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New Haven tombstone inscriptions erected before 1800 · scan page 35

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IXSCRIPTIONS    ON    TOMBSTONES    IN    NEW    HAVEN.
45)9
194  \.Crypt:\
This  stone  is  inscribed  to  the  memory  of  two
amiable  sisters
lovely  they  were  in  life
and  in  death  sincerely  lamented.
Here  is  interr'd  the  body  of
MISS  MARIA  PLATT  BROOME
daughter  to
Samuel  Broome  Esq    of  this  city
who  departed  this  life
February  the  28'''  1794
aged  21  years
and  3  months.
Here  lie  the  remains  of
M  ■  AMELIA   JARVIS
wife  to
James  Jarvis  Esq   of  N.  York
and  daughter  of
Samuel  Broome  Esq    of  this  city
She  died  Dec.  the  ist   1788
aged  23  years  8  months.
Swept  with  a  hasty  torrent  hence
Like  a  vain  dream  we  pass
Come  resignation,  wipe  the  falling
[tear
that  deepest  sorrow  drops  o'er
„     .  ,  J       .ui.  [virtue's  bier
Spring  up  and  grow  and  wither  soon    gj^i  ^^^^^^^  sorrow  hush  the  fond
as  doth  the  short  lived  grass  [complaint
Alas  its  gone  and  quickly  too  Nor  from  the  God  she  loved  detain
when  Blasting  winds  blow  o'er        ,      ,     ,,,..,      ,    ,      ^,  [the  saint
,     ,    ,         ,       ,^      .        ,  .  ,  ..  In  death  this  last,  best  lesson  still
And  then  the  place  in  which  it  grew  [impart
Shall  never  know  it  more.  And  write  '  prepare  to  die  '  on
[every  heart.
195        YMapL- Av.,  Lot  ^<^:\
196
{^W'est   //'<?//.]
Sacred  to  the  Memory
DANIEL
of  Mrs.  Hannah  Browne.
BROWNE
Confort  of  Capt.
DIED  OCTO
Benjamin  Browne.
6    1722
Who  Departed  this  Life
AGED  54
on  the  2''  of  March  1790
YEARS
In  the  42''  year  of  her
Age.— in  a  well
197
IWest  Wall.']
grounded  hope  of  a  better.
In  Memory  of
through  A  blefsed
Mr  Eliezer
Redeemer.
Brown  who
died  2ift  Sept.
The  body  of  Mrs  Hannah  Browne
was    removed    from    the   old    burving
1768  In  his  72.
ground
Year
and    depofited    in   this,  on   the   16"'  of
Bl
effed  are  the  dead
March  1S03
th
at  die  in  the  Lord
'S-*  Ch.  of  Samuel  and   Phebe.
'"^  He  next  m.,  Oct.,  1792,  Mrs.  Rhoda  Chatterton.
'""Son  of  Eleazer  and  Sarali  (Bulkley);  b.  Jan.  16,  r668;  fatiier  of  Re\
Daniel  (Yale  Coll.  1714);  lived  in  We?t  Haven.
'''  Son  of  Gershom  and  Hannili  (.'^o.  203);  b.  [an.  22,  1696-7;  m.,  Ian.  21
1724-5,  Sarah,  dau.  of  John  Rowe.

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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P009-0035. New Haven tombstone inscriptions erected before 1800, printed page not verified, PDF page 35. [Dexter, Franklin Bowditch], 1842- [from old catalog] ed; digitized copy contributed by The Library of Congress https://archive.org/details/inscriptionsonto00dext/page/n35/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.

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