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The inscription on it reads:

Sacred
to the Memory of
Mr. ROWLAND HASSALL
one of the first missionaries appointed
to the South Sea Islands
after upwards of 22 years residence in
this Colony walking in the Fear of God
and the esteem of Good men
He died in Peace
on the 29th August 1820 in the 52nd year
of his Age
Also 3 days after was interred in
the same vault with its grandfather
The first born daughter of the
Revd. WALTER & MARY LAURY
Aged 13 days
Also 5 days after its grandfather was
interred in the same vault ROWLAND JAMES the
First born son of Mr. SAML. OTOO & LUCY HASSALL
Aged 12 days

Insatiate archer could not on suffice
Thy shaft flew thrice and thrice our peace was slain
And Thrice! Ere since yon moon had fill'd her horn

And the remains of the infant son of
JONATHAN and MARY HASSALL
who died January 8th 1828
Also
ELIZ HASSALL
relict of ROWd. HASSALL
Who died 10th Feby. 1834 aged 65 110

Elizabeth Hassall's will, made out just four weeks before her death, honoured the wish of
her husband by leaving the house at Parramatta to Thomas Hassall and dividing the Parramatta-
properties named Burder Park, Hassall Farm, Bolger's Farm and David Farm - which had been
combined into a single 365 acre property called Burder Park - between their children. Elizabeth
Hassall directedb that his property be sub-divided into six lots, complete with roads and such, to be
selected by the children in decending order of age. All her sheep and cattle were to be sold for the
benefit of her daughters and granddaughters, but the first year's clip of wool from the flock was to
be sold with hald the proceeds going to the London Missionary Society and the other half to her
relatives back in England (brothers John and Abraham Hancox and two nieces, both named

110 Dunn, Judith, The Parramatta Cemetaries, St John's, Parramatta and District Historical Society, 1991,
p.62.

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