Theodosia Reed

Theodosia, the wife of Andrew Reed, is buried with Andrew next to Ben and Sarah Franklin in the Christ Church Burial Grounds at 5th and Arch Sts. in Philadelphia. Section A # LXXXIV

Her gravestone reads:

In Memory of THEODOSIA

the wife of Andrew Reed

who departed this life

the 19th of MArch 1753

Aged 32 years.

"Live's maze I've trod;I've met the appointed Day;

And here in dust now sleeps my breathless clay.

The Blow how sudden; how sever the Dart;

How early levelled at my tender Heart.

But stop,kind reader;cease to view me here.

Know where I dwell, above the starry sphere.

Would you, secure, the threats of Death defy,

Like me religious live; like me serenely die."