Wall monument at St Nicholas’s Church, Deptford commemorating Jonas Shish d. 1680 shipwright and other members of his family
Location
St Nicholas's Church, Deptford, London, England
Transcript
'Near this place is interred the body of Jonas Shish / Esq: Master Shipwright to King Charles ye second / of his Magesties Yards Deepford and Woolwich who / departed this life May ye 5th : 1680 : in the : 75 : yeare of his / age and in his last sickness did appoint his Epitaph in / words to this effect / By sin I die the wages due to all / By sin as I the Univers must fall / Yet holy IESVS bring me to ye throne / Of Heavenly bliss where GOD doth rule alone / That I may sacred Anthems alwaies sing / With holy Angels to their Soveraign King / Once I was strong but am intombed now / To be dissolved to dust and so must you / In health remember still thy latter end / That will beget a care nere to offend / Here also lyeth the body of Elizabeth his wife / Who departed this life ye 5th of March : 1678 : in ye / 59 : yeare of her age together with 8 children / and 12 Grandchildren leaving behind them 3 / sons and 3 daughters / Also John the Eldest Son Master Shipwright / Of his Majesties Yard : Deptford : Objit: Octob : /11th : 1686 : Aged : 43 : Yeares. & Thomas . ye : 3d Son / Master Shipwright : Of : his Majesties Yard / Woollwich : Obijt : December the 6th : / 1685 : Aged : 37 : yeares. And Kendrick / The Son of John and Marie Shish Who Deceased May the 15th 1685 / Aged 14 Yeares'
Details
Type: Wall monument
Position: South wall
Materials: Marble
People
Age: 74
Date of Death: 5/5/1680
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master shipwright
Organisation:
Shish, John
Age: 43
Date of Death: 11/10/1686
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master shipwright
Organisation:
Shish, Thomas
Age: 37
Date of Death: 6/12/1685
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master shipwright
Organisation:
Extra
Bibliography: 'South East London Mercury' (11 May 1978); J. Somerson 'Monuments in St Nicholas Deptford', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 27, pp. 277-89 (Cambridge, 1941).