MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS for ST PETER'S - compiled by HENRY GIBSON

I.H.S. SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF CATHERINE, WIFE OF GEORGE MARSH, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE 3rd OF MAY 1823 AGED 70 YEARS. AS A WIFE SHE WAS MOST VALUABLE AND INDUSTRIOUS, AS A MOTHER MOST KIND AND LOVING, SHE LED HER CHILDREN IN THE PATH OF VIRTUE & TAUGHT THEM EARLY TO SERVE GOD. ALSO OF GEORGE MARSH, JOINER AND BUILDER, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON SUNDAY 21st MAY 1825 AGED 70 YEARS, HE WAS BORN AT LITTLE LEY GREEN IN THE PARISH OF SUTTON, NEAR PRESCOT IN THIS COUNTY, OF VIRTUOUS AND RELIGIOUS PARENTS. THE LIVES OF THE ABOVE WOULD FORM A HISTORY. THEY WERE UNITED IN MATRIMONY 52 YEARS. HE WAS THE ELDEST BROTHER OF JOHN MARSH, TIMBER MERCHANT IN THIS TOWN. HE WAS A MOST TRULY VIRTUOUS, SOBER AND LOVING HUSBAND, A TENDER FATHER, WHO ALWAYS GAVE A GOOD ADVICE, AND HE HONEST SET THE BAD EXAMPLE FOR THE CHILDREN’S SALVATION. HIS LIFE WAS MARKED WITH STRICT PIETY, RELIGION & INDUSTRY. HE MERITED A GENERAL GOOD CHARACTER AMONGST TRADESMEN, WORKMEN AND OTHERS WHO KNEW HIS ABLE TALENTS TO BE A BRIGHT WORKMAN HIMSELF, BUT ABOVE ALL HE WAS A SINCERE HONEST MASTER, A GREATER GENIUS AS TO MECHANICS PERHAPS IS NOT LEFT BEHIND. HE WAS A PROMOTER & SOLE DIRECTOR OF BUILDING THE CATHOLIC CHURCH NEAR PRESCOT, KNOWN BY THE NAME OF PORTICO, A GREAT PORTION OF WHICH WAS DONE BY HIM GRATIS. IN GRATITUDE & VENERATION TO THE BEST OF PARENTS THIS MONUMENT WERE WROTE BY THEIR ELDEST SON.

I.H.S. HERE LIETH THE REMAINS OF CAPt JOHN CLARK, WHO COMMANDED THE AUSPICIOUS, WHEN SHE WAS CAST ASHORE IN HOYLAKE BAY, AND ALL HANDS PERISHED, ON THE 23rd SEPTEMBER 1819. HE WAS AGED 72 YEARS. ALSO PATRICK CLARK, SON OF THE ABOVE JOHN CLARK, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 6th OF APRIL 1822 AGED 43 YEARS.

I.H.S. SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THOMAS RICARDO DUARTE, SON OF THOMAS AND FRANCES DUARTE, WHO DIED ON THE 10th OF FEBRUARY 1820 AGED 9 MONTHS. ALSO JOAS FORTUNATTO DUARTE DIED ON THE 25th DECEMBER 1821 AGED 5 MONTHS AND 10 DAYS. ALSO ANTONIS JOZA DUARTE, DIED ON THE 29th OF NOVEMBER 1827 AGED 6 MONTHS AND 2 DAYS. ALSO MARIA ISABELLA DUARTE DIED ON THE 6th OF JANUARY 1830 AGED 2 MONTHS AND 12 DAYS. ALSO ANN DORATHEA DUARTE DIED THE 21st OF APRIL 1832 AGED 8 YEARS AND 6 MONTHS. ALSO ADELAIDE MARIA DUARTE DIED ON THE 23rd AUGUST 1833 AGED 5 MONTHS AND 16 DAYS. ALSO GEORGE FOSTER DUARTE DIED ON THE 20th NOVEMBER 1844 AGED 8 YEARS AND 5 MONTHS.

HERE LIE THE REMAINS OF WILLIAM FORMBY FOR 32 YEARS THE FAITHFUL AND ZEALOUS DOOR KEEPER OF THIS CHAPEL, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE SEPTEMBER 1st 1820 AGED 76 YEARS.