Three Stones Family Gravestones at Deane

Three adjacent gravestones in Deane churchyard belonging to the Stones family of Heaton and Little Bolton.

Here Resteth the body of

Oliver Stones of Heaton who

departed this life ye 25 of Feb

1720

Here Resteth the Body of

Thomas Stones of Heaton who

departed this life the 22nd day

of March 1769

And in the 87th year of his age

Here is interred Betty the

Wife of Oliver Stones of Heaton

June 14th 1784 In the 61st Year

of her Age

The best of Wives the ????

?ncloseth here, And also ????

to her Children dear:

Great was our loss for her eternal gai?

But hope in Heaven we shall meet again

Here is interred

the Body of Ralph the Son

of Thomas and Alice Stone

of Little Bolton who depar

ted this Life June 30th 1803

in the 3d Year of his Age

Here resteth the Body of

Mary the Wife of Ralph

Stones of Little Bolton

was here interred  Feb

ruary 13th in the Year

1791

Here resteth the Body

?????  Ralph Stones

was here interred ??

17th in the Year 18??

Aged 5? Years