New Haven · Inscription transcriptions
New Haven tombstone inscriptions erected before 1800 · scan page 66
Uncorrected OCR. Name spellings, dates, symbols and column order may be wrong. Verify against the original scan. Dexter’s historical transcription covers legible pre-1800 stones in the crypt, the Green and Grove Street Cemetery. Bold type identifies crypt entries; OCR does not preserve that distinction reliably. Historical stone locations are not modern grave coordinates. Read with the 1914 corrections.
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530 INSCEIPTIOXS ON TOMBSTONES IN NEW HAVEN. he was modeft and unaffuining much beloved by his friends and by the Poor ; and highly distinguifhed at the Bar and the Council Board for his Talents, and inflexible integrity 399 [ll'esi Il'a//.] In Memory of Deacon John Hitchcock Efq. who died Oct'"' the I4'i' 1753 Aged 68 years 400 [AW/Zi JFa//.] of Middletown who died here, while on a vifit of Friendship Sep''' 16"' 1784 jE. 48. Cutt down in the midit of life & ufefullnefs, Loved & efteem'd by all that knew her, & adds one Monitor to the many around her that in the midft of life we are in Death. 401 [Crv/>t.] M^ JOHN HODSHON DECEAS' IN THE 74"' YEAR OF HIS AGE IN OCTO'' Y- 14"' 1690 402 403 404 [IVesi Wall.'] M- SAMVEL HOD SHON- AGED 9 26 AVG"* 1673 [West IVall.} HERE LIETH THE BODY OF M' JOHN HUDSON WHO DESEASED NOU-' ¥>= 2^^ 1711 AGED 44 YEARS [irt'si Wall.] HERE LIES THE BODY OF MIS ELIZABETH HUDSON WHO DECEASED DECM'' Y- i"' A:D 1711 AGED 35 YEARS 405 [ West Wali:\ JOHN HODSON BORN : THE-6-DAY FEBRVARY : DESEA CED :IN : Y-: I : YEAR OF HIS ADG DECEMBER- Y» : 18 1693 3"^ Son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Moss), b. Jan, 28, 1685-6; Deacon of 1st Church, 1742-53. ^'*'' In memory of Sarah, wf. of Wensly Hobby, of Middletown, Conn.; the fontstone, inscribed M''* Sarah Hobby, is also on the north wall. ■^"*' Married. Sept. 2, 1651, Abigail, dau. of Nathaniel Turner, who d. 1693. ^''- Son of John and Abigail (Turner); b. Sept., 1664. This is the earliest original stone, with legible inscription, in the Grove Street Cemetery. *"" Son of John (No. 401); bapt.- Apr. 7, 1667; m. Elizabeth Trowbridge, Apr. I, 1691. 40'* Dau. of Thomas Trowbridge (No. 868); b. June 30, 1676, 405 Son of John (No. 403).
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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P009-0066. New Haven tombstone inscriptions erected before 1800, printed page not verified, PDF page 66. [Dexter, Franklin Bowditch], 1842- [from old catalog] ed; digitized copy contributed by The Library of Congress https://archive.org/details/inscriptionsonto00dext/page/n66/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.
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