. Somerset County historical quarterly . e of the difficulty ofreading such old inscriptions; how easy it is, after a great deal of studyof an embedded and moss-grown stone, to get a figure wrong or misssomething under ground. According to my dates, however, these correc-tions and additions should be made:B., J. H., d. 1826, should read, d. Oct. 9. , W., d. 1841, should have added age 63 , Ann Maria (dau. of James and Rebeckah), d. 1846, should read Aug. 28, 1846, aged 8 Nuis, Peter I., d. Apr. 18, 1840, in 64th yr., should read, in 61st , William Henry
. Somerset County historical quarterly . e of the difficulty ofreading such old inscriptions; how easy it is, after a great deal of studyof an embedded and moss-grown stone, to get a figure wrong or misssomething under ground. According to my dates, however, these correc-tions and additions should be made:B., J. H., d. 1826, should read, d. Oct. 9. , W., d. 1841, should have added age 63 , Ann Maria (dau. of James and Rebeckah), d. 1846, should read Aug. 28, 1846, aged 8 Nuis, Peter I., d. Apr. 18, 1840, in 64th yr., should read, in 61st , William Henry (son of William V. S. and Maris S.), should have added, d. Feb. 25, , Rynier, d. Feb. , 1838, in 80th yr., should read, d. Feb. 27, 1833, in 86th year of his age. P. D. S. [83]. Willett (52).—Sir Thomas Willett, Baron of Englishdescent, came to America in the Seventeenth Century. His grandson,Hartshorne Willett, settled at Washington, Middlesex county, about 1720,and was the ancestor of the Willets of Somerset county. W. BOULDER-MARKER, WITH TABLET, ERECTED IN COURTHOUSE YARD, SOMERVILLE Marking Washingtons Route, Princeton to Morristown, January, 1777, and unveiledJune 20, 1914. (See page 315)
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