[From Manx Soc Vol 14]

Jurby.

" My hopes and fears
Start up alarmed: and o'er life's narrow verge
Look don on what ? a fathomless abyss;
A dread eternity! how surely mine! And can eternity belong to me,
Poor pensioner on the bounties of an hour ?"

 

   
AGED
1663 Daniel Christian Ballamore, December,
-
- Thomas, his son,
51
1725 Captn. Thomas, his grandson, buried March 26th,,
-
1729 Catherine, wife of Captn. Thomas,
-
1757 Wm. Christian, Rec. Gen. 28th January,
68
1746 Ann, his wife, August 14th,
66
1776 Captn. Thomas Christian; January 16th,
66
1785 Mrs. Margt. his wife, August 8th,
78
  Also, Thomas, Margt., Alice and Mary their children. N.B. This person was son in law to the above William Christian, marrying his daughter.
1706 John Tear, 5th April,,
-
1718 John Tear, his son, January 24th, .
43
1747 John Tear, his grandson, buried March 1st,
41
1788 John Tear, 27th January,
60
  (Here lieth four generations.)
1786 Wm. Nidraugh, 16th January,
73
1765 Christian Esther, wife of Wm. Nidraugh, 13th February,
69
1793 John Clark, 29th January,
66
1764 John, son of John Clark, 24th August,
14
1783 Patrick, son of John Clarke, 28th April,
21
1790 George Callow, of Douglas, 6th January,
88
1754 Hugh Kennedy, of Stony K. K., in Galloway, who perished by water near this place, 8th November,
25
1742 Wm. McNemeer, buried 5th March,
40
1758 Elinor, his wife, 15th February,
63
1768 Wm. Kewin, of Golane, April 21st7
70
1784 Wm. Kewin, his son, July 4th, .
57
1754 Catherine Crye, alias Kneale, buried January 3rd,
39
1765 Wm. Crye, her husband, buried September 11th,
52
1743 Catherine Cry, alias Brew, buried June 22nd
45
1783 Philip Brew, buried June 5th,
73
1782 Alice Corlet, alias Tear, wife of Thomas Corlet, died December 14th,
56
1767 John Martin, buried November 5th,
69
1774 John Tear, buried March 23rd.
84
1738 William Cannon, buried December 19th, .
35
1765 Mary, dau. of Daniel Kneal, buried February 19th,
14
1760 Robert Brew, of Ballavarran, buried March 26th,
70
1749 Christian Brew, alias Christian, his wife, buried July 29th,
59
1771 Patrick Brew, buried February 28th,
48
1748 Emmy Tear, alias Killip, buried 16th November,
1777 Wm. Tear, buried 22nd December,
73
1741 Patrick Caine, buried September 15th,
58
1758 Alice Tear, wife of the above, buried April 27th,
78
1776 Catherine Clark, alias Kermode, wife of Wm. Clark, of the West Nappin, buried September 8th,
-
1794 Wm. Clark, of West Nappin, died May 27th,
73
1776 William Kervin, buried October 29th,
30

On a flat tomb.

 

:Exuviae Dom. Gulmi. Tear, Ludimagist, de Peel, sepultae Julii vto, MDCCLVI. Anno aetatis lxxiv. Epitaphti loco Gulielmi Tear, authore scripso.

Mors hen! pane quidem tamen est certissima vita.
Janua felicis denique lceta piis
Me licet hic retinent pro tempera vincula mortis.
Spes tamed in Christo non moritura manet
In Christi meritis patrisque clementis amore
Est humilis mea spes hac moriorque fide.
Tu Dens ipse mount cor scis secretaque cordis
Obscure cut non abdita quaque patent
Hic nihil optari dignum est hen! omnia vane
Ergo beata veni, vanaque, vita vade.


 

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