His Marble Monument with a very fine Latin Inscription, by his Son, still remains in the Chapel, which Monument covers the Tomb of the truly noble-minded race of Apthorp.
How erst the shield, whose crested pride.
The Crest, if not the whole Armorial Bearing, is thought or said to have been conferred upon the Battle Field by Richard.
The shield of the Apthorp arms, which bearing a MULLET or spur, in heraldry, with truly Welsh prepossession, the family were fondly, perhaps foolishly, wont to trace back to the Crusades.
Belleview was undoubtedly the Apthorp homestead at Quincy where Mrs. Morton passed her youth.
In the Rev. Mr. Holmes, Quincy antiquarians will readily recognize the Rev. Dr. Greenleaf, whose religious and philosophical teachings undoubtedly had great influence on the author who was to come so near being his biographer.
[The above notes are compiled principally from “My Mind and Its Thoughts.”—A book referred to in the Introduction.]
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
- The author listed on the title page is incorrect. The correct author was William Hill Brown.
- Silently corrected obvious typographical errors and variations in spelling.
- Retained archaic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings as printed.