She Died a Virgin in Woburn, Massachusetts -- Tombstone Tuesday

Here lyes the Remains of

M^rs. ELIZABETH COTTON

Daughter of the Rev.

ROLAND COTTON late

of Sandwich Dec^d. Who Died

a VIRGIN October 12, 1742

Aetatis 46.

"If a Virgin Marry She hath not Sinned Nevertheless Such shall have trouble in the Flesh, but He that giveth her not in Marriage doth better, She is happier if She so abide"

The size and angle of this stone is what enticed me to walk up the hill to read it. However, the 2007 FindAGrave photo is totally in a different position. It looks like the stone was raised.

FOLLOW UP: On November 21, 2015, I was  in this cemetery again, and could see that the above tombstone was no longer upright. Upon investigating, I saw that it was now flat, and face down on the ground! I'm sharing my new photo below.

First Burial Ground

Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts