Memorial in Thorpe Morieux church

Memorial in Thorpe Morieux Church
In memory of
The Revd. John Fiske M.A.
late Rector of this Parish
He died the 10th April 1778
aged 53 years
He left only one child
Sarah Thomas Fiske
who married John Haynes Harrison Esq
of Copford Hall
in the county of Essex.		 In Memory of the Revd. John Fiske M.A.,
Many years rector of this parish,
He died the 4th October, 1764, aged 72 years,
He lived beloved, and died an honest man.
Also of Elizabeth, his wife.
She died the 2nd of April, 1749, aged 52 years,
She was descended from the ancient family
of the Gosnolds, which family was allied to
George, Duke of Clarence,
Brother to King Edward IV of England.		 In memory of
Sarah, wife of the Revd John Fiske
Rector of this Parish
and the only child of Samuel Thomas,
of Lavenham, Gentleman,
and Sarah his wife
She died ye 19th Aug. 1762
aged 20 years.
She was a young woman of exemplary
piety and unfeigned virtue.

 

Inscribed on a slab near the vestry door in the Chancel floor:-

The Revd
Mr John Fiske
died the 10th April
1778.

 

On the south wall of the chancel (in 1901) is a monumental tablet, with the following inscription:-

In memory of
Sarah Thomas, only child of the Rev. John Fiske, M.A.,
formerly rector of the Parish, and wife of John Haynes
Harrison, of Copford Hall, in the County of Essex, Esq.,
who died Dec. 12, 1825, in the 65th year of her age.
She was exemplary in every Christian virtue, and most
eminently so in a faithful and affectionate regard for her
husband and a tender and watchful care over her children,
by whom she was greatly beloved and lamented.
Also in memory of John Haynes Harrison her beloved
Husband, who died December the 2nd 1839, in the 84th
year of his age.
May they who knew him best and loved him most praise
him in their future lives by a remembrance of his example
and an imitation of his virtues.

Verily there is a reward for the righteous
Psalm 58, v. 11.

 

The following children of the above John and Sarah Haynes Harrison are all interred within Thorpe Morieux Church:-

Susanna, 1796-1804
Charles Eldred, 1803-1805
Sarah Elizabeth, 1784-1809
John Haynes, 1792-1811
Mary Ann, 1785-1863
Ann Bernard, 1789-1863
Jane Dulcibella Eldred, 1800-1879