INSCRIPTIONS AT DEERING, N.H. - From the NEHGS Register Information located at http://www.nh.searchroots.com On a web site about GENEALOGY AND HISTORY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE and its counties TRANSCRIBED BY JANICE BROWN Please see the web site for my email contact. ---------------------------------- The following genealogical information has been derived from the inscriptions on the gravestones standing in an old graveyard, now overgrown with trees and bushes, in the town of Deering, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. [Note: This is probably GOVE CEMETERY aka Horace Gove Cemetery on Wolf Hill Road in Deering NH] ----------------------------------- Captain David WILSON died Nov. 24, 1814, aged 70 years. Mrs. Sarah WILSON, wife of Capt. David Wilson, died May 7, 1815, aged 72 Lieut. Francis GRIMES died Sept. 28, 1820, aged 73 years. Elizabeth, wife of Lieut Francis GRIMES, died May 19, 1820, aged 45 years. Dexter, son of Wm. and Mary DICKEY, died July 11, 1814, AE. 11 days Betsey J., daughter of Wm. and Mary DICKEY died Apr. 12, 1815, AEt. 2 years, 2 months, 13 days Adam F., son of W[illia]m and Mary DICKEY, died April 1, 1819, AE., 2 months, 6 days An infant son of Wm. and Mary DICKEY, died Feb. 20, 1822. Alexander WILSON died Oct. 13, 1814, in his 53rd year Mrs. Jane WILSON, wife of Mr. Alexander WILSON, died July 9, 1805, in her 45th year. Martha WILSON, daughter of Mr. Alexander and Mrs. Martha WILSON, died Apr. 9, 1811, in her 28th month. John WILSON, son of Mr. Alexander and Mrs. Martha WILSON, died April 29, 1811, in his 7th month. Deacon Wm. [William] McKEEN, died May 12, 1824, in his 92d year Mrs. Ann, relict of Deac. Wm. McKEEN, died July 12, 1825, in her 82d year. Miss Jane, daughter of John and Ann McKEEN, died April 7, 1823, AE 25 years, 6 months, 17 days Miss Lucy H. McKEEN died Jan 3, 1830, in her 24th year. Jane McKEEN died May 27, 1841, AE 75. Deacon William FORSAITH died Jan. 2, 1805, in his 65th year Mrs. Jane FORSAITH, wife of Deac. William Forsaith, died Dec. 22, 1821, AEt. 79 Mrs. Jennet FORSAITH, wife of Capt. Matthew Forsaith, died Aug. 26, 1810, in her 48th year. Mrs. Nancy, wife of Doctor James FORSAITH, died Dec. 26, 1818, Aet. 49 Betsey SMITH, wife of Nathan CARR, died Aug. 20, 1804, aged 45. Jonathan GOVE died Oct. 31, 1853, AE 75 years, 3 months Mary, wife of J. GOVE, died Oct. 11, 1846, AE 60 years, 9 months John, son of J. and M. GOVE, died Sept 2, 1806, AE 2 years, 2 days Samuel ANDERSON died Nov. 12, 1803, in his 70th year. Widow Margaret ANDERSON died July 6, 1822, in her 86th year. William ANDeRSON died Feb. 12, 1825, in his 58th year. Betsy Anderson, wife of William Anderson, died Jan. 22, 1804, in her 33d year. Betsy, wife of William Anderson, died Jan. 22, 1804, in her 33d year. Thomas BAILEY died Sept. 6, 1838, in his 75th year. Mrs. Anna BAILEY, wife of Mr. Thomas Bailey, died Jan. 22, 1808, in her 41st year. Mr. Alexander FULTON died Jan. 8, 1810 in his 38th year. Mariah BARRON, daughter of Mr. Benjamin and Mrs. Sally Barron, died June 24, 1801, aged 7 months, 5 days. Mr. Nath'l [Nathaniel] MERRILL died July 16, 1816, AE 34 years. Miss Mary, daughter of Phinehas and Susannah WILKINS, died May 22, 1823, AE. 20 years. David BAKER, an adopted son of Mr. Russell and Mrs. Desire TUBBS, died Sept. 28, 1811, aged 18 years. Timothy WYMAN died Oct. 31, 1830, AE 82 years. Mrs. Eliabeth WYMAN, wife of Mr. Timothy Wyman, died Aug. 1, 1809, in her 60th year. Thomas ELLSWORTH, Mass. Mil., Rev. War Mrs. Mary AIKEN, wife of Lieut. Thomas AIKEN, died July 23, 1804, aged 53 years, 9 months. Mr. Thomas AIKEN Jr., son of Mr. Thomas and Mrs. Mary Aiken, died Oct. 9, 1805, aged 26 years, 11 months. Joseph AIKEN, son of Mr. Thos. and Mrs. Jane AIKEN, died Oct. 7, 1804, aged 13 months. Mr. Robert FERSON died Jan. 10, 1814 in his 64th year. Mrs. Mary FERSON, wife of Mr. Robert FERSON, died Apr. 24, 1812, in her 58th year. Mr. Robert FERSON Jr., died Aug. 7, 1812, in his 26th year. Mr. Joshua FERSON died May 30, 1815 in his 60th year. Mary, wife of Joshua FERSON, died July 2, 1840, AE 83. Mrs. Elizabeth Gregg, consort of Lieut. Reuben GREGG, and daughter of Ensign Thomas Willson and Mrs. Mary, his wife, died Oct. 25, 1790, aged 31 years, 6 months. Mr. Thomas GREGG died Aug. 22, 1824 in his 40th year. Mrs. Betsy, wife of Mr. Luther Phelps, died Jan. 27, 1822, AEt 33. Also their infant, AEt. 6 weeks. [compiled by Frances P. Thomas, Boston MA] (end)