Eglingham Memorials in the Church-South Wall-Sommerville

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Stone mounted in wall under window]

ERECTED   To the Memory of the Rev^d Ja^s SOMMERVILLE    24 Years Minister of the Dissenting Co    gregation of Branton who died 9^th July  1808 Aged 65 Years.   The Righteous shall be in everlasting   Remembrance 112 ps^m 6 verse.   EBENEZER Son of the above died 28      Sep^r 1786 Aged nearly 3 Years.  MARY his    Daughter died 31^th [sic] Aug^t 1791 aged 11    Months. ISABELLA his wife who died    Oct^r 1791 Aged 32 Years: and CHRISTIA their Daughter who died 6^th July 1793 Aged 5 Years.

[The word “Congregation” is split over two lines. Although a heating pipe obstructs the central part of inscription, it can still be read.]