Hawkes, Abigail

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Maker
Hawkes, Abigail
Date made
1791
Origin
Lynn, MA US
Stitches
Cross,
In Bolton & Co.
No
Foundation Cloth
Linen
Embroidery Thread
Silk
Predominent Motif
A memorial to Ebenezer Hawkes done by his daughter Abigail, most likely while he was ill and dying. Reversing arcaded strawberry border up both sides and across the top. Sampler is unfinished.
Inscription
THE RELIGIOUS PRO / FESION OF ABIGAIL / HAWKES DAUGHTER / OF EBENEZER HAWKES OF LYNN / AND SOME MEMORIES OF HIS LIFE / HE WAS ONE OF THE SOCIETY OF / FRIENDS AND ATTENDED TO HIS RE / LIGIOUS DUTIES HE REQUESED HIS / CHILDREN TO LIVE UNDER THE SA / ME PROFESION AND BEQUEATED / TO THEM A LARGE ESATE HE LIV / IN GOOD ESTEEM WITH HIS FR / IENDS AND NEIGHBOURS AND WAS / SEAZED WITH A PAINFULL RHUM / ATISM WHICH HE DID PATIENTLY / BEAR WITH RESIGNATION TOTHE / DEVINE WILL AND SAID HE SHOUL / LD SOON GO TO HIS ENTERNAL R / EST AND IN THE COURSE OF SIX / MONTHS SICKNESS TOOK HIS LEAV / E AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE IN / THE YEAR 1791 //
Length Without Frame
15.75"
Width Without Frame
14"
Historical Owner
#5033
Owner
Lynn Museum, Lynn, MA
Owner Private
Lynn Museum