New Haven · Inscription transcriptions
New Haven tombstone inscriptions erected before 1800 · scan page 83
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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INSCRIPTIONS ON TOMBSTONES IN NEW HAVEN. 547 505 [IVt;si IValL] Nathanael Son of Zuri"' Kimberly died Octob"' y" 28*'' 1739 in y 4"' Year of hif Ase 506 [Sy/van Av., Lot 24.] In memory of Mr ABNER KIRBY ' wlio died Oct'' 31 AD. 1804 ^.47- Alfo his fon Merit died Sepf 31. 1792. What fhould I wifh or wait for then From creatures earth and duft The}- make our expectation vain And difapoint our truft 507 I] Vest PVall.l In Memory of M'^ Susanna Wife of James Lane who died Dec'' 27"' 1787 in the 44''' Year of Age 508 [Cedar Av., Lot 52.] Siste Viator Hie juxta situs est D. Job Lane A.M. Col. Yal. Tutor Vir ingenio, modestia, literis atque [pietate praeclarus Ilium Bedfordi natum Massachus"" [an. 1741, Literarum a pueroavidissimum fuisse, Studiis academicis prae ceteris eminu- [isse Evangelium studiose triennium prae- [dicasse, Tutoris q' officio biennium fideliter [sumtum, Parentibus vixisse cliarissimum, Amicis omnibusq. pietatis fautoribus I'dilectum, Discipuiisq were honoratum, Et omnibus maxime defietum, E vita migrasse Sept 16. an. 1768 Hie Tumulus ipse brevi interiturus tibi declarat. 509 [Maple A v.. Lot 26.] Isaac B. Leffin.- Son of Will.. «& Sally Leffingwe. of Norwich, departed this life September 15*'' 1791. aged 4 Years, 3 months, 11 days Happy infant early bleft! Reft in peacefull Slumber, reft Early refcu'd from the Cares Which increafe with growing Y ears 510 [SaDie Lot.] In Memory of Isaac B Leffingwell who died Auguft 2'' 1793 Aged I Year Sickly pleafures all adieu Pieafures which I never knew '^"^ Son of Zuriel and Hannah (Hill); b. Jan. 21, 1734-5. *»« Son of Job, Jr.; grad. Yale Coll. 1764. '"■' Son of Wm., from Norwich, and Sail)- M. (Beers).
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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P009-0083. New Haven tombstone inscriptions erected before 1800, printed page not verified, PDF page 83. [Dexter, Franklin Bowditch], 1842- [from old catalog] ed; digitized copy contributed by The Library of Congress https://archive.org/details/inscriptionsonto00dext/page/n83/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.
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