' His epitaph in the Duck River Burying-ground of Lyme records : ' This Monument Sacred to the Memory of Richard Lord Esq., who in Life was an eminent Example of Piety and Public Spirit, and, after sustaining the offices of Dea'n, Justice of ye Peace and Judge of the Quorum, for many years, departed this Life in peace Aug'st 26, A. D. 1776, aged 86 years. http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924103