Daily AncestorThe month called "NOUEMB"
October 10, 2026 · Old handwriting · Past records
Gravestone of Elizabeth Pain, King's Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts, 1704Today
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NEAR 52
YEARS DEPARTED
THIS LIFE NOUEMBr
ye 26 1704
In which month did Elizabeth Pain die?
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Carvers often used U and V as the same letter, so NOUEMB with a small r is NOVEMBr, short for November. She died November 26, 1704. "ye" is "the", and in DEPARTED the carver joined the T and the E into one letter to save space.
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