Headstones

Juxta sepulta est Hestera Maria
Thomæ Cotton de Combermere Baronetti Cestriensis Filia,
Johannis Salusbury Armigeri Flintiensis, uxor;
Forma felix, felix ingenio:
omnibus jucunda, suorum amantissima.
Linguis artibusque ita exculta
ut loquenti nunquam deessent
Sermonis nitor, sententiarum flosculi,
Sapientiae gravitas, leporum gratia:
modum servandi adeo perita,
ut domestica inter negotia literis oblectaretur,
Literarum inter delicias, rem familiarem sedulo curaret,
multis illi multos annos precantibus
diri carcinomatis veneno contabuit,
nexibusque vitae paulatim resolutis,
é terris — meliora sperans — emigravit.

Nata 1707. Nupta 1739. Obiit 1773.

Translation

Hester Maria, the daughter of
Sir Thomas Cotton of Combermere, Baronet of Cheshire, and wife
of John Salusbury, Esquire of Flint, lies buried nearby:
Blessed in beauty, blessed in wit,
Delightful to all and most beloved by her own.
So accomplished in languages and arts
That eloquence never failed her when she spoke,
With the charm of her sentiments, the grace of her wisdom,
And the weight of her seriousness in counsel.
So skilled in managing her affairs,
That amid her domestic duties, she found pleasure in literature,
And amidst her literary delights, she diligently cared for her household.
For many years, while many prayed for her,
She endured the poison of a cruel cancer,
And as the ties of life gradually loosened,
She departed from this world, hoping for better.

Born in 1707. Married in 1739. Died in 1773.