Gravestone In Graveyard Near Dunfanaghy, Co Donegal
Stone in old grave yard near Dunfanaghy NEAR THIS PLACE ARE LAID UP IN HOPES OF A JOYFUL RESURECTION [RESURRECTION ?] THE [REQUIES?] OF WILLIAM WRAY OF CASTELL [CASTLE ?] WRAY ESQR WHO DURING THE MOST PART OF HIS LIFE APPLYD [APPLIED ?] HIMSELF SO ZEALOUSLY TO THE SERVICE OF HIS CONTRY [COUNTRY ?] AS TO MAKE IT TRULY SENSIBL [SENSIBLE ?] OF [EY ?] LOSS IT SUSTAINED BY HIS DEATH HE WAS DECENDED [DESCENDED ?] OF VERY GOOD PARENTAGE AND WAS TWICE MARRIED INTO TWO CREDITABLE FAMILIES AND LEFT ISSUE SURVEVING [SURVIVING ?] BY HIS FIRST WIFE ANN SAMPSON HENRY & REBECCA BY HIS SECOND WIFE ANGEL KILBRETH HUMPHREY LETICE ELIZABETH ISABELL & MARIAN TWO SONS ARE POSSESED [POSSESSED ?] EACH OF THEM OF A CONSIDERABLE ESTEATE [ESTATE ?] ONE WHEREOF WAS INTIRLY [ENTIRELY ?] OF HIS OWN AQUIRING [ACQUIRING ?] & YE DAUGHERS ARE DISPOSED OF & MATCHD [MATCHED ?] INTO GOOD FAMILIES BEING THERE INTO RECOMENDED [RECOMMENDED?] BY YE ADVANTAGE OF A VERTIOUS [VIRTUOUS ?] EDUCATION AND AGREABLE [AGREEABLE ?] FORTUNE HE DIED YE 24 DAY OF JUNE IN YE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1710 & LEFT HIS FRIENDS JUSTLY GRIVED [GRIEVED ?] & CONCERNED FOR HIS DEATH BUT MUCH IMPROVED & BETERED [BETTERED ?] BY HIS GOOD EXAMPEL [EXAMPLE ?] THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY HIS SURVEING [SURVIVING ?] CONSORT ANGEL AS A TOKEN OF HER LOVE & A PRESENT TO YE MEMORY OF AN AFECTIONAT [AFFECTIONATE ?] HUSBANDClose