Just returned home from checking out Sir William Pepperrell's table marker in Kittery Point, Maine (just a bit over the Piscataqua River from Portsmouth, New Hampshire). They've recently cut down all the surrounding brush, and cleared the tree limbs blocking it and restored the marker itself. It was pelting rain, blowing and a bit on the chilly side. I didn't get too wet while clearing off the damp pine needles covering the stone. The marble table stone was lettered in England, but set on native granite. Very nice coat of arms.

Note this is NEW England -- USA -- I'm speaking of.

We (The Dog Watch -- representing the Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival) will be singing sea music at the dedication ceremony on Nov. 7th and at the reception at the Kittery Historical and Naval Museum. The family gravesite is just up the hill from where Sir William's wharves were in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Linn