This stone
was erected
by WILLIAM LYELL shipmaster
in Dundee in memory of his
mother MARGARET BETTAY
who died the 29` of April 1774 aged
72 years as also his son PETER
LYELL who died the 17` of August
1774 aged one year & 3 months
HELLAN LYELL his daughter
who died the 27th of May 1775
aged 3 years. Omnes codem cogimus ( Death is
inevitable ) Source: The Book of the Howff, ŠLibraries, Leisure and Culture
Dundee, Local History Centre & is reproduced with kind permission. |