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New Haven tombstone inscriptions erected before 1800 · scan page 26

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INSCRIPTIONS   ON    TOMBSTONES   IN    NEW    HAVEN.
130              [IVest  Wall.]
134
[IVc'sl  Wall.]
JOHN
LYDIA
BECHER    DIED
Y«  DAUGH
FEB--  29  :    1724
TER  OF   JOSEPH
AGED   28
BECHER  DIED
YEARS
A  :  D   1725-6
135
AGED    25   YEARS
131         [Maplf  Av.,  Lot  18.]
IN
[West  Wall.]
Memor}'  of
Anna  Dau'tr  of
Captain  JOHN   BEECHER
Mr.  Moses  &  Mrs
who  Died   Nov''  22"^  1793
Ann   Beecher
in  the  72^  Year  of  his  age
died  June  30,  1708
and  whose  remains  are  depofited
in  her  loth  Year
in  the  old  Burying  Ground  in
this  City.
136
[West  Wall.]
M'  Nathaniel  Beecher
132                S^Same  Lp/.]
died  February  9  1786.
In  Memory  of  Mifs
Content  Beecher
Daughter  of  Cap'
John  &  M''*  Mary
Beecher  who  Depa-
in the  80"'  year  of  his  age".
His  relict
M"  Sarah  Beecher.
died  Octo'  4  1796.
in  the  85"'  year  of  her  age.
rted  this  Life  Nov""
16"'  1784  aged  23
Years
Our  age  to  feventy  years  is  fet
How  fhort  the  time  how  frail  the  ftate.
And  if  to  eighty  we  arrive.
We  rather  figh  and  groan  than  live.
She  died  in  faith,  Patience
&  Refignation  to  the  will
of  God
13T
[West  Wall.]
Lydia
Daughter
of  Nathaniel  &:
133       [Cyfr^ss  A  v.,  Lot  63.]
In  Memory  of
Sarah  Beecher
M'  John  Beecher  who  dep-
Dec'd July  y''  is**"
arted  this  Life  FebJ'  I4<>>  1784
1737  Aged  one
Aged  30  Years
Year  &  6  Months
'^"  Bapt.  Apr.  26,  1696;  m.,  Dec.  7,  1721,  Mehitabel,  dau.  of  Thos.  Tuttle,
Jr.,  b.  June  14,  1699;  she  ne.xt  m.,  Jan.  13,  1725-6,  Barnabas  Baldwin.
'^'  Son  of  No.  130;  b.  Sept.  5,  1722.
^^  Son  of  John.  '^■^  Born  Feb.  15,  1700.
'**  Son  of  Joseph;  b.  March  7,  1706;  m.  Sarah,  b.  May  26,  1712,  dau.  of
Ebenezer  and  Abigail  (Dickernian)  Sperry;  grandparents  of  Rev.  Dr.  Lyman
Beecher.  '  '3^  Born  Jan.  3,  1735-6.

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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P009-0026. New Haven tombstone inscriptions erected before 1800, printed page not verified, PDF page 26. [Dexter, Franklin Bowditch], 1842- [from old catalog] ed; digitized copy contributed by The Library of Congress https://archive.org/details/inscriptionsonto00dext/page/n26/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.

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