. Towns of New England and old England, Ireland and Scotland . was affixed a tablet in memory of the an-cestors of Benjamin Nye, the earliest an-cestor of the Nye family in this country, andthe inscription thereon reads as follows:— 1637 ERECTED BY THE ISTiE FAMILY OF AMERICA TO THE MEMORY OF THEIR ANCESTORS BENJAMIN NYE AND KATHARINE TUPPER HIS WIFE WE BEST SERVE THE INTEREST OF POSTERITY BY TREAStTRING THE MEMORY OF OUR ANCESTORS 1908 On the farm still owned by the descen-dants of Edmond Freeman there are twolarge boulders called the Saddle and Pil-lion Rocks which mark the graves of him-sel
. Towns of New England and old England, Ireland and Scotland . was affixed a tablet in memory of the an-cestors of Benjamin Nye, the earliest an-cestor of the Nye family in this country, andthe inscription thereon reads as follows:— 1637 ERECTED BY THE ISTiE FAMILY OF AMERICA TO THE MEMORY OF THEIR ANCESTORS BENJAMIN NYE AND KATHARINE TUPPER HIS WIFE WE BEST SERVE THE INTEREST OF POSTERITY BY TREAStTRING THE MEMORY OF OUR ANCESTORS 1908 On the farm still owned by the descen-dants of Edmond Freeman there are twolarge boulders called the Saddle and Pil-lion Rocks which mark the graves of him-self and his wife. The tradition is thatafter the death of his wife, Freeman, whowas the first settler in Sandwich of thatname, had these boulders drawn by oxento their present location, placing the Pil-lion stone over the grave of his wife,giving at the same time instructions thatthe Saddle stone should be placed over hisown grave, upon his death. Within a few years descendants ofEdmond Freeman and his wife have had aThe inscription on the Saddle stone reads. From ii photograph Kindness Captain John S. Carpenter, , and HenryM, Hutckings, Esq. THE SADDLE ROCK, ,M.\SS.\CHUSETTS, placed over the grave of Edmond Freeman,who was one of the earliest Bettlers in ourSandwich, and who was bom in England in1590. tablet set into each of these stones,as follows:— EDMOND FREEMAN BORN IN ENGLAND 1590 DIED IN SANTDWICH 1682 A FOUNDER OF THE TOWN OF SANDWICH IN 163 7 ASSISTANT TO GOVERNOR BRADFORD 1641-1647 198 SANDWICH, MASSACHUSETTS
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