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New Haven tombstone inscriptions erected before 1800 · scan page 21

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INSCRIPTIONS   ON   TOMBSTONES    IN   NEW   HAVEN.
485
94  [Lifit/en  Av.,  Lot  7.]
Here  lie  interred
the  Remains  of
M''  Michael  Baldwin
who  died  April  24*''  1787
in  the  69*''  Year  of  his  age
In  him  a  ftrong  fenfe  of  filial  duty
prevailed  o^"'  an  early  ambition  and
confined  to  a  filent  and  retired  life  of
hufbandry,  talents  and  integrity  rarely
furpaffed  in  the  more  public  walks  of
men.  A  natural  liberality  of  fentiment
early  religious  impreffions,  an  un-
com'"""  faith  matured  by  much  reflec-
tion, formed  his  life  to  honefty  and
ufefulnels,  and  fecured  to  himfelf  an
unufual  chearfulnefs  and  ferenity,  to
the  clofe  of  an  advanced  age.
95
[Same  Loi.^
Michael  Son  of
M"'  Michael  &  M"
Theodora  Baldwin
who  died  Septem*""
2*1  1776  aged  2  Years
Could  prayers  or  tears
or  parents  fondeft   love
The  King  of  Terrors  to
companion  move
96
[Mafic  A  v..  Lot  30.]
In
Memory   of
Rebecca
the  amiable  wife  of
Simeon  Baldwin
and  Daughter  of
Roger  &  Rebecca  Sherman
She  was  born  Feb.  22.  AD.  1764
&  died  in  the  XXXII.  Year  of  her  age
Sep''  4"'  AD:  1795
Moft  lamented  by  thofe  who  knew
[her  beft.
And  of  Simeon  the  fon  of
Simeon  &  Rebecca  Baldwin
who  died  Sept  2<*  1795
Aged  XV  Months.
97
[West  IVal/.]
Here  Lieth  y''  bo
dy  of  m''  John
Ball  Who  died
Jan^'
Aged  82
Here  Lieth  y*
bod}'  of  m"
Sarah  Wife  of
m"'  John  Ball
Who  died  Nov
y>--  21  1731  Aged
75  Years
9§
[JVesi  Jl'a/l.]
Here  lyeth  the
Body  of  En^
John  Ball  Who
Dyed  Jan''  y"  22
A:D  1731  In  y*
46  Year  of
his  Age.
99
[  IFesf  IFa/l]
ELIPHELET   BAU-
DIED  SEPT'    19"'
1721   AGED
13  MONTHS.
■'■*  Son  of  Timothy  and  Bathsheba  (Stone),  of  Guilford ;  b.  Apr.  2,  1719;  m.,
Dec.  7,  1749,  Lucy,  dau.  of  Wm.  and  Ruth  (Strong)  Dudley,  b.  March  29,
1721,  d.  June  2,  1758;  next  m.,  Nov.,  176S,  Theodora,  dau.  of  Josiah  and
Ruth  (White)  Wolcott,  of  Coventry,  b.  Nov.  4,  1746.
'^  Married,  1787,  Simeon  (Yale  Coll.  1781),  b.  Dec.  14,  1761,  who  next  m.,
Apr.,  1800,  her  sister  Elizabeth,  wid.  of  Sturges  Burr,  and  d.  May  26,  1851.
^'  Son  of  Ailing  and  Dorothy;  b.  Apr.  15,  1649;  d.  Jan.  i,  1730-31;  ni.,
Dec.  II,  1678,   Sarah,  dau.  of  Henry  Glover,  b.  Dec.  3,  1655.
"*  Son  of  John  (No.  97);  b.  Sept.  30,  1685;  d.  3  wks.  after  his  father;  m.,
June  6,  1716,  Mary  Tuttle  (No.  725).         "^  Son  of  No.  98;  b.  Aug.  22,  1720.

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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P009-0021. New Haven tombstone inscriptions erected before 1800, printed page not verified, PDF page 21. [Dexter, Franklin Bowditch], 1842- [from old catalog] ed; digitized copy contributed by The Library of Congress https://archive.org/details/inscriptionsonto00dext/page/n21/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.

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