Sacred to the memory of
Mrs DOROTHY COATES late Wife
of ALEXANDER COATES
of this Ifland Shipwright
She departed this life
the 25th of November 1777
And near to this place
lies interred the Bodies of
their Six Children THOMAS
ALEXANDER, FRANCIS, RHODA,
DOROTHY and REBECCA
who all died in their infancy
This stone is dedicated
to her Memory
by her faid Hufband
in grateful Remembrance
of her many Virtues