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In
Memory of
MARTHA. WIFE OF
WILLIAM DAWKINS
WHO DIED
March the 30th 1819
AGED 33 YEARS

ALSO

of ANN, his wife
who died Octr the 26th
1839
AGED 54 YEARS

Reader prepare to meet thy God

William Dawkins was born 1789. He first married Martha, who died in 1819. By 1825 he was married to Ann, with whom he had a daughter, Elizabeth.

Elizabeth continued to live in Desborough after her father died, remaining unmarried.