Death/Cemetery Location deciphering help please

[OhioHogue]

From: 1835 ALLAN, JANE Old Parish Registers Deaths 692/2 Leigh South Page 396 of 459 (attached). I'm unable to make out certain words especially the location. Can anyone decipher entire entry so I can request a photo via Find a Grave? Thank you!

[Rockford]

Hello,

The full text appears to read:

Jane, Relict of William Hogg, Hostler, from No. 7, Abbey Hill is buried in the New ground, 6 feet S. from W. Russell, purchaser, on the east border.

Relict means widow and Hostler, or Ostler, is normally someone who looks after horses.

The entry describes the location in the cemetery. I've seen this before in my own family in Edinburgh where their [unmarked] graves are described in reference to one that is. So Jane is buried six feet south from the lair of William Russell, on the east border of the cemetery.  To find her grave, you'd have to find Mr Russell's.

I'm not definitely sure what 'purchaser' signifies - it might mean that W. Russell was the purchaser of the grave used as a reference point, but he may not yet have been buried in it. Perhaps there was already a stone marking other Russell family members.

I hope this helps.

Rockford

[GR2]

Allan. Jane, Relict of William Hogg
    Hostler, from No. 7 Abbey hill is buried
    in the New Ground, 6 feet S. from W. Russels
    purchase, on the east border                        64      Palsy

It is very common to find this kind of description of a burial site at this period. It describes it in relation to another feature in the graveyard. In this case she is buried in a new part of the cemetery, six feet south from William Russel's burial plot, on the east border of the new ground.

[OhioHogue]

Thank you for the quick response and information. It really helps!