye Bodys of — >, Mary wife of Georg« CO Vaughan Esq Daulf 3 c of Andrew Belcher Ef a qr who DecD Febrv 3° 0 1699 in ye 20 year of hC (S 700 Age & y Dau.; at . 3 . Dayes 0 1 d & were 1 n t e r^ toge .ir QJ J 22 !c -t-i T3 ^^ (U at 1 0. j (U •a 1 0 This tablht restored ! > AND MONUMENT ERECTED «• 1885 BY A DESCENDANT LU C (Broken.) (J pj »; i|.i!>| .11 1^-] .111 J ;o APPENDIX VI 463. THE VAUGHAN TOMB AT POINT OF GRAVES CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH, N. H. The East side ot the polished die bears the following inscriptions : Vaughan Emigrated from England about 1660 Member of the Royal Council for N. H. 1680-171 5 Major Commandant Provincial Forces. Justice of the Court of Common Pleas 1680-1686 Chief Justice of the Superior Court 1708-1715 Died 1719. George Vaughan Son of Wm. and Margaret Vaughan Born April 1 3, 1676 Graduated at Harvard Coll. 1696 Justice of the Court of Common Pleas 1707-171 5 Lt. Governor of New Hampshire 1715-1717 Died Dec. I 724. Elizaheth, wife of Lt. Gov. George Vaughanand daughter of Robert EliotDied Dec. 7, 1750. Aged 68. 464 THK SHANNON FAMIF-Y On the South panel :— In Memoriam Lt. Col. William Vaughan Son of Lt. Gov. George and Elizabeth Vaughan Born Sept. 12, 1703 Graduated at Harvard Coll. 1712 Projected the Expedition against Louisburg 1745, and s
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