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"Mary SHAW was buried 3 Dec 1769" -
Extract from Register - Gamston St Peter p.53

This Stone is to the memory of Mary daughter of Richard
and Olive SHAW who died in her 15th year 1769

Farewell vain world advice to thee I give
Act uprightly while on the earth you live
Don't dye your conscience with a scarlet red
Nor take away the harmless orphan's bread
A greedy man that could not be denied
Took my possessions to uphold his pride
My birthright's gone: My life is at an end
Adieu fair world since God has proved my friend

This epitaph, now illegible, is from the tombstone of a young girl Mary SHAW an 
orphanburied at Gamston and who it is said was defrauded of some property by 
her relatives or by some man. I  could only make out a few words in 1881 but
Nancy THEAKER the old clerk's wife recited this epitaph to me and toldme a long 
tale about the child which I could not quite understand
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Added 21-February-2014