Gerald Elias
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A FAMILY PLOT
ABSALOM SEWALL PIKE
Husband and Father
September 27, 1629-September 27, 1674
The Hand of Death
Is never Known
Till too Late
Man’s Dust is Blown
MEHITABEL SEWALL PIKE
Wife and Mother
May 9, 1623-September 27, 1674
Our Sins We Carry
To the Grave
May it please the Lord
Ye Shall be Saved
Our Lord alone
Knows him He’ll save.
But Worms will crawl
Into each Grave
ABIGAIL SEWALL PIKE
Daughter
August 14, 1662-September 28, 1674
Though Misdeeds
may not be Blest
All Mortals
Seek Eternal Rest
UNNAMED
September 24, 1675-September 26, 1674
A Life so Brief
Yet filled with Grief
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A FAMILY PLOT
ABSALOM SEWALL PIKE
Husband and Father
September 27, 1629-September 27, 1674
The Hand of Death
Is never Known
Till too Late
Man’s Dust is Blown
MEHITABEL SEWALL PIKE
Wife and Mother
May 9, 1623-September 27, 1674
Our Sins We Carry
To the Grave
May it please the Lord
Ye Shall be Saved
Our Lord alone
Knows him He’ll save.
But Worms will crawl
Into each Grave
ABIGAIL SEWALL PIKE
Daughter
August 14, 1662-September 28, 1674
Though Misdeeds
may not be Blest
All Mortals
Seek Eternal Rest
UNNAMED
September 24, 1675-September 26, 1674
A Life so Brief
Yet filled with Grief
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