Flat stone, now much defaced.
Erected to the memory of Alexander Blyth, shipmaster, 1624, and his wife.
Here lyes Alexander Blyth, shipmaster,
Borges in Dundee, who departed this life ye 4th of Febry 1624 of his age 44, and
his
spouse Elizabeth Wedderburn who died ye 24 of October 1643, her age 78
Here lyes George Smith,
Clokemaker in Dundee, who departed this life the 10 of August 1719 of his age
52.
And in the 1834 survey of the Howff the tomb was claimed by the heirs of Samuel
Bell, architect.
Source:Wedderburn Book
The inscription to George Smith is marginal and a clock face has
been represented towards the bottom of the monument, it had the words inscribed,
TEMPVS RERVM IMPERATOR ( Times governs all things ).
Source: The Book of the Howff, ŠLibraries, Leisure and Culture
Dundee, Local History Centre & is reproduced with kind permission.
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