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New Haven tombstone inscriptions erected before 1800 · scan page 63

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iNSCKIPTlOXS    ON   TOMBSTONES    IN    NEW    HAVEN.
3§2        {Cedar  Av.,  Lot  ^i?^
H.  S.  E.
Qui
Ingenio  et  suavitate  moruin
Praecelliiit
Stephanus  Harris
de  Springfield
Coll.  Yal.  Alunin.
Parentibus  et  Sociis
vixit
Diilcissinius
Obiit  Mali  6'"  A.D.  1754
Aetat.  XIX'""
"  Lorenzo,  hast  thou  ever  weighed  a
[sigh
Or  studied  The  Phiiosopliy  of  Tears  "
3§3  {West  //;///.]
Sacred  To  the  Memor\^
of  William   Henry
Son  of  William
&  EuNis   Harwooi)
who  departed  this  Life
October  21"'  1766
aged  I  Year  &  3  Months
Happy  Infant  early  bleft
Reft  in  peaceful  flumbers  Reft
Earl)'  refcu'd  from  the  cares
That  Increafe  with  gr  owing  3ears
3§4
{Crypt  :\
M.  M.  S.
M-  REBEKAH  HAYS
the  amiable  &  virtuous  consort
of  Capt.  EZEKIEL  HAYS
&  daughter  of  Col.  JOHN  RUSSEL
late  of  Br'nford,  departed
this  Life  May  27''
the  51  '  year  o'"
Her  children  r
her  blessed.     Her  nu_
also  praiseth  her.
3§5  \Crypt.\
Sacred
to  the  Memory
of  Miss  Mary
Daughter  of
Cap*  EZEKIEL  &  M'   REBECCA
HAYS  died  August  30'''   1775
aged   14  years  &  3  Months.
Awake  my  muse,   range  the  wide
[world  of  souls
And  seek  Maria  fled,  with  upward
[Aim
Direct   thy   Wings;    for   She   was
[born  From  Heaven
Fulfilled    her   Visit,    and    returned
[on  high.
3§6       {Syh'an  Av.,  Lot  14.]
M'^  MARY  HAYES,  wife  of
M''  Ezekiel  Hayes  Jun"
died  Mar.  21:  1799  /E.  43  &  inter'd
in  the  old  yard  &
5  children  :
Ezekiel,  died  June  3  -E.  13  y's.  \
Rebecca  died      —    20  .E  14.        )■  1794
James  R.died     — ■    28  ^E  5  mo^  )
Rebecca  Rdied  Sept  22  yE  2  mo*  {
Mary  died  —    23  yE  19  y's  j"  ' ''^^
^^^  A  Junior  in  College;  the  epitaph  composed  bj'  Pres.  (then  Tutor)  Stiles  ;
the  quotation  is  from  Young's  Night  Thoughts,  V.
^^  Dau.  of  Jolm  and  Sarah  (Trowbridge)  Russel ;  b.  Feb.  6,  1723;  m.,  Dec.
26,  1749,  Ezekiel,  son  of  Daniel  and  Sarah  (Lee),  b.  in  Granby,  Conn.,  Nov.  21,
1724;  great-grandparents  of  Pres.  Hayes;  Ezekiel  next  m..  May  5,  1774.
Abigail,  wid.  of  John  Brown,  and  d.  Oct.  17,  1807.      ^^^  Born  May  13,  1761.
^^^  Dau.  of  John  and  Marv  (Tuttle)  Hemingway,  of  East  Haven;  b.  Sept.  r,
1755;  rn.  Ezekiel,  son  of  Ezekiel  and  Rebekah  (No.  3S4),  b.  Feb.  19,  1753;  he
next  m.,  June  22,  iSoo,  wid.  Wealthy  Barnes  (v.  No.  106).

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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P009-0063. New Haven tombstone inscriptions erected before 1800, printed page not verified, PDF page 63. [Dexter, Franklin Bowditch], 1842- [from old catalog] ed; digitized copy contributed by The Library of Congress https://archive.org/details/inscriptionsonto00dext/page/n63/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.

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