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- tony draper
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The clock is running, this task has been posted in another place as well.
- tony draper
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To late,it's been deciphered by someone wi better eyes than mine
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Here
lies the body of
Alexander Nicolson
who being ten years
nine months Gospel in
Holy [Iss? - maybe 'life'] departed
this life the 31 day of Au
gust 1711 and his age 6[3?]
I think.
I believe they use to record the time since he was baptised as well as age.
lies the body of
Alexander Nicolson
who being ten years
nine months Gospel in
Holy [Iss? - maybe 'life'] departed
this life the 31 day of Au
gust 1711 and his age 6[3?]
I think.
I believe they use to record the time since he was baptised as well as age.
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Intrigued by the memento mori ie the skull and crossbones; where is this photo from?
RAF 32 Sqn B Flt ; Twin Squirrels.
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Here lyeth the Body of Mr Alexander Nicolson who being 10 years Minister of the Gospel in Holy Island Departed this life the 31st day of August 1711 and his age 65
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There is a brief family tree on Ancestry for a Rev Alexander Nicolson born 1646 in Scotland, MA St Andrews 1671, admitted 1678; married Alison Hume in 1685; had three children and died 31 August 1711. However, there are no citations/sources attached to the info.
Rev Nicolson was curate of Preston & Bunkle parishes in the Lammermuir Hills, Borders. According to a comment attached to the tree, Nicolson refused to read the Proclamation of the Estates (Parliament) or 'read prayers for William & Mary, he was rabbled (?) and the charge declared vacant from 6 July 1690.' Presumably, he then moved on to Holy Island.
Rev Nicolson was curate of Preston & Bunkle parishes in the Lammermuir Hills, Borders. According to a comment attached to the tree, Nicolson refused to read the Proclamation of the Estates (Parliament) or 'read prayers for William & Mary, he was rabbled (?) and the charge declared vacant from 6 July 1690.' Presumably, he then moved on to Holy Island.
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From info elsewhere I'm sure it is. I wrote years ago to the National Trust re the opening hours to Lindisfarne Castle. It had stuck rigidly to their usual opening hours regardless of the tides. I'm an Arts & Crafts groupie and it took me several sorts of cunning to get a fix on when I could stay with friends nearby x tides x opening hours. Eventually all things came together. On a visit to Newcastle this w/e managed to pull in a small but interesting exhib at the Laing Gallery on the Arts & Crafts House with pics of the Castle.