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 St Johns Memorials Index - Bengal Obituary 1851

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DescriptionTranscriptions of MIs from The Bengal Obituary: Or, a Record to Perpetuate the Memory of Departed Worth, Being a etc etc by Holmes and Co (Calcutta, India ). Published by W. Thacker & Co
Date transcribed2009-08-22
Transcribed byPeter Bailey

Surname  Livesay    
Forename(s)  Hester    
Year of Death  1716    
Inscription  William Livesay, Merchant, after he had voyaged in these parts many years, an eminent supercargo, to the general satisfaction of his employers, and public good of trade; rests here, (much lamented by those who knew him. With his wife Sarah and three children, viz. Hester, John and William who were all born and departed this life according to the following account: Hester, Dyed 26 Aug. 1716 aged 2 Years 5 Mos.; John, Dyed 29th Aug. 1716, aged 4 mns. 15 Days.; Sarah, the Mother, Dyed in child-bed May the 20th 1718, Aged 25 Years, 2 Months; William was born the 16th of May 1718, and Dyed the 27th of April 1719. Mr. William Livesay after sorrowing some time for his said family, departed this life the 15th of November 1719, Aged 40 Years, 1 Month, 6 Days; being born on the 9th of October 1697.    
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Transcriptions taken from publications. Photographs of headstones and memorial tablets located at St Johns Church and Cemetery, Calcutta.
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