This monument was a marble tablet
said to have been of considerable size which was removed when the North wall of
the burial ground was taken down in 1828. Its position on the wall was to the
West side of 192.
Southwards from this monument lyes interred James Man, Merchant
and sometime Baillie in Dundie, and Grizal Davidson, daughter to Robert Davidson
of Balgay, his spouse; And also John Man, Merchant, their son, and Janet
Bethune, daughter to________ Bethune of Bleba in the County of Fife, his spouse.
And likewise Robert Man, Merchant, son to John Man and Janet Bethune, who died
anno 1734, aet. 54, with John Man and James, Sons procreat betwixt the said
Robert and Helen Ramsay his spouse, Daughter to Robert Ramsay, sometime writer
in Forfar, At whose expense this monument is erected in memory of her said
husband and sons, Anno 1745.
Source: The Book of the Howff, ŠLibraries, Leisure and Culture
Dundee, Local History Centre & is
reproduced with kind permission.
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