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New Haven tombstone inscriptions erected before 1800 · scan page 65
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INSCBIPTIONS ON TOMBSTONES IN NEW HAVEN.
529
395 {^Cenlral Av., Lot 25.]
397 iSame Lot.]
In Memory of two children
Mary Lucas
of Amos & Jeriifha Hill
the Infant Babe of
John died March iS 1792
M'' James and M"
JE. 9. months
Sarah Hillhouse
Emeline died Sept 7 iSoo
died Nov'' 6"> 1779 Aged 3 Days
J^ 12 months
Peace to thy dufty Bed
Fair lovely fleeping Clay ;
There reft the Weary Head
396 S^Maple A v.. Lot 35.]
3
Sacred
98 [Crypt:]
to the Memor}' of
The Hon.
M''^ Sarah Hillhouse
who departed this Life Nov"' 9"! 1779
vEtat 26
JAMES A. HILLHOUSE
died Oct. 3 1775
JE. 45.
An amiable Difpofition Modeft good
Sence an open, honeft, fympathizing
Sacred to the Memory of
Heart a fincere regard for the folemn
James Abraham Hillhouse
and important Truths of our holy Re-
who died Oct. 3, 1775
ligion made all her Friend lament
her Death
with inexprefsible Grief
How uncenain fhort and vain are
our fondeft
Also his wife
Mary Lucas
who died June 20, 1812
Aged 89
hopes of Sublunary Joy'
When joined in Wedlock the appro-
bation of Friends, and a mutual ten-
G
There is also a monument, in t
'ove Street Cemetery, with the fc
le
1-
der affection promifed the height of
lowing inscription :
conjugal Felicity
[Afapk Av., Lot 33.]
But alas! one 3'ear had not revolved,
The Hon :
before this lovely Fair was called (as
James Abraham Hillhouse
there is good grounds to believe and
Died Ocf s'"^ 1775,
hope)
to happier Realms ;
Aged 45,
and was interred
And to mourn the lofs of fuch distin-
in the old burying Ground in
guished merit was the unhappy lot of
N. HAVEN,
her bereaved Partner
He was a real Chriftian
James Hillhouse
In his manners
^^* Dau. of John and Sarah Lloyd, of Stamford; b. July 2, 1753; m., Jan. i,
1779, James, son of Judge Wm. and Sarah (Griswold), nephew of No. 398, b.
Montville, Conn., Oct. 20, 1754, grad. Yale Coll. 1773; he next m., Oct. 10,
1782, Rebecca, dau. of Melancthon T. Woolsey (No. 943), b. Aug. 12, 1755,
d. Dec. 30, 1813; he d. Dec. 29, 1832.
•'''* Son of Rev. James and Mary (Fitch), of Montville, Conn.; b. May 12,
1730; grad. Yale Coll. 1749; m. Mary, dau. of Augustus Lucas (No. 516).Cite this page
Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P009-0065. New Haven tombstone inscriptions erected before 1800, printed page not verified, PDF page 65. [Dexter, Franklin Bowditch], 1842- [from old catalog] ed; digitized copy contributed by The Library of Congress https://archive.org/details/inscriptionsonto00dext/page/n65/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.
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