New Haven · Inscription transcriptions
New Haven tombstone inscriptions erected before 1800 · scan page 69
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INSCRIPTIONS ON TOMBSTONES IN NEW HAVEN. 533 420 [IVesi WalL] MAHETEBEL HOTCHKIS DIED NOU'- Y" 1725 AGED 18 YEARS 421 [West lValir\ ELIFLET HOTCHKIS DIED MARCH Y<" 31 1726 AGED XI YEARS 422 [iVort/i Wall.] In Memorv of M'' Calek H0TCHK.ISS a reputable Citizen, and a man of Religion, who was flain by the enemy when they invefted and plundered the Town of New-Haven July the 5*"^ AD 1779 in the 68'^' Year of his age 423 M' [Ifest Wall.] In Memo.. Phebe Hotch-- Relict of M-- Caleb Hotchkifs who departed this Life Feb^y 19"' 1795 in the 81"' Year of her age. Blefsed are the dead who die in the Lord, 424 [Cypress Av., Lot 13.J In memory of Eleazer Hotchkiss, who died Oct. 30, 1S22: aged 65 years. Also two sons of Eleazer & Neomi Hotchkiss; Sherman, died Feb. 28, 1797 aged 10 months. An infant died Dec. II. 1800; aged 6 days. And art thou gone and shall we meet [no more Why hast thou fled to seek a kinder [shore A life so valued could not friendship [save Nor virtue claim exemption from the ^^^^^^^ [grave 425 [Cypress Av., Lot 9.] Mr HEZ'' hotchkiss Died of the Small Pox in N. York May 8»'' 1761 Mr CALEB HOTCHKISS died Ocr 27"^ 1785 ^.83 Also Mrs RUTH HOTCHKISS died May 2i** 1785 JE. Si. Mrs SARAH Wife of Mr HEZ'' HOTCHKISS died Sept. 3. 1753, M. 24. ■*-" Dau. of Caleb and Mehitabel (No. 419); b. Nov. 20, 1706. *'^' Son of Caleb and Mehitabel; b. June 28, 1714. ''^'- Son of Caleb and Mehitabel (No. 419); b. June 6, 1712; m., Jan. 6, 1736-7, Phebe Atwater. ''■'^ Dau. of Jonathan Atwater (No. 57) by ist wf.; b. Oct. 20, 1714. *^* Eleazer, son of Joshua, (No. 429), b. 1757, m. Naomi Gilbert. *'^^ Caleb, son of Joshua. Jr., b. July 27, 1703, m.. D'C. 19, 1728, Ruth Mun- son ; Hezekiah, son of Caleb and Ruth, b. Sept. 27, 1729, m., Dec. 12, 1751, Sarah Bradley. \
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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P009-0069. New Haven tombstone inscriptions erected before 1800, printed page not verified, PDF page 69. [Dexter, Franklin Bowditch], 1842- [from old catalog] ed; digitized copy contributed by The Library of Congress https://archive.org/details/inscriptionsonto00dext/page/n69/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.
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