John Houghton and Mary Farrar of Lancaster, Massachusetts -- Tombstone Tuesday

Here Lies Buried

y^e Body of 

John Houghton,

Esquir, As You

Are So Ware We. 

As We Are So

you Will be. 

Who Died February y^e 

3d Anno Domini

1736/7 and

in y^e 87^th

Year of his Age.

John Houghton and his wife, Mary Farrar were my 8th great-grandparents.

They were buried in the Old Common Burial Ground, Lancaster, Massachusetts. 

Here Lies Buried

y^e Body of 

Mrs. Mary Houghton y^e

Wife of John

Houghton Esq'r.

Who Died Apriel

y^e 7^th Ano DM, 1724,

& In y^e 76 Year of Her Age.

Photos were taken in April 2012. During a second trip, I noticed a new large stone with the cemetery name.