When an infant "lies at her feet," it usually means that the infant is buried in a separte coffin in a separate grave, located at the foot of the mother. Sometimes, if they died together, it could mean that the infant was placed in the same coffin near the mother's feet, but not usually. --- Ralph Strong <rastrong@erols.com> wrote: > My GG Grandmother, buried in 1814 in Durham, CT has > an interesting notation > on her headstone. We have puzzled about what it > means. It states "Abigail > Strong, wife of William Augustus Strong, d. 1814, > and an infant lies at her > feet". > > William and Abigail lived in Durham, CT until 1806 > and then moved to > Atwater, OH. At some point, we are guessing ca > `1810 or 1811, she moved > back to Durham, leaving her children with William in > Atwater. They had two > children in Durham before moving to Atwater. > William vistited Abigail to > pursuade her to return to Atwater, but returned to > Atwater and re-married. > (Technicaly, he was a bigimist). He went to the US > Army in May of 1814 and > died at Black Rock, NY in November 1814. > > So, the puzzle is, was the infant buried at > Abigail's feet die before they > went to Atwater, or after Abigail split and returned > to Atwater? Is anyone > out there a student of burial practices? > > Ralph Strong > Glen Burnie > > > > > ==== STRONG Mailing List ==== > ======================================================== > Book I: RESEARCHING STRONG(E) AND STRANG(E) > IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegalstrongs/contents.htm > Database and manuscript. See especially Chap. 13, > entitled "Lineages"; and Chapt. 15, "DNA Study" > & > Book II: THE DONEGAL STRONG PUZZLE: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegalstrongs/indxdrft.htm > Research and study of Counties Donegal and Fermanagh > Strongs and > related families. > ========================================================== > ===== Colleen Sue Downey Morse writer, Toastmaster, genealogist, researcher, seeker "No coward soul is mine." ----Charlotte Bronte "I made an error in judgement. I mistook personality for character." ----Emma Harte __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com