. Elgin past and present : a historical guide / by Herbert B. Mackintosh. or WHOW IT MAY BE HANDLED, IF IT BE WELL WITH THE SOWL. At foot THIS IS THE BURIAL PLACE OF JAMES YOUNG, GLOVER BURGESS IN ELGIN AND HIS SPOVS, AGNES STEWART AND THEIR CHILDREN. On the south wall within the most easterly enclosure, is appar-ently a made-up memorial. On a panel is (Fig. 45):—Quarterly,1st, Three boar (?) heads erased contournee (for Abercrombie). 2nd,Three stars. 3rd, Three stars and between them a crescent (Innes).4th, Three crescents. At sides the initials I. I. and M. S. (?). Thescript inscription whic
. Elgin past and present : a historical guide / by Herbert B. Mackintosh. or WHOW IT MAY BE HANDLED, IF IT BE WELL WITH THE SOWL. At foot THIS IS THE BURIAL PLACE OF JAMES YOUNG, GLOVER BURGESS IN ELGIN AND HIS SPOVS, AGNES STEWART AND THEIR CHILDREN. On the south wall within the most easterly enclosure, is appar-ently a made-up memorial. On a panel is (Fig. 45):—Quarterly,1st, Three boar (?) heads erased contournee (for Abercrombie). 2nd,Three stars. 3rd, Three stars and between them a crescent (Innes).4th, Three crescents. At sides the initials I. I. and M. S. (?). Thescript inscription which is crumbling much, is almost illegible. Fortun-ately it has been recorded by Monteith and is given with many othersin Gordons edition of Shaws Province of Moray. The translationreads :— Under this gravestone rests James Innes, lawful son toMr John Innes, a most skilful doctor of medicine, younger brother toRobert Innes, sometime proprietor of Drainie ; and Mary Seaton, hiswife, lawful daughter to David Seaton, late of Meny, who died, he 110 ELGIN PAST AND PRESENT. upon the last dayof June, 1685, David Innes,their surviving son,caused erect thismonument. Surmountingthis panel is part ofanother tombstonehaving initials D. I. C, date1746 (?). \ k w ^*^j<^ W^ along the east wall y.^**f~*r we have a stone, the inscription inquaint lettering-This is the burial place ordained for Arthur Chalmer, listerburgess in Elgin, and Jean Forbes, his spouse and their children. Stay, passenger, consider well That thou ere long in dost must dwell. Endeavour then while thou hast health Still to avoid the 2d death. For on tymes minut doth depend Torment and joy without all end. Round the top of the stone is, 0 death, where is thy sting ? and atfoot, O grave, where is thy victory ? We glean further particulars of this family from a recumbentslab on the ground close beside. It bears a shield with arms ;—Dexterside almost illegible, but presumably, A demi-lion issuant fro
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