Floor Slab – Betty (Elizabeth) Slingsby, with John & Elizabeth Hendry
Description
Worn incised stone, currently under carpet, commemorating Betty (Elizabeth) Slingsby (née Hendry; 1772-1837). Her parents, John Hendry (1731-1819), who was Permit-writer to the Excise Office, and Elizabeth Hendry (d. 1830), are said to be in an adjoining vault. Her husband is William Rowland Slingsby (1771-96) is said to have died in Jamaica, though whether he was a planter, seaman or soldier is not clear.
Inscription and donor(s)
In this vault
are interred the remains of
BETTY SLINGSBY
who departed this Life
on the 29th January 1837
Aged 65 Years,
Daughter of JOHN
and ELIZABETH HENDRY
who are entombed
in an adjoining Vault,
and Relict of WILLIAM
ROWLAND SLINGSBY,
who died in Jamaica in 1796
Aged 25 Years.