CW-STST-0068

Record Date: 
20 August 2014
Graveyard: 
Staplestown Church and graveyard
Exact wording of epitaph: 

Here lieth the body of Mrs Margaret
Houghton wife of Richard Houghton
Esq who died the first day of October
1794 aged 66 years Also here lieth the body
of the said Richard Haughton who
Departed this life February the 3 1780
aged 69 years

Passed by the road of their ever opened door
Obliged the wealthy and releived the poor

Here also lieth the body of Mrs Elizabeth
Perkins daughter of the said Richard
Haughton who departed this life the 15 th
day of October 1798 aged 45 years 

Memorial Type: 
Ledger Slab
Grave location
County: 
Carlow
Latitude: 
52.814306388889
Longitude: 
-6.8851330555556
Additional details
Stonecutter/monumental sculptor: 
none found
Number of people commemorated: 
3
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Margaret
Surname: 
Houghton
Date of death - day: 
1
Date of death - month: 
October
Date of death - year: 
1794
Age: 
66
Name: 
Richard
Surname: 
Houghton
Date of death - day: 
3
Date of death - month: 
February
Date of death - year: 
1780
Age: 
69
Relationship with first person: 
Husband
Name: 
Elizabeth
Surname: 
Perkins
Date of death - day: 
15
Date of death - month: 
October
Date of death - year: 
1798
Age: 
45
Relationship with first person: 
Daughter