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New Haven tombstone inscriptions erected before 1800 · scan page 30

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INSCRIPTIONS   ON    TOMBSTONES    IN   NEW    HAVEN.
&  a  descendant  of  a  French
protestant  who  left  his  country
at  the  revocation  of  the  edict  of
Nantes.     He  was  born  in  New  Haven
Sept.  g.  1739-
graduated  at  Vale  College  1757.
Died    Aug.  20.  1778.
&  interred  in  the  ancient  bury-
ing grounds  of  the  public  square
This  Monument  is  erected  to  his
[mennory
by  his  only  Son  Daniel   Bontecou  of
Springfield  Ms
161
162
159
160
[H'c'sf  ira//.]
In  Memory  of
M'
D.WID    BONTF.COU
who  died  Oct'"'  6"'
A.D.  1766   in  y  24"
Year  of  His  Age
All  Living  inuft
return  to  Duft
[JJ'es/   1 1 'a//.]
Here  Lies  Interr'''
the  Body  of
James  Bontecou
who  Departed
this  Life  Nouem'"'
ye  8"'  1760
In  the  Sevententh
Vear  of  his
Age
163
164
David   Son
of  Mr.  Peter
&:  Mrs.  SusAN-
nah  BoNECOU
died  26  Jan'r
1769  Aged  5  mo
&  17  Days
[West  Wall.}
In  Memory  of
M'  Peter  Bonticou
who  Departed  this
Life  June  12*''  1794
in  the  24'''  Year
of  his  Age.
[West  Wall.}
Here   lieth  the
Body  of  Mary
wife  to  Timothy
Bontecou  who
Departed  this  life
Nov'"-  y"  5"'  1735
Aged  33  years
[Maple  .47'.,  Lot  63.]
In   Memory  of
M"  Susanna  the
wife  of  M''  TiMOTHV
Bontecou  Jun'
who  died  Oct''    -
y  8"'  A.D.  1755
.Etatis  38
'^'  The  father  d.  1781;  the  mother,  Susanna,  dau.  of  Jehicl  Thomas  (No.
806),  b.  Sept.  9.  1739,  m.  Nov.  14,  1762,  d.  Sept.,  1799.       '"-  Bro.  of  No.  161.
'"^  Dau.  of  Col.  David  Goodrich,  of  Wethersfield  ;  m.,  Sept.  29,  1736,
Timothy,  son  of  Pierre,  from  Lyons,  France;  she  d.  Nov.  5,  1745;  he  d.
Feb.  14,  1784,  aet.  91.
'^^  Dau.  of  John  Prout  (No.  714);  b.  Apr.  i,  171S  ;  drowned,  with  five
others,  on  ferry  boat  returning  from  ordination  of  Rev.  Nicholas  Street  in
East  Haven;  he  d.  1789,  .'tged  66.

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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P009-0030. New Haven tombstone inscriptions erected before 1800, printed page not verified, PDF page 30. [Dexter, Franklin Bowditch], 1842- [from old catalog] ed; digitized copy contributed by The Library of Congress https://archive.org/details/inscriptionsonto00dext/page/n30/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.

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