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Erected / by / Maryanne Deiringer / of South Africa / in memory of her father / James Mitton who died 15th Apri1 / 1843 aged 48 yrs / also, her mother Mary died / 23rd May 1848 aged 50 yrs / also her brother Moses / died 14th Jan 1862 aged 37 yrs.
Erected / by / Philip Mitton of Philadelphia / in memory of his father Nicholas Mitton /who depd this life 14th Oct 1835 / aged 33 years.
Here lieth the body of Phillip Mittin / depd Oct ye 13th 1804 aged 17 yrs / also his sister Elnor depd Nov ye 16th / 1807 agd 25 yrs.
Ledger, facing west. Here lyeth the body / of the Revd Laurance / Murphy who deceased / Frb the 25th 1774 aged 35 / years.
Sacred /to the memory of / William James / only and beloved son of / Thomas Henry Burkitt Esq / of Seaview / who fell asleep in Jesus / Sept 22nd 1872 / aged 23 years / and of Lizzie his only and / beloved and the dearly beloved wife of / Thomas Graig Esq / who died the 25th of Octr / 1875 aged 28 years/safe in the arms of Jesus / also of their parents / Thomas Henry Burkitt / who died 21st April 1887 / and / Mary Anne Burkitt his / wife who died 23rd May 1887.
Sacred to the memory of / Revd. Nicholas Redmond, P.P., of / Ballygarrett / he was 65 years a zealous Minister of the / Gospel / Three lines of virtues ( untranscribed) / died 27th Jany 1831 in the 91st / year of his age.
This is a coped stone. Sacred to the memory of / William Robert Burkitt Surgeon Major late 52nd Lt Inf / who departed this life on the 23r day of August 1872 / aged 43 years.
William Burkitt died / 1789 aged 90 years / Richard Burkitt died / 1794 aged 20 years / Robert Burkitt died / 1794 aged 69 years / John Burkitt departed this / life 26th day of December 1836.