John Child - Age 71 years
Elizabeth Child - Aged 75 years
Jemima Child - Aged 58 years
Photograph - Mike Welton
Full inscription reads: Within this vault are interred the remains of John Child who departed this life April 26th 1837 aged 71 years. Also Elizabeth, relict of the above who died May 28th 1843 aged 73 years and Jemima Child who died April 24th 1850 aged 58 years.
Parish Register reads: 1837 Apr 29th John Child. Easington 71
1843 May 31st Elizabeth Child, Easington 75
1850 Apr 27th Jemima Child. Easington 58
John Child the father of the above mentioned William Child also resided at Rectory Farm. He was described by George Poulson as “an excellent artist and antiquary” One of his engravings of a tomb in Welwick church that appears in Poulson's A History of the Seigniory of Holderness. Copies of his drawings of the Old Kilnsea cross appeared in The Lost Towns of the Yorkshire Coast by Thomas Sheppard.
