BETSEY SEAVERNS IS MY / NAME NEW ENGLAND IS MY / NATION WESTON IS MY DW / ELLING PLACE AND CHRIST / IS MY SALVATION / WHEN I / AM DEAD AND LAID IN GRA / VE AND ALL MY BONES ARE / ROTTEN WHEN THIS U SEE / REMEMBER ME I MAY NOT BE / FORGOTTEN THE ROSE IS / READ THE GRAS IS GREEN / THE DAYS ARE PAST WHIC / H I HAVE SEEN AND WHEN / THE BEL FOR ME DOTH / B . R.

Maker

Seaverns, Betsey

Date made

ca. 1785-1795

Origin

Weston, MA US

Stitches

Cross

In Bolton & Co.

No

Foundation Cloth

Linen

Embroidery Thread

Silk

Predominent Motif

1 alphabet: complete with ampersand. Numbers 1-9. One cross band at the top and simple stitched lines throughout. No motifs. Sampler verse is unfinished.

Inscription

BETSEY SEAVERNS IS MY / NAME NEW ENGLAND IS MY / NATION WESTON IS MY DW / ELLING PLACE AND CHRIST / IS MY SALVATION / WHEN I / AM DEAD AND LAID IN GRA / VE AND ALL MY BONES ARE / ROTTEN WHEN THIS U SEE / REMEMBER ME I MAY NOT BE / FORGOTTEN THE ROSE IS / READ THE GRAS IS GREEN / THE DAYS ARE PAST WHIC / H I HAVE SEEN AND WHEN / THE BEL FOR ME DOTH / B . R.

Length Without Frame

10 3/4"

Length With Frame

12 1/4"

Width Without Frame

7 1/2"

Wdith With Frame

9"

Original Frame

Unknown

Historical Owner

#1965.2.18 Gift of the Misses Alice and Marion Clapp

Owner

Weston Historical Society, Weston, MA

Owner Private

Weston Historical Society