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New Haven tombstone inscriptions erected before 1800 · scan page 41
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INSCRIPTIONS ON TOMBSTONES IN NEW HAVEN,
5(»5
235
[Lindrn A v., Lot 28.]
In Memory of M'
Samuel Chatter-
ton who departed
this Life October
16*'' 1789 in the
35 Year of his
Age.
236
^U'cst lValL\
M- JOHN CHEDSEY
DEACON WHO DYED
IN Y^' 67"> YEAR -OF- HIS- AGE
DECEMB'-- Y--31 - 168S
237 ^Sylvan Ai'.. Lot '^ty^A
Sacred to the Memor}' of
the amiable Mifs Elisabeth
Dau" of Mr. Eben'' Chittenden
& Elifabeth his Wife, Imma-
-turely cut dow as a flower in
the 25"' Year of her age AD. 1777.
In the bloom of life fhe was
actuated by the meek fpirit &
temper of the Gofpel-in Death
refignation, & Chriftian for-
titude was ftrikingly exhibited
23§ {^Maple Av., Z.^^/ 40.]
Here Lyeth Interred the Body of
The Reverend and Learned
M'' Thomas Clap
The Late President of Yale
[Collecje
In New Haven
A Truly Great Man
A Gentleman of A Superior Natural
Genius Mofi Afiduous Application
And Indefatigable Induftry.
In the various Branches of Learning
HegreatlyExcell'd; An Accomplished
Instructor~A Patron Of the College
~ A great DiviNE-^bold for the Truth
~A zealous Promoter and Defender
of the Doctrines of Grace, of unaffected
Piety and a Patern of every Virtue.
The tenderest of Fathers and best of
Friends^the Glory of Learning and
an Ornament of Religion For 13
year the Faithfull and much Respected
Pastor of the Church in Windham:
And Near 27 years Laborious And
Painfull President of the College.
And having Served His own Genera-
tion by the will of God With serenity
calinnefs He fell on fleep the 7"' da^-
of Jan' > 1767 In his 64"' year
Death! Great Protrietor of All
'Tis thine to tread out Empiers,
And to Quench the Stars
235 Son of No. 234; b. March 13, 1755. ^36 \vf. Elizabeth d. 1688.
-3* Son of Stephen and Temperance, of Scituate, Mass; h. June 26, 1703;
grad. Harv. Coll. 1722; pastor, Windham, Aug. 3, 1726-December 10, 1739;
President Yale Coll., Apr. 2, 1740-Sept. 10, 1766; m.. Nov. 23, 1727, Mary,
dau. of Rev. Samuel and Elizabeth (Adams) Whiting (No. 645), b. Nov. 24,
1712, d. Aug. 9, 1736; next m., Feb. 5, 1741, Mrs. Mary Saltonstall. The
inscription was written by his son-in-law, Rev. Timothy Pitkin. The poert-
cal quotation is from Young's ^ight Tlmtights, I.Cite this page
Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P009-0041. New Haven tombstone inscriptions erected before 1800, printed page not verified, PDF page 41. [Dexter, Franklin Bowditch], 1842- [from old catalog] ed; digitized copy contributed by The Library of Congress https://archive.org/details/inscriptionsonto00dext/page/n41/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.
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