Floor Slab – John & Frances Susannah Booth, Jane Hardy, Frances Watson, Ann & Benjamin Haworth, John Booth Haworth, & John & Susanna Eddie
Description
Stone vault-slab, previously outside in the Churchyard, reset in the South Porch in 2022. It commemorates Alderman John Booth and his wife Frances Susannah (née Hardy), her sister Jane Hardy (bap. 7 Feb. 1713/14, South Somercotes, bur. 16 May 1779 at Holy Trinity). Frances Susannah Watson, widow of Charles Horsley Watson, is a daughter of the Booths. Another daughter, Ann, is with her husband Benjamin Haworth of Newland and their son, John Booth Haworth. Susanna Eddie (née Crosby), commemorated with her husband John, is a niece of Mrs Booth and Miss Hardy, as her mother was another of their sisters, Alice Crosby, née Hardy (bap. 1712, South Somercotes, Lincs.).
Frances Susannah Hardy (bap. South Somercotes 9 March 1710/11) had married John Booth at Utterby, Lincs., on 22 March 1734.
Inscription and donor(s)
In Memory of
FRANCES SUSANNAH the wife of
JOHN BOOTH Esq:r, who departed this
Life [13th?] May 1771 [aged 59? Years]
Also of JANE HARDY who departed
this Life [...May 1779] Ætat: [65 Years]
Also of FRANCES, the widow of
CHARLES WATSON, who departed this Life
30th October 1786 aged 41 years
Also of ANN the wife of
BENJ:N HAWORTH who departed this
Life 1st March 1784 Ætat: 45 Years
Also of JOHN BOOTH Esq.r who departed
this Life 5:th January 1786 Ætat: 74 Years
Also of BENJAMIN HAWORTH who departed
this Life 12:th January 1790 Ætat: 62 Years
Also of JOHN BOOTH HAWORTH who
departed this Life 11:th July 1790 Ætat: 12
In Memory of
JOHN EDDIE who departed this Life the
27:TH of April 1807 aged 78 Years
Also SUSANNA EDDIE the wife
of JOHN EDDIE who departed this Life
9:TH of March 1818 Ætat: 75 Years
