Cornhill Selby

Transcription

A Selby monumental Inscription at Cornhill Deciphered by Matthew Cully and printed in the Berwickshire Naturalist in 1916

To the memory of the SELBYES of Paston GERRARD SELBY died Aug 3rd 1722 aged 35 years.

SARAH his wife died Oct 1777 aged 83 years.

GABRIEL SELBY died Oct 1785 aged 68.

ANNE his wife died June 1769 aged 50

MARGt died Febry 1788 aged 74

WILLIAM died Oct 1716 aged 1

DOROTHY died 1720 aged 9 months

GERRARD died 1721 aged 6 months.

Commentary

This could well be the same family who lived at Twizell and Ford.  They also paid for Twizel Bridge to be built.