A Book of Strattons: Being a Collection of Stratton Records from England and Scotland, and a Genealogical History of the Early Colonial Strattons in America, with Five Generations of Their Descendants, Volume 2

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Grafton Press, 1918
 

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Page 362 - Testament, that is to say, principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it, and for my body I recommend it to the Earth to be buried in a Christian like and decent manner, at the discretion of my Executors...
Page 276 - My flesh shall slumber in the ground, Till the last trumpet's joyful sound; Then burst the chains with sweet surprise, And in my Saviour's image rise.
Page 359 - ... then this obligation to be void, or else to remain in full force and virtue of law.
Page 365 - County, being sick and weak of body but of Perfect Mind and Memory do make this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form as follows, to wit.
Page 274 - London by Robert Barker, Printer to the King's most Excellent
Page 229 - There may be, and there often is, indeed, a regard for ancestry, which nourishes only a weak pride; as there is also a care for posterity, which only disguises an habitual avarice, or hides the workings of a low and groveling vanity. But there is also a moral and philosophical respect for our ancestors, which elevates the character and improves the heart.
Page xiv - Let us commemorate the events, with which the momentous revolutionary crisis was brought on ; let us gather up the traditions which still exist ; let us show the world, that if we are not called to follow the example of our fathers, we are at least not insensible to the worth of their characters ; not indifferent to the sacrifices and trials, by which they purchased our prosperity.
Page 361 - Calling to mind the Mortality of my Body, and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to Die Do make and Ordain this my Last Will and Testament...
Page 444 - He participated in all the battles of the Army of the Potomac...
Page xvii - War period, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, the Civil War, and the Spanish-American War.

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