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New Haven tombstone inscriptions erected before 1800 · scan page 79

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INSCRIPTIONS    ON    TO.XrHSTONKS    IN    NKW    IIAVKN.  'Ao
48IJ  [Ot/a]  in  the  8'-'  day  of  August   1794
Sacred  Aged   17  Years,
to  the    Memory  of  a  Youth  beloved  a  Son  most  Dear
M'  JOHN    HYDE  His  Parents  hopes,  lies  buried  here
son  of  M    EZRA  &  Kind  Reader  Drop  a  mournful  tear
M-   SARAH   HYDE  Upon  the  Dust  then  Slumbering  here
^    ,        .         .  ^^       ^     ,  And  when  you  Read  the  fate  of  me
of  the  city  of  Hartford  Think  on  the  Glass  that  runs  for
who  Departed  this  Life  |thee
4§4  r^'';/-'-!
In  Memory  of
The  Hon"    JARED  INGERSOLL  Esq.
Judge  of  the  Court  of  Vice  Admiralty
in  the  Middle   District
in  America.
A  man  of  an  uncommon  Genius
which  was  cultivated
By  a  liberal  Education  at  Yale  College,
And  improved  by  the  Study  of  Mankind,
And  of  Laws,  Policy  and  Government,
He  distinguished  himself  at  the  Bar,
Where  his  perspicuity  and  Energy  in  Reasoning
And  Equality  in  Conducting  Causes,
Elevated  him
To  the  First    Eminence  in  his  Profession.
Under  the  appointment  of  the  General  Assembly
He  was  twice  honoured
With  the  AGENCY  from    CONNECTICUT
At  the  Court  of  Great  Britain.
His  Morals  were  unblemished.
He  was  thoughtful,  collected  and  sagacious,
open  and  sincere,
mild,  affable,  and  courteous.
Adapting  himself  to  all
By  a  rich  Variety  of  sentiment  and  Expression
Yet  preserving  in  his  whole  Behavior
A  graceful  and  majestic  Dignity.
He  died  Aug.  25'"  A.D.  1781
yEtat.  60.
By  his  side   lieth  also  interred,
His  amiable  Consort
M-  HANNAH    INGERSOLL
Who  departed  this  Life
Oct  9''    A.D.  1779
Aged  66  Years.
^**  Died  "at  v''  house  of  M''  Isaac  Tomlinson  of  a  putrid  fever."
*^  Son  of  Jonathan  and  Sarah,  of  Milford,  Conn.;  bapt.  Juno  3,  1722 ;  grad.
Yale  Coll.  1742;  m.,  Aug.  i,  1743,  Hannah,  dau.  of  Joseph  Whiting  (No.  912),
b.  Feb.  21,  1712;  next  m.  Mrs.  Hannah  Ailing  (No.  1S3).

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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P009-0079. New Haven tombstone inscriptions erected before 1800, printed page not verified, PDF page 79. [Dexter, Franklin Bowditch], 1842- [from old catalog] ed; digitized copy contributed by The Library of Congress https://archive.org/details/inscriptionsonto00dext/page/n79/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.

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