It was so bright that it was actually easier to read with a shadow on it even though it make it look like it had legs!
Here LIES BURIED
Ye BODY OF
Mr SIMON DAKIN
WHO DEPARTED
THIS LIFE
JANUARY Ye 11th
1739 IN Ye 76
YEAR OF HIS AGE
Simon DAKIN was born in Concord in 1663, son of Thomas DAKIN who was one of the persons who had first division lands. He did not live in Concord his whole life, he went with others from Boston to South Carolina in December 1695. They found a settlement originally called Newington and then re-named Dorchester (after Dorchester MA). The settlement was not a success and Simon returned to Concord around 1700 to 1702.
