SACRED
to the memory of
Capt.
WILLIAM CROWELL
who died at Sea
March 7, 1840
AE 39 yrs 10 ms 14 ds
William was undoubtedly the son of Edgartown laborer Barzilla Crowell. He married Mary Lambert, who survived him and was living in Tisbury as late as 1870.
See The Crowell Family of Martha's Vineyard for more information about his family.