Interesting Gravestones in the Churchyard #1 – EDDEN

This is one of the interesting gravestones which we have found in the Prescot St Mary’s Churchyard and it’s a good example of how severely worn Inscriptions can be deciphered.

Wetting the surface produces more contrast and clarity.

All that could be read was:

“…….who departed this life November 1st? 1759?
Also James Husband
of Mary departed
This life ? July 17?”

From that scant information we were able to research burial records and conclude that it is:

James and Mary Edden.
Mary died 1st November 1759, buried on the 3rd.
James was buried 6th July 1762 so possibly died on the 4th.

They lived in Prescot and James was a Saddler.