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New Haven tombstone inscriptions erected before 1800 · scan page 50
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INSCRIPTION8 ON TOMBSTONES IN NEW HAVEN.
292
[iVes/ Wall.]
Stephen Son
of M'' Stephen
&: M''* EvNiCE
DlCKERMAN
died July i8"'
1755 Aged
29:{
[Jlfsi H'a/L\
In Memory of
M'" Sarah Diodate
Relict of
M'' William Diodate
who departed this Life
the 25"' April 1764
In the 75 Year of her Age
29-1 [Rc-ar of Ccii/f> Church. ^
I. D. ESOR
DECEASED MARCH Y'
i8''' IN y 82' YEAR OF
HIS AGE 1688^
295
[ West Wall.]
Mary
Daughter of
M'- Isaac &
M'* Sarah
Doolittle
died Auguft
296 YHolly A v.. Lot 17.]
In Memory of two Children of
David & Mabel Dorman Sally 1"'
who died October 17"^ 1791 aged
7 Months & 7 Days
Sally 2 who died July si'*' 1795
aged 2 Years & 8 Months
Their fhort liv'd blooming innocence
Snatch'd in a fatal moment hence
With meek fubmifsion we bemoan
Gone from our arms, to Jefus gone
297
[ll'esl Wall]
HERE
LYETH Y' BODY
OF EDMUND
DORMAND WHO
DIED MAY THE i^'
1711 AGED 75 YEARS
298 [Cypn-ss Av., Lot 2.]
Sacred
to the Memory of
Benjamin Douglas Efq'
Barrilter at Law & Kings Attorney
For the Countj' of Newhaven
A Gentleman of the firft Character
For genuine Politenefs, unbounded
[Hospitality
Extensive Charity,
and true Chriftian Benevolence :
-'- Son of Stephen and Eunice (Tuttle); b. July 26, 1753.
-'* Dau. of John Dunbar; m. Feb. 16, 1720-21 ; her husband d. 1751.
^°* John Dixwell, son of Edward and Mary (Hawkesworth), of Coton, War-
wickirhire, and later of Folkestone, in Kent, England: one of the Regicide
Judges; settled here in 1665 under the name of James Davids; m., Nov. 3,
1673, Joanna, wid. of Benj. Ling, who d. soon; nex't m., Oct. 23, 1677, Bath-
sheba, dau. of Jeremy How, b. May 15, 1648, d. at Middletown, Dec. 27, 1729.
Near this stone stands a monument erected in 1849 to Dixwell's memory by
his descendants, with appropriate inscriptions.
-'= Born March 12, 1752; d. Aug. 6, 1760.
'2^' Married, Dec. 25, 1662, Hannah, dau. of Richard Hull, bapt. Feb. 20,
1641; next m., Sept. 19, 1700, Elizabeth, prob. wid. of Benj. Bunnell.
'•'^^ Son of John and Olive (Spalding), of Plainfield, Conn.; b. Aug. 29, 1739;
grad. Yale Coll. 1760; m., 1763, Rebecca, dau. of Rev. Joseph and Rebecca
(Peabody) Fish, of North Stonington, who d. 1766, aged 27; next m., 1768,
Elizabeth Smith, of Brookhaven, L. I., vvlio next m. Philetus Smith, of L. I.,
and d. March i, 1823.Cite this page
Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P009-0050. New Haven tombstone inscriptions erected before 1800, printed page not verified, PDF page 50. [Dexter, Franklin Bowditch], 1842- [from old catalog] ed; digitized copy contributed by The Library of Congress https://archive.org/details/inscriptionsonto00dext/page/n50/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.
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