New Haven · Inscription transcriptions
New Haven tombstone inscriptions erected before 1800 · scan page 86
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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550 INSCRIPTIONS ON TOMBSTONES IN NEW HAVEN. 524 [^Center Church tahleti\ Sarah Lyman died Sept. 26, 1749, ^^E. 76 525 [/r«/ lVall?\ In Memor}' of Medad Lyman Son of M'- Medad and M"* Mary Lyman who died Ma)- y" 29''' T757 aged 3 years & 25 days 526 \Cedar Av., Lot 52.]" Here lieth the Body of Phinehas Lyman of North Ampton a student of Yale College who died Feb 10"' A.D. 1725 aged 20 years. 527 [S/'nue Av., Lot 2,0.] Here lies the body of John Son of Nathaniel & Lucy Lyon He died Sepf 4"' 1795 M 3 Years & 8 Months Graced with each merit years like his could boast Too Toon difcover'd as too early loft Death gently called him from his [harmlefs pla)' 52§ [Cedar A v.. Lot q.] In Memory of William Lyon who descended from an ancient family in Buckinghamfhire England ; leav- ing his native country arMved at Bof- ton Sep' 1713, in which place and New Haven he refided 12 years for the recovery of health he vifited Bar- badoes, & there died March 1726. JE 39 EXPERIENCE his relict, fecond daughter of John Howard of Maffachusetts. who died Sep'' 17, 1 75 1 ^ 64 Theire iffue were MARY, who died Sep' 16. 1742 JE 24 EXPERIENCE, wife of the rev' John Brainard ; fhedied in Brunfwick N. Jerfey Sep'' 17. 1757 M. 35 WILLIAM LYON born in Bofton April. 10. 1716 who died Jan^ 31. 1767. JE. 51 ELIZABETH the wife of William Lyon. last named was born in Saybrook Sept 4. 1724 died Oct. 16. 1810 in her 87 year 529 [Sanie Lot.] Here Lies y" Body of M'^ Mary Lyon died Sepf y-' 6^'' 1742 Aged 24 Years ^'^* The above inscription (compare No. 356) implies that a gravestone, now missing, was formerly in the Crypt. Some error in the dates may, however, be suspected. ^■'^ Medad, Sr., son of Benj. and Thankful (Pomeroy), of Northampton, Mass., b. March 20, 1722; in. Mary Basset; an innkeeper. ^'^ Son of John, Jr., and Mind well (Sheldon, Pomeroy); b. Apr. 8, 1706. *'-" Nathaniel, son ot Wm. and Eliz. (No. 52S); b. Nov. 13, 1762; d. Sept. 8, 1836. '-"'^^ Wm., Jr., m. Eliz. Maltby, Oct. 9, 1746.
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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P009-0086. New Haven tombstone inscriptions erected before 1800, printed page not verified, PDF page 86. [Dexter, Franklin Bowditch], 1842- [from old catalog] ed; digitized copy contributed by The Library of Congress https://archive.org/details/inscriptionsonto00dext/page/n86/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.
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