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New Haven tombstone inscriptions erected before 1800 · scan page 53
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INSCRIPTIONS ON TOMBSTONES IN NEW HAVEN.
517
tember 30"' 1794 in tlic
4g*'' Year of her age
The fweet remembrance of the juft
Shall flourifh when She fleeps in Duft
309
[Ldu/r/ .4z:, Lot 72.]
Sacred
to the Memory of
M'* Amy Eld
Confort of M''
Richard ELD who
departed this Life
in hope of a better
on the 27 of A'"'
AD 1785 Aged 34
310 {^Central Av., Lot 26.]
BENJAMLN
ENGLISH
died 5, July 1779, aged 74.
He was stabcd, by a British sold-
ier, when sitting in his own hou's
Mrs. SARAH ENGLISH,
wife of
Mr. BENJAMIN ENGLISH;
died 29, July 1769, aged
53 years.
Distinguistied among her sex,
for understanding piety, and
usefulness & her children rise
up & call her blessed: Husband
also and all that knew her
spake in her praise
who died April 19 AD 1809
^E. 67
Also his wife
Mrs. ABIGAIL ENGLISH
who died Oct'' 24 AD 1794
^45
312 \Cypress Av., Lot 34.]
In Memory of
Jonathan Fitch Efq""
who died 1793
Sepf 22'"^ yEt 67
He was
the affectionate hufband & parent
good neighbor and citizen
a gentleman efteemed
benevolence and hofpitality
charity to the poor
and ftrict integrity
in various public offices.
The fweet remembrance of the Juft
Shall flourifh when he fleeps in duft
313
311
\^Same Lot.]
IN
Memory of
Capt. BENJAMIN ENGLISH
[Same Lot.]
This
Stone is Erected,
In Memory of M'*
S.\RAH Fitch
Late amiable Confort of
J()NATHAN Fitch,
Efq'
who departed this Life
Agu'' 19''' A.D. 1765
Aged 35 Years
Blefsed are the Dead
who die in the Lord
that thev may rest from
""'■' He next m. Esther, who d. Oct., 1795, aged 49.
^^'^ Son of Benj. and Rebekah (Browne); b. Oct. 8, 1705; m., Sept. 25, 1735,
Sarah, dau. of Isaac and Elizabeth (Todd) Dayton, b. July 16, 1716.
3" Son of No. 310; b. Dec. 16, 1742; m., Nov. 17, 1768, Abigail, dau. of
Isaac and Sarah Doolittle, b. Oct. 3, 1749; she d. of yellow fever.
3'- Son of Gov. Thomas (Yale Coll. 1721) and Hannah (Hall, dau. of No.
375). of Norwalk, Conn.; b. Apr. 12, 1727; grad. Yale Coll. 1748; steward
Y. C., 1752-71. and 1772-78; m., Sept. i, 1751, Sarah Saltonstall : next m.,
Mav 15. 1766. Elizabeth Mary Mix, dau. of No. 608, who d. iSio, aged 63.
^'* Dau. of Capt. Roswell and Mary Saltonstall (No. 239).Cite this page
Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P009-0053. New Haven tombstone inscriptions erected before 1800, printed page not verified, PDF page 53. [Dexter, Franklin Bowditch], 1842- [from old catalog] ed; digitized copy contributed by The Library of Congress https://archive.org/details/inscriptionsonto00dext/page/n53/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.
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