Notes:

Died:
AGE 55yrs.

COD shipwrecked and frozen to death on schooner Huntress, on Sandwich beach
[on stone with son, Loren H.]

Buried:
Inscription:

Sacred
To the Memory of
Cap^t. BENJAMIN HOMER
who was shipwrecked and
frozen to death on board
the Sch^r. Huntress on Sandwich
beach Dec^r. 13^th 1825
in his 55^th year.

Also LOREN H. HOMER
Son of
Cat^t. Benjamin Homer
who was lost from on board
the Brig Massachusetts on
her passage from Bremen to
Boston Oct^r. 8^th 1823
in his 24^th year.

Come dearest friends drying your tears

Benjamin married Susannah "Susan" Hall before 1797. Susannah (daughter of David Hall and Abigail Freeman) was born on 6 Sep 1777 in Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; died on 23 Apr 1857; was buried after 23 Apr 1857 in Ancient Cemetery, Yarmouth Port, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]