GA-STNL-0216

Record Date: 
18 November 2024
Graveyard: 
St Nicholas' Collegiate Church and Graveyard
Exact wording of epitaph: 

This tomb is Erected & Ground Enclosed in memory of Jake Stephens Esqr R.A. A man of Talent Worth Integrity & Honor who died 23 Sept 1833 aged 35 Yr* Here also is intered Rouland son of Mr Rouland Stephens aged 3 Yrs died 20th Feby 1823

Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.273078055556
Longitude: 
-9.0535563888889
Additional details
References: 
For John Knight Stephens, son of Rowland Stephens Esq., see The Galwav Mercury. December 22nd. (1866). "At Lemon's Gate, New York on the 19th Oct. last (ie. 1866) at the age of 24 yrs, John Knight Stephens, eldest son of a respected fellow citizen Rowland Stephens, Esq \
People commemorated: 
Surname: 
STEPHENS
Notes: 

A Rect. slab with a curved, almost triangular top and Inc'd. two-line border and Ins.. A rough kerb of ashlar blocks (some displaced) occurs around part of this stone. This, which was uncovered in 1990, is now grassed over. See also Nos. 154, 262, 403 and XI for other Stephens.