Hmm, is this coincidence or what?
SLADEN
Sowerby St. Peter's 4/251 SUTCLIFFE In/memory/of ELISABETH, the wife of THOS SUTCLIFFE/of Stern Mill in
Skircoate who departed this/life, on the 5th day of February, ad 1796,/in the 59th year of her
age./Also, near this place was interred the/remains of NANCY abd NANCY, daughrs/of the
said THOS and ELISABETH SUTCLIFFE./ The former was buried on the 5th day of
Novr/A.D. 1771, aged 1 year & 9 months, and 15 days/the latter was buried onn the 17th day
of July,/A.D. 1778, aged 2 years and 4 months./Also, in memory of MARY the wife/of
SAMUEL SLADEN, and daughter of the above/said THOMAS and ELIZABETH SUTCLIFFE,
who/departed this life the 6th day of May 1809/ aged 46 years./Also, in memory of the
abovesaid/ THOMAS SUTCLIFFE, who departed this/life the 19th day of May 1810 aged 73
years/Also, in memory of ELIZABETH second/wife of the abovesaid THOMAS SUTCLIFFE who departed this life on the 19th day of March [1818] aged 73 years/
St Peter's, Sowerby is where Elizabeth Stillings of this thread was buried.
I had always wondered whether the family might have come from the Halifax area as I couldn't find much trace of them.
It doesn't say that Elizabeth and Henry Sladen are buried here, just a memorial to Elizabeth.
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