Memorial: M5486

Gravestone in Leith Cemetery commemorating Joseph Stonelly RN d. 1820

Location

Cemetery, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland

Transcript

'Joseph Ston[e]ly, Royal Navy, born at Stonehenge, Island of Jamaica, on the 19th November 1792, died here, 28 March 1820, erected by his only sister Mary Kemp, of Jamaica'

Details

Type: Gravestone

People

Stonely, Joseph
Age: 27
Date of Death: 28/3/1820
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Stonehenge, Jamaica was an estate at Trelawny, Jamaica owned by the Rev. Joseph Stoney and a word-play on his name.

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