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New Haven tombstone inscriptions erected before 1800 · scan page 51
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INSCRIPTIONS ON TOMBSTONES IN NEW HAVEN.
515
A Lawyer,
Who with eminent Abilities in his
[Profeffion,
Preferved the moft inviolate Repiita-
[tion,
For Integrity and Veracity
And a Scorn of all the Chicanery
of the Bar ;
A firm Friend to the Liberties of his
[Country,
Whofe true Interefts he invariably
[purfued
Without fuffering himfelf to be drawn
[alide
By the Allurements of Intereft,
Or the Love of Popularity.
To countenance the deftructive Meaf-
[ures
Of Minifterial Oppreffion on the one
[hand
Or Mifguided Anarchy on the other.
He died December 3''. AD. 1775
In the 36 Year of his Age.
Go Reader,
And in the ihort Space of Life allotted
[thee
Attend to his Example
And Imitate his Virtues
299
S^MapIe Av., Lot ^,1?^
JOSEPH DRAKE
the Son of
JOSEPH & PHEBE DRAKE
died,
July 16, 1794,
Aged 27 Years.
300 {^West H'a/L]
Abigail Daugb* of
M"" Abraham &
M" Lucy Dummer
Died April I5">
AD 1794
JE 18 months
:JOI [Cf/>irss A v., Lo/ 21).]
IN
Memory of
HENRY WELLS
son of Ab'm & Lucy Dummer
died Aug. 24. 1813 JE g y. "j m
Also of 2 Children of A &
L Dummer who were inter'd
in the old burying ground.
. Harriet, died June 6. 1795
vE. 4 y. 9 m.
Abigail died Ap. 15 1794
AL. 18 m
302
[Sawc- L<'/.]
IN
Memory of
Mr. NATHAN DUMMER
who died Sept. 21. 18 13.
.L. S3.
TRYPHENA
his wife
died Aug. 1769.
.L. 37.
And inter'd in the old yard.
303 [Crprss Av., Lot 27.]
Nathan Son of
Cap* Stephen &
Mrs. Eunice Dumm'*'
Died Aug. 9"' 1787
JE 3 Years 3 mouths
you
Vain World farewell to
ir
Heaven is my native ae
I bid my friends a fhort
adieu
Impatient to be there
30'^ Tryphena, dau. of Stephen Austin (No. 89), b. May 10, 1733, m. Oct. 24,
1754; his wid. Esther d. Sept. i, 1802, ?et. 68.
^* Stephen m. Eunice Cook, June 14, 1780; Nathan b. Mav 16, 1784.Cite this page
Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P009-0051. New Haven tombstone inscriptions erected before 1800, printed page not verified, PDF page 51. [Dexter, Franklin Bowditch], 1842- [from old catalog] ed; digitized copy contributed by The Library of Congress https://archive.org/details/inscriptionsonto00dext/page/n51/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.
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