CFHS code : HT411
Parish : Holy Trinity
Inscription : In Loving Memory of MARY HATTON d April 25 186[2] aged 68 JOHN HATTON husband of the above d October [22] 186[3] aged 72
Monument : Headstone (broken and fallen)
Above information amended from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Lat Lon : 52.201928, 0.13729228 – click here for location
Monument
This fallen headstone lies 3 or 4 rows east of the central path and roughly 15 metres from the south path, in the parish of Holy Trinity. It lies under a tree surrounded by violets. The stone broke across the top third when it fell and the carved inscription has eroded badly.
Inscription
In Loving Memory of MARY HATTON who died April 25 186[2] aged 68 years
Also JOHN HATTON husband of the above who died October [22] 186[3] aged 72 years
Mary Hatton (née Guymer) (1796 – 25 April 1862)
Mary was born in Great Thurlow, on the Suffolk/Cambridgeshire border and was the daughter of Robert and Susan (née Raison). She married John Hatton on 4 May 1821 in Great Thurlow and they had at least one daughter: Sarah (1834-1869). They lived at King Street, John worked as a bricklayer and Mary as a midwife. Mary died at home aged 65 years old.
John Hatton (1791 – 22 October 1863)
John was born in Milton, Cambridge and died at King Street aged 72 years old. His funeral took place on 26 October 1863.
Their daughter Sarah married Alfred Frohock she died aged only 37 and may have been buried here.
Sources:
Ancestry
Newspaper archives
by Claire Martinsen
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