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Knockbride, Co. Cavan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1015, Page 462

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    Copy of an Inscription on an Old Tombstone in the Old Graveyard at Knockbride.
    HERE. LYEH.YE BODY
    OF. JOHN. MCWHIDD.WH
    DEPARTED.THS.LIFE
    I.....1701 AGd.66Yrs.
    HERE.LYEH ye BODY. OF
    M...... M...... WIFE
    TO JOHN. MCWHIDD. WH
    DEPARTED. THS. LIFE
    MAY 20 1701 AGd 52Yrs
    HERE. LYETH. THE. B
    ODY. OF. JOHN MCWH
    IDD. WHO. DEPARTED
    THIS. LIFE ye 17th of AGUSt
    1730. AGED. 69 YEARS.
    HERE. LYETH ye BODY OF
    JANE COWAN WIFE TO JO
    HN. BROWN. WHO. DEPARTD
    THS. LIFE. MAY ye 24. 1704
    AGE 76 yrs.
    Also of John Mahood
    this life.....
    This stone is said to mark the grave of Rev. Alexander McWhid who is said to have been the first Protestant Minister to preach in Knockbride Parish Church. See an account of him on page of this book.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
          1. graveyards (~2,501)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Knockbride, Co. Cavan
    Collector
    Thomas J. Barron
    Gender
    Male