This is a fairly unusual stone, both because of its squared-off shape and because we don't often see letters carved in relief on 18thc stones in New England. More weird layout choices with "Here Lyes the Body of Capt."
John Fitch (d.1760)
Windham Center, CT
by Josiah Manning
John Fitch (d.1760)
Windham Center, CT
by Josiah Manning
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Most letters are incised into the stone. This stone is unusual because the words "John Fitch" are raised by cutting away the background, rather than cutting the letters in.
"No sooner hath ye King of Terrors Laid ye Body in ye Dust but upward mounts ye soul : Riches & Honour vanish like a Shade. 'Tis Virtue only lives beyond ye Grave."
https://archive.org/details/ct-windham-1920-lincoln-2