Ryde Social Heritage Group research the social history of the citizens of Ryde, Isle of Wight. Documenting their lives, businesses and burial transcriptions.
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Based at Ryde Cemetery Heritage & Learning Centre. Preserving, documenting and promoting the social history of Ryde on the Isle of Wight.
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Holy Cross Church Binstead

Mr Jepheth Francis

Title: Mr
Forenames: Jepheth
Surnames: Francis
Date of Death: 09/10/1775
Age at Death Years: 82
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG HC004
Plot Number: Binstead Holy Cross Churchyard D5-279
Grave Description: Double round topped headstone with high relief winged cherub heads centre top, raised gothic text panel with central vertical dividing line and deeply engraved lettering.
Grave Condition Description: Very good considering age of memorial, some lichen cover on stone but inscription fully legible.

Inscription:

Left side
IN
MEMORY OF
ANN THE WIFE OF
JEPHETH FRANCIS
WHO DIED APL THE 21ST
1758
AGED 72 YEARS

Right side
IN
MEMORY OF
JEPTH FRANCIS
WHO DIED
OCTOBER THE 9TH
1775
AGED 82 YEARS

Along full width of headstone (old English script)
WE HOPE THE CHANGE IS FOR THE BEFT
TO LIVE WITH CHRIST AND BE AT REFT

Photographs:

Arthur Williams
A & J Francis November 2019
Photographer: Arthur Williams

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