Mercy Wood

Died Oct 8, 1753

Mercy the daughter of M_r David and Mercy Wood who died Oct_r. 8th 1753 in y_e 12th year of her age

Border: A two-line border of varying widths follows the circumference of this stone. The tablet section is delineated by a single-line border. There are illustrated panels along three sides of the tablet section. They form two plants beginning with the eight-point flower in the upper corner. Their stems proceed down the two sides with a clearly defined efficient design representing the leaves and stem. Across the bottom panel, the designs evolves into more bi-radial wave-like shapes. They meet in the middle of the bottom panel at a two-level circle.

Remark: The tympanum contains three design elements. The upper edge is supported by a pleated repeated design. Two six-point stars stand equidistant to the left and right of the skull. The skull is sun-like with its round shape and corona-like outer edge. Employing the triangular nasal cavity and simple teeth, combined with the round eye sockets, provide all the elements of most skull representations.