Verbal/Material Lore – Gravestone Epitaph
“Isabelle Aiken Noyes”

English

Informant Data

Isabelle Aiken Noyes was born March 17, 1838 in Chester, New Hampshire, and died September 11th, 1868, in Hanover, NH. She was married to Professor John E. Sinclair, a professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and was the daugher of John W. Noyes. Although she shares a name with the Noyes family described earlier, I was unable to find a positive relationship link between Isabelle and Noyes family. It seems strange that Isabelle Aiken Noyes and the Noyes family would show ties in location (Chester, New Hampshire) as well as name, but not share a familial bond. However, I could find no evidence of a familial relationship.

Contextual Data

Isabelle’s epitaph matches in form with Psalm 17:15, as written in the King James Bible, although the words do not match exactly with any common bible version. I was unable to unearth any further relevant contextual data on Isabelle or her epitaph.

Text

“Awake in his likeness”