His last words were to his family, telling Emma "I am not the least afraid of death—Remember what a good wife you have been to me—Tell all my children to remember how good they have been to me", then while she rested, he repeatedly told Henrietta and Francis "It's almost worth while to be sick to be nursed by you".
As súas últimas palabras para a súa familia foron dicíndolle a Emma "Non lle teño o máis mínimo temor á morte - Lembra o boa muller que fuches para min - Dille a todos os meus fillos o bos que eles foron para min", logo, mentres repousaba, repetiulle a Henrietta e Francis "Case vale a pena estar enfermo para que me atendades vós".