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Death Announcements 1731-1831
Date transcribed | 2000-00-00 | Transcribed by | Steve van Dulken |
| Surname | Lane | | First names | Pynsent | | Death date | 5 Feb 1805 | | Place of death | Off Weymouth on EICS Abergavenny | | Source | Gentleman's Magazine | | Date | Feb 1805 | | Page number | 190 | | Detail | On-board the ill-fated Earl of Abergavenny East India-man, wrecked off Weymouth, outward-bound for Bengal, aged 16, Pynsent Lane, second son of the Rev. John Lane, vicar of Sawbridgeworth, Herts; a youth whose affectionate disposition and engaging manners tenderly endeared him to his relatives and all who knew him. ""Dead ere his prime;/ He will not float upon his wat'ry bier/ Unwept, and welter to the boist'rous wind/ Without the need of many a mournful tear."" The names of the survivors are recorded p. 175 [the shipwreck is described, pages 174-175]. |
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