Mary Hinckley, 1798, Brookfield, MA; Farber Gravestone Collection

I’m guessing that the vine heavy with grapes is, like the description of Jane Dummer as Henry’s “fruitfull vine” on the Dummer/Sewall stone, a reference to the bearing of many children.

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