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New Haven tombstone inscriptions erected before 1800 · scan page 107
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INSCRIPTIONS ON TOMBSTONES IN NEW HAVEN.
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673 [Syaiwon' A v., Lot 25.]
In
Memory of
JOHN PECK
who died
Mar. 8. 1825.
&. 6g.
EZEKIEL OSBORNE
Died July 4. 1795.
J£.. 8 yrs.
FRANCIS SIDNEY.
Died Sept. 1792
M. 14 mo's.
children of J. and L. Peck
674
{North WaU:\
In Memory of
Frances Sidney
Son of M"' John
& M" Lois Peck
who died Aug' 13"'
1792 in the 14 Mo-
nth of his awe
675 \Cypress Av., Lot 47.]
In Memory
of M''^ Rebecca Peck Confort
of Cap' John Peck
who died 25"' April 1788
In the 23** Year of her age
The Virtues of an amiable Temper a
lovely Difpofilion had but Juft began
to Dawn upon a Married State wh'"
the unrelenting hand of the King of
Terror put a period to the Hopes of
her Parents the Expectations of her
friends. & the moft Proinifiug prof-
pects of an affectionate llufband In-
nocence & Induftry were her attend-
ants in Life Patience and Rcfignation
in Siclinefs &
Fortitude and Immortal hope in
Death
No age nor Se.x exempts from Deaths
[arreft
His Dart once levelld at the Human
[breaft
Youth bloom & Beauty age & Child-
[hood muft
Return Submiffive to their Native
[Duft
676 [Cypress A v., Lot 20.]
This Stone is erected in memo
ry of three children of M''
Joseph & M''^ Sarah Peck
Joseph Peck who died Novem'
11"' 1781 Aged 4 Years
Bela Peck who died April 18"'
1 791 Aged 3 Years
Thomas B. Peck who died Sep
tember 13'^ 1792 Aged 2 Years
677
[Centra/ A v.. Lot 7.]
In Memory of
M"'* Esther wife of
M'' Stephen Peck
who died Novembr
y 13. AD 1760 in
the 28' year of Her
Age
67§ [North Wall.']
HERE
LYES DEACON WILLIAM
PECK -AGED -93 DECES'i
OCTO'" y- 14 1694
"'3 Son of Joseph and Anna (Perkins); m., March 12, 1780, Lois Osborn.
^■^ Dau. of Joel Atwater (No. 55); b. March 21, 1766.
*■'' Joseph m. Sarah Allcock, Dec. 27, 1774.
'''• Dau. of Israel Munson (No 625); b. Feb. 11, 1731-2; m., Apr. 3, 1753,
Stephen, son of James and Hannah (Leek), bapt. June 7, 1730.
•>•* Deacon 1659-94.Cite this page
Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P009-0107. New Haven tombstone inscriptions erected before 1800, printed page not verified, PDF page 107. [Dexter, Franklin Bowditch], 1842- [from old catalog] ed; digitized copy contributed by The Library of Congress https://archive.org/details/inscriptionsonto00dext/page/n107/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.
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