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See Mystery Tombstone, Tobago
Tobago is the site of the famous "mystery tombstone". This famous tombstone of Plymouth of 1783 has a mysterious inscription that baffles interpretation. The tombstone was erected to the memory of Betty Stiven who died in 1783. What is of great importance is the epithet upon the grave.
“…She was a mother without knowing it, and a wife without letting her husband know it, except by her kind indulgences to him…”
It is said that around 1781, Betty Scott met and married a sailor, Alexander Stivens, who because of his calling, came and went. She became pregnant and died in childbirth on the 25th November 1783. Her father was heartbroken at the death of his favourite daughter. He buried his daughter in a corner of his sizable garden, and erected a large tombstone on her grave bearing the above inscription.
The inscription and the stories behind it have become a favourite conversation starter and debatable topic all over the island.
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