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EPITAPHS. 479 " Brave wrestler with the wave, Your work so early done, And found an ocean grave; Our honest, honored one." " Here lieth Intered ye Body of John Rogers, Esq. died June ye 28 1732 in the 92 Year of his age." Note. John Rogers is said to have been a direct descendant of John Rogers, the mar- tyr, and is believed to have been a grandson. Of William H. Smith, who died in 1864, aged 48, it is written : "All ye that are about him, been over him, and all ye that know his name say, ' How is the strong staff broken and the beautiful rod.' " Miss Elizabeth Smith, daughter of James, died 1788, aged 43 : " Christ's Church on earth I leave in love To join the Heavenly Church above." Hezekiah Tiffany, who died 1779, at the ripe age of 82, leaves us this epitaph : " The world is vanity and all things show it, I thought so once and now I know it." Of Sarah Tiffany, the daughter of Hezekiah, d, 1774, age 47, the poet writes : " Beneath this stone doth lay As much virtue as could die; Who, when alive, nature did give As much beauty as could live." Hezekiah Tiffany, born 1800, died 1872. " He was a faithful husband and friend, pure in character, sincere in purpose, and devoted in Christian life. His fidelity to the Town and the Church were unwavering. He was Town Treasurer of Barrington 32 years. Peaceful is thy rest." George Robert Townsend, d. 1809, aged 19 : "A Pious Youth."