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 474 THE HISTORY OF BARRINGTON. Elizabeth W. Bicknell, d. 1868, age 81 : "Rest." Mr. Winchester Bicknell, who died on a boat in Barring- ton River, on his release from the deadly prison ship, The Jefsey, at the age of 21 years, is addressed thus : "Alas, dear friend, no sooner came Thy earthlj' usefulness to bloom, But death has cropt thy tender bud, And laid thee in this mournful tomb." On Asa Bicknell's stone we read, (dying at 17) : "Betimes his virtuous race begun, But to our grief." Capt. William Bowen died on his passage from Palermo City to New York, 1859 '• " His body lies in the Mediterranean Sea on the Coast of Spain." Deacon Kent Brown, d. 1822, aged 57 : " The Father, Counsellor and Guide :— To his children he has left a bright example of parental devotion, integrity, zeal and usefulness." " In Memory of the Rev'd Mr. Peleg Heath, Esq., who dep'd this life on ye 5th day of October, Anno Domini 174S, in ye 49th year of his Age." " William Heath, drowned in the North River on the night of Nov. 23, 1722, aged 26 years." Of Rebecca Hill, dying at 17, it is written : " Short was her stay, the longer is her rest, God calls home them he loves best." Sarah Kinnicutt, a child of twenty days : " Weep not for Baby, In Abraham's bosom they do rest."