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New Haven tombstone inscriptions erected before 1800 · scan page 55

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INSCRIPTIONS    ON    TOMBSTONES    IN    NEW    HAVEN.
510
322  [Same  LoL]
Here  lie  interred
the  remains  of
Mifs  Elizabeth  Fitch
daiigliter  of
Col'  Jonathan  and  M''^  Elizabeth  Fitch
who  died
September  i6*''  1795
in  the  20'''  Year  of  her  age
How  changed  the  fceiie  from  lifes
[meridian  bloom
Where  Hope  fat  fmiling  to  the  filent
[Tomb
How  changed  that  form  where  each
[foft  charm  combined
Of  focial  Virtue  to  adorn  the  mind
Thy  worth  fweet  Maid  to  Annals
[proud  unknown
And  fketched  but  faintly  on  this
[fculptured  ftone,
Within  each  fond  each  faithful
[bofoms  shrine
Where  friendship  true  and   kindred
[love  combine
Engraved  fhall  laft  till  the  fond  heart
[fhall  ceafe
To  beat,  and  point  to  brighter  worlds
[of  peace
323  lilies/  Wall.']
In  Memory  of
Bethiah
Wife  of
Luther  Fitch
&:  Daughter  of
Zachariah  &  Bethiah   Howes
of  Windham
who  Departed  this  Life
January  16"^  1792
^Et  30  Years
324         [Lii!il<-n  Jr.,  Lot  7.]
Sacred
to  the  memory  of
€apt  NATHANIEL  FITCH
who  departed  this  life
Oct'-  29'!"  AD.   1798  :
'^-  53-
325  VCrypt:\
In  Memory  of
M     MARY  FORBES
Wife  of  M
ELIJAH  FORBES  who
departed  this    Life
Sept.  20"'  1784  in
the  33'  Year  of
326       \_Central  Av.,  Lcyl  31.]
In  Memory  of
M'*  Lucy  Forbes
Relict  of
M'  Jofeph  Forbes
who  departed  this  Life
Auguft  10'''  1797  in  the  90  Year
of  her  age
327
[Linden  Av.,  Lot  18.]
Martha  the
Daugh"-  of  M"-
Caleb  &  M"
Martha    Fokd
died  Feb'--^'  14"'
1773  Aged  I....
32S
[Sa»ie  Lot.]
In  Memory  of
Two  Children  of  M''  Caleb
&;  Martha  Ford  John  Ford
Died  Janr>'  27"'  AD  1777
Aged  3  Years,  Saly  Ford
Died  APr'  7"'  1783  Aged
2  Years
The  Old  the  young  they  all  muft    Die
as  well  as  we  in  Duft  to  lye
3--'  Bapt.  Aug.  25,  1776.        ^'^^  He  next  m.,  Sept.  28,  1792,  Lydia  Beecher.
3*'5  He  next  m.,  Sept.  4,  1785,  Eunice  Chester,  who  d.  .May  27,  1S12,  a;t.  63;
he  d.  Jan.  12,  1S14,  set.  74.
:'..'6  ••  Formerly  of  Hartford."  ^''  Caleb  Ford  m.  Martha  Thompson.

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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P009-0055. New Haven tombstone inscriptions erected before 1800, printed page not verified, PDF page 55. [Dexter, Franklin Bowditch], 1842- [from old catalog] ed; digitized copy contributed by The Library of Congress https://archive.org/details/inscriptionsonto00dext/page/n55/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.

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