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New Haven tombstone inscriptions erected before 1800 · scan page 102
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5(iH INSCRIPTIONS ON TOMBSTONES IN NEW HAVEN. 643 \Maple Av., Lot 41.] Children of John & Jane D. Nicoll. EDWARD Died September 18, 1780. Aged I Year. JANE Died Jul\' I 17S3. Aged I Year. AGUSTUS Died March 24. 1789, Aged 5 Years. JOHN AUGUSTUS Died November 21. 1795. Aged 3 Years. CHARLOTTE Died May 30. 1798, Aged 12 Years. 644 \_iYorth IFa//.] In Memory of Richard Niles. who died July y'' 5"^ A.D. 1756 in the 86"" year of His Age. All living nnift Return to Duft 645 [A/a/>/e Av., Lot 40.] In Memory of M" Elisabeth Nii.es who was born at Dedham in the Colon}- of the Mafsachufetts Bay Feb^^ 23'' A.D. i68r, and died at Newhaven Dec'"' 21'* A.D. 1766 in the 86*'' Year of Her Age 646 [Crypt] JOHN NOYES A.M. departed this Life Nov 5''' 1767 aged 32. A Gent' distinguished for his innocent inoffensive Behavior, patient under trials habitually cheerful, a faithful tender Husband, Parent & Friend Benevolent to all, furnished with a good degree of aca- demical Learning : but the Gospel was his beloved study of which he was an agreeable Instructive Preacher and in the belief of it resigned in Death 647 [OypL\ MARY NOYES Daughter of M' JOHN & M" MARY NOYES died August 11''' 1770 Etat 4 Years. "* Perhaps brother-in-law of No. 645. *^^ Dau. of Rev. Wm. and Alice (Bradford) Adams; m., Sept. 14, 1696, Rev. Samuel Whiting, of Windham, Conn.; he was son of Rev. John and Sybil (Collins), of Hartford, b. A\)X. 22, 1670, d. Sept. 27, 1725; she next m., Dec. 22, 1737, as his 3d wf., Rev. Samuel Niles, of Braintrce, Mass.; he was son of Nathaniel and Saraii (Sands), of Block Island, b. May i, 1674, grad. Harv. Coll. 1699, d. May i, 1762; she then removed hither, to be with her son Nathan (No. 914). •51" Son of Rev. Joseph (No. 648); b. Dec. 15, 1735; grad. Yale Coll. 1753; m., Nov. 16, 1759, Mary, dau. of Rev. Joseph and Rebecca (Peabody) Fish, of North Sionington; she next m.. May 24, 1775, Gen. Gold S. Siliiman, of Fairfield, and next Dr. John Dickinson, of Middletown, Conn. *'*■ Born June 21, 1766.
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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P009-0102. New Haven tombstone inscriptions erected before 1800, printed page not verified, PDF page 102. [Dexter, Franklin Bowditch], 1842- [from old catalog] ed; digitized copy contributed by The Library of Congress https://archive.org/details/inscriptionsonto00dext/page/n102/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.
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