Gravestone at the Church of St Mary of Charity, Faversham, Kent commemorating Michael Greenwood, d.1812.
Location
Church of St Mary of Charity, Faversham, Kent, England
Transcript
‘To / the MEMORY of / MICHAEL GREENWOOD / who died the 9th of / January 1812 / aged 80 YEARS. / November the 29th 1758 / In the 'LITCHFIELD' I was wreck’d / Upon the BARB'RY shore. / And sev'nteen months in slavr’y / I toil'd with many more.'
Details
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Vessel: HMS ‘Lichfield'
Position: Churchyard
Vessel: HMS ‘Lichfield'
People
Greenwood, Michael
Age: 80
Date of Death: 9/1/1812
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Age: 80
Date of Death: 9/1/1812
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Extra
Notes: Wrecked in HMS 'Lichfield' in Morocco in 1758 and enslaved. Inscription on the headstone has been recently recut.
Bibliography: David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p. 47.
Bibliography: David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p. 47.