Hawkesbury on the NET - Cemetery Register: St Johns Churchyard (Howorth Grave), Wilberforce

Additional Notes:

see Catherine Howorth and Elizabeth Howorth, mentioned on the headstone.

Verse on headstone reads:

From a Subtle Serpents Bite he cride
Our Rose Bud cut he drup'd his head and
died. He was his Father's glorey,
and Mothers pride.

Plaque on headstone reads:

MOVED 6TH DEC. 1960

FROM THE RIVER BANK

ON HOWORTH GRANT OF 1798

HAWKESBURY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

In Memory of / JOHN HOWORTH / Who Departed the Life / Oct.8.1804. Aged 11 Years / From a Subtle Serpents Bite he cride / Our Rose Bud cut he drup'd his head and / died. He was his Father's glorey, / and Mothers pride. / ALSO / ELIZABETH / CATHERINE / Both died in / their Infancy