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St Giles Churchyard

John Nursey - monument. Click for larger image in new window

Beneath

lie the Remains of

JOHN NURSEY

who died

September 19th 1837

Aged 61 Years

Although afflication cometh
not forth of the dust,
neither doth trouble
spring out of the ground
yet man in born unto trouble
as the sparks fly upward.

Job Chapter 5:6-7 verses


John was the son of John and Lucy Nursey. He was baptised 16 Sep 1776 at Desborough.

John married Sarah Coleman, also of Desborough, about 1803.