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New Haven tombstone inscriptions erected before 1800 · scan page 113

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INSCHIPTIOXS    O.N    TO.MJJHTONES    IX    XKW    HAVKX.
1794  yE  34  Years
His  Memory  muft  be  Dear
Nor  can  we  Forget    liiiii,
Until  we  ourfclves  advance  to  the
Silent  grave  and  clofe  our  Eyes
In  Death
ro7
701
[North    Wa/L]
Beniamin
Son  of  M'  Joel
&  M"  Sufanna
Potter
died    Sept'"   y
13"'  1753  in
his  6'''  ^'ea^
70.1
Y.Vorth   IVall.
Phebe   y''
Daughter
of  m"'  John
&  Efther
Potter  di-
ed Decem'-
y''  4"'  1742
Aged  3
Years
John  Son
of  m''  John
&  Efther
Potter  di-
ed Decern'
y"  2<i  1742
Aged  II
Years
70«
[North   IVaJL]
Here  Lies  y
Body  of  m'
Jofeph  Potter
"  Who  died
Noil'"'  y''   22''   174:
Aged  75   Years
[North  H'a/l.\
He..-
Body  [of  Samuel  |
Potter  wh[o  died]
July  y  1740  in
the  60"'  Year  of
his  Age
708       [Linden  Av.,  Lot  19.J
In  Memory  of  Marie  Smith
Prentice  who  departed  this  Life
Decern''   4"'  1786  aged  6  Months  &
Jui.iE  Anne  Prentice  who  departed
this  Life  January  6"'  1787  in  the  7"'
[Year
of  her  age  Children  of
Cap*  Jonas  &;  M'-  Amelia  Pkentice
Thrice  Happy  Babes  who  Privileged
[by  fate
To  Shorter  Labour  and  to  Lighter
[Weight
Received  but  yesterday  the  gift  of
[Breath
Ordered  Tomorrow  to  Return  to
[Death
709
[Linden  A  v..  Lot  31.]
Sacred  to  the  memory  of
Rebecca  Prescott
Consort  of  James  Prescott  &
daughter  of  James  Barrott  Esq'
of  Concord  in  Massachusetts  ;
who  departed  this  life  May.  3.  1795
Aged  32  years
Her  Virtues  afford  an  Example
worthy  of  immitation
'"''Joel  m.  Susanna  Stacy,  Oct.  13.  1746.
'^^  John,  Jr.,  m.  Esther  Lines,  Feb.  4,  1730-31;  Phebe  b.  Oct.  S,  1739;  John
b.  Nov.  16,  1731.  '"*  Son  of  Joseph  and  Phebe;  b.  March,  1667-8.
'"'Son  of  Nath'l.  and  Elizabeth  (Hawes);  b.  Oct.  3,  1679;  m.,  Jan.  10,
1700-1,  Abigail  Hill,  who  survived  him.
"^^^  Jonas,  a  Revolutionary  officer,  m.  .Amelia,  dau.  of  Jabez  Smith  (No.  775).
■"'  bau.  of  James  and  Melicent  (Estabrook);  b.  Aug.  30,  1763;  m.,  Oct.  28,
1783.  son  of  Benj.  and  Rebecca  (Minot),  b.  March  15,  1749;  he  ne.Kt  m.,  Feb.  6,
1796,  Rebecca,  dau.  of  David  and  Elizabeth  Atwater  (No.  38),  b.  Apr.  27,  1760,
d.  July  17,  1S34;  he  d.  May  25,  1842.

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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P009-0113. New Haven tombstone inscriptions erected before 1800, printed page not verified, PDF page 113. [Dexter, Franklin Bowditch], 1842- [from old catalog] ed; digitized copy contributed by The Library of Congress https://archive.org/details/inscriptionsonto00dext/page/n113/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.

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