Memorial: M6056

Memorial at South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata, India, commemorating Samuel Jones, d. 1704

Location

South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Here lyes interred the body of / Samuel Jones, / Son of Captain Samuel Jones of London / who died Purser of the ship Duchess, June 19th / 1704'

Details

Vessel: Duchess

People

Jones, Samuel
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 19/6/1704
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Purser
Organisation: United Trade

Extra

Notes: The Duchess reached Calcutta on 29th January 1704.

Bibliography: 'The Bengal Obituary or a record to perpetuate the memory of departed worth' (Calcutta, 1848) p.3

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