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Photographer: Kevin W.
Taken: August 12, 2010
Caption: Transcribed Inscription from the Tomb of
Betty Carter, 2d. Wife
Additional Description: To the memory of Betty Carter, second wife of Robert Carter, Esq., youngest daughter of Thomas Landon, Esq., and Mary, his wife, of Grednal in the county of Hereford, the ancient seat of the family and place of her nativity.
She bore to her husband ten children, five sons and five daughters, three of whom Sarah, Betty, and Ludlow died before here and are buried near her.
She was a person of great and exemplary piety and charity in every relation wherin she stood; whether considered a s a Christian, a wife, a mother, a mistress, a neighbor, or a friend, her conduct was equalled by few, excelled by none.
She changed this life for a better on the 3rd. of July 1719, in the 36 year of her age, and 19th of her marriage.
May her descends make their mother’s virtues and graces the pattern of their lives and actions.
Submitted: August 17, 2010, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p123087
File Size: 3.753 Megabytes

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