Memorial: M4269

Memorial at Stoke sub Hamdon, Somerset commemorating Thomas Chaffrey d. 1768, mason Royal Dockyards

Location

Stoke sub Hamdon, Somerset, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / ROBERT CHAFFREY OF WEST STOKE / AND SUSANNA HIS WIFE / THE FORMER DIED IN THE YEAR 1728 / AGED 60 THE LATTER IN 1767 AGED 64 / LEAVING TO SURVIVE THEM 4 CHILDREN/ROBT. THOS. SUSANNA AND ANN / THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY / THEIR SON THOMAS / WHO WAS MAST. MASON TO HIS MAJESTY / FIRST IN PORT ANTHONY IN JAMAICA / AFTERWARDS IN PORTSMOUTH DOCKYARD / AND DIED IN 1768 AGED 65 / MARY THE WIFE OF THOS CHAFFREY / DIED IN 17...AGED...'

Details

People

Chaffrey, Thomas
Age: 65
Date of Death: 1768
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master mason
Organisation: HM Dockyard, Portsmouth

Extra

Recorder: Colin Harris 1992

JSON

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