Benjamin King - Palmer, MA - Graves Mentioning a Cause of Death on Waymarking.com

The grave of Benjamin King and his father John King is marked by a brownstone marker with the image of a winged soul effigy in the lunette. The headstone is inscribed:

In Memory of
Mr. John King
who died April ye
1744 in his 63 year

Benjamin his Son
was Kill^d by the
Indians at Fort
Massachusetts June

The historical record, from "Inscriptions From the Two Ancient Cemeteries of Palmer, Mass.", of the rest of the inscription is:

ye 7th, in his 34th year

Type of Death Listed: Killed by something Cause of death inscription on headstone: was Killd by the Indians at Fort Massachusetts Website (if available): [Web Link]

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