WILLIAM THOMPSON Esq.
SON OF PATRICK AND ELEANOR THOMPSON,
OF FAIR LAWN-HOUSE.

BORN 15. JAN. 1780. DIED 7. JAN. 1803.

FAREWELL, DEAR YOUTH! SHORT WAS ON EARTH THY STAY;
IN EARLY LIFE A LINGRING DEATHTHY DOOM:
THY COUCH WAS PAINFUL, AND THY FRAMES DECAY
SCARCE LEFT A SUBSTANCE FOR THE SILENT TOMB.

YET MIDST THAT FRAMES DECAY, THY ACTIVE MIND
FAIR LEARNINGS PATH WITH ZEAL UNWEARIED TROD;
WHILE CHEERFULNESS WITH RESIGNATION JOIND,
DISPLAYD THY STEDEAST CONFIDENCE IN GOD.

TO HIS HIGH WILL WITH CHRISTIAN FAITH WE BEND,
AND HERE RESIGN A BROTHER, SON, AND FRIEND.

In the Vault beneath
are deposited the Remains
of ELIZABETH WEGG

Wife of SAMUEL WEGG Esq.
who died 15. March 1799. Aged 72 years.

Also of SARAH LEHEUP, widow of
PETER LEHEUP, Jun. Esq.
and sister of Wm. WEGG who died 11. Aug. 1799.

Aged 77 years.

Also of SAMUEL WEGG Esq.
who died 20. Dec. 1802. Aged 79 years.

Supplement. Acton Vol. XVIII page 99

WILLIAM THOMPSON Esq.
SON OF PATRICK AND ELEANOR THOMPSON,
OF FAIRLAWN-HOUSE.
BORN 15. JAN. 1780. DIED 7. JAN. 1803.

FAREWELL, DEAR YOUTH! SHORT WAS ONE EARTH THY STAY;
IN EARLY LIFE A LINGRING DEATH THY DOOM:
THY COUCH WAS PAINFUL, AND THY FRAMES DECAY
SCARCE LEFT A SUBSTANCE FOR THE SILENT TOMB.

YET MIDST THAT FRAMES DECAY, THY ACTIVE MIND
FAIR LEARNINGS PATH WITH ZEAL UNWEARIED TROD;
WHILE CHEERFULNESS WITH RESIGNATION JOIND,
DISPLAY'D THY STEDEAST CONFIDENCE IN GOD.

In the Vauh beneath
are deposited the Remains
of ELIZABETH WEGG
Wife of SAMUEL WEGG Esq.
who died 16. March 1799 Aged 72 years.
Also of SARAH LEHEUP, Widow of
PETER LEHEUP Jun'. Esq.
and sister of W. WEGG who died 11. Aug. 1799
Aged 77 years.
Also of SAMUEL WEGG Esq.
Who died 20. Dec.' 1802 Aged 79 years.

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