Tombs of the Dundee Howff
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  Stone No.711/2

 

Inscription.

Here repose
the ?? ??
Thomas Webster
of
Heathfield
Merchant in Dundee
??
Isobel Johnston

Memorial is badly damaged.
Other names just visible.
Janet Watt


Here repose the mortal remains of Thomas Webster of Heathfield, Merchant in Dundee, who died 17th Decr 1830, aged 62 years; also Isobel Johnston, his second wife, who died 8th January 1837, aged 62 years.

This lady at the demise of her deceased husband, founded the Charity for the Blind, known as the Webster, Spied, Watt and Johnston Mortification.

Here also rest the remains of Thomas Webster, Junr, son of Thomas Webster of Heathfield, by his first wife Janet Watt; he died 14th April 1821, aged 24 years.

Source: The Book of the Howff, ŠLibraries, Leisure and Culture Dundee, Local History Centre & is reproduced with kind permission.