Inscription on tablet in Westbury on Severn church. (General)

by essjay , Thursday, February 22, 2018, 16:33 (2467 days ago) @ mjcrowley

Hi,

Yes, I do have that marriage.

Something that has always puzzled me.
Richard senior was the son of John and Mary. John died in 1759, and Mary in 1763. The burial record gives the date of John's burial as 28 January but the Bigland transcription of the gravestone gives his death as 1 February, 4 days after the burial. The transcription also gives his age as 64, but the only contender for his baptism that I can find is in 1713, which would make him 46 when he died.

Do you know if the date and age of John in the Bigland transcription are the same as is actually written on the gravestone?

The tablet in the church also refers to Richard's daughter Mary who, according to the Bigland transcription, died 18 January 1805 aged 26. There is no burial record for a Mary in 1805 but there is one for a Mary in 1804, though the age in the burial record doesn't fit with the baptism record for Richard's daughter Mary.
Is the Bigland transcription accurate for Mary?