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Submitted: 5/18/11 • Approved: 5/19/11 • Last Updated: 12/6/12 • R12560-G0
Here Lyes Buried
the Body of the
Reverend Mr Joseph
Capen a Faithful min
ister of Christ who
Lived an ordained
Pastor of ye
Church
in Topsfield 42 years
& Departed this life ye
Last Day of June, 1725
Aged 66 years
"Dear Mr Capen, that revered man
Who did the faith of Christ mantain
A learned man & Godly too
None will denie this who him knew."
Contributed on 5/18/11 by pdgranata
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