SACRED
TO THE
MEMORY OF
KITTY, WIFE OF
WILLIAM CRICK
WHO DIED AUGUST 3OTH 1854
AGED 30 YEARS
ALSO
GEORGE ESSEX CRICK
SON OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED MAY 12TH 1860
IN THE 12TH YEAR OF HIS AGE
THEREFORE BE YE ALSO READY
FOR IN SUCH AN HOUR AS YE
THINK NOT THE SON OF MAN
COMETH
Kitty Essex was the first wife of
William Crick. It looks as if a blank space was left
at the top of this memorial for her husband's name. It was possibly never used because 10 years after Kitty's death William
was remarried - to
Jane, the widow
of Kitty's older brother William Essex.
George was the eldest of Kitty and William's three children.
The youngest, Annie, was born not long before Kitty
died, so it is possible that Kitty did not recover from the birth.