Many of the stones in the Men of Kent Cemetery have been ravaged by the years. There are far more people buried in these grounds than there are stones remaining to mark the places where they lie. Liddia Turner’s stone has fallen but the words on its face remain legible:

HERE LYES
ye BODY OF LIDDIA
TURNER DAUGHTER
of Mr. JAMES
and Mrs. MARY TURNER
WHO DIED MARCH
26, 1740
IN ye 4 YEAR
OF HIR LIFE

Liddia – or Lydia, as it is sometimes spelled in the records – was the great-great grandaughter of Humphrey and Lydia Turner and a member of one of the founding families of the town of Scituate. She lived her brief life and died before the country in which she now rests even existed. But the stone remains.

This is my contribution to Taphophile Tuesday.

Prints are available at Ali Crehan Photography.