Inscription on tablet in Kentish Town Parish Church:-

Sacred to the Memory of
FRANCES FITZWILLIAM AUSTEN wife of
Capt. Charles John Austen
(of the Royal Navy)
Who died in Child-bed September 6th 1814
aged 24 years.

Stop Passenger and Contemplate!
A Child whom Natures God had taught the Way,
Her parents' dictates ne'er to disobey,
A Sister in whom centre'd every love,
To charm the Angels in the Realms above,
A loving Wife, a parent truly dear.
A Pious Christian and a friend sincere,
Reader! Example take, let you and I
Live as She liv'd, and like Her learn to Die.
Sleep on dear Fair One, Wait the Almighty's Will,
Then rise unchang'd, and be an Angel still.
also
Their infant daughter Elizabeth,
who died 20th September 1814 aged 21 days.

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