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Sheerness foreman

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Dave Smith:
Thanks MartinR. Obviously much better eyesight than me!

MartinR:
Here lies the body
of Benjamin Wakefield
Foreman of his
Majestys yard at
Sheerness who died
Mar, 7 1722 aged
51 years
He had two Wives & six
Children by Mary his
last are living Abel & Mary
So I'm afraid, no.  He was 51 at death.

Dave Smith:
CAT. Do I read correctly, aged 37 years? Young for a foreman but maybe they all died young in those days & it was a case of filling empty boots?

MartinR:
Salutary reminder of infant mortality: "& six children ... are living".

CAT:
Whilst on one of my many pre-lockdown travel, I came across this memorial to Benjamin Wakefield, who is recorded as the Foreman of his Majestys yard at Sheerness in Eastchurch church. Thought it might be of interest?

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