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Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Tombstone Tuesday -- SILL of Connecticut (2 Generations)

Duck River Cemetery, Old Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut
  
Joseph Sill

Born: Abt. 1636, New Castle, Upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England
Died:  August 06, 1696, Old Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut

  Sill Plot (above)
Sarah Clark Sill wife of Joseph Sill (above)
Born:  Bef. February 14, 1643/44, New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut
Died:  February 1, 1714/15, New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut
The above Sills were my 7th great-grandparents.

Their son, Joseph Sill Jr.
Joseph Sill Jr.
Born:  January 06, 1677/78, Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut
Died:  November 10, 1765, Old Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut

His wife, Phebe Lord Sill
 
Phebe Lord Sill
Born:  Abt. 1686, Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut
Died:  January 04, 1772, Old Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut

The above Sills were my 6th great-grandparents

2 comments:

hummer said...

So, what are the headstones made from that they are still there and you can read them after 200+ years? Some of our newer granite stones don't seem to last 20 years.

Barbara Poole said...

Connecticut has a lot of sandstone headstones, and I think a few are of that, although sandstone isn't strong. Really, I don't know. Massachusetts has mostly granite and it lasts forever. Do I sound smart?