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Burial register entry for Betsy Oxnam, 1797
Betsy Oxnam Wife of the Revd. Willm. Oxnam Curate of Paul
was on Thursday 23rd. of February 1797 suddenly seiz’d with premature
pains of Labour attended with strong Convulsion fits which, after she was
delivered of an infant daughter, put a period to her existence at One o’clock on
Friday morning:- she felt no previous indisposition, but was ?-- unexpectedly
snatched away from her distracted husband and afflicted friends in the full
enjoyment , a few hours before her confinement, of health & youth.
A striking lesson to inconsiderate Mortals of the shortness & uncertainty of
human life. – She was born Novr. 8th 1776 – Married June 13th 1796 and departed
this life Feby. 24th 1797 – Her remains are deposited in a Wall’d grave directly
under the Vicar’s seat in the Chancel of Paul Church.
Pure was her mind, her manners soft and mild,
Religion own’d her for her Fav’rite child:
Impartial Truth her blameless worth commends,
As Wife, as Daughter and the best of friends:
Her countless virtues scarce began to rise,
E’re Heav’n recalled her to her native skies;
Where endless pleasures, everlasting peace,
And joys celestial, that will never cease
Reward her goodness in that blest abode
With saints, and Angels , and th’ Eternal God.
Se---it? W. Oxnam once her most beloved husband and now her most
disconsolate Widower – March 12th - 1797
Source:
LDS Film Number 1596121
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