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New Haven tombstone inscriptions erected before 1800 · scan page 123

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INSCHIPTIONS    OX    TOMBSTONES    IX    XFAV    HAVKN.
769
770
771
772
iCrypt.-\
In
Memory  of
ESTHER    SHIPMAN
Wife  of
ELIAS    SHIPMAN
who  departed  this
Life  August  21'  1781
in  the  28"'  Year
of  her  Age
{Crvpi:\
In  Memory  of
ESTHER    SHIPMAN
who  died  the  21  '
of  June  1793
aged  Seventeen
Years
{Maple  A  v..  Lot  1 1. J
In  memorj'  of
REBECCA  SHIPMAN
who  died  October  13
AD.  1799
in  the  14"'  year
of  her  age
{North  VVall?^
Here  lies  the
Body  of  Mifs
Elizabeth  Sinclair
who  died  on  her
paffage  from  Jamaica
to  this  place  Decern
ber  7"'  1785  in  the
34'''  Year  of  her
Age
773       {Linden  Av.,  Lot  59.  |
Here  Lies  inter'd
the  Body  of  Cap'
John  Prout  Sl<>an
who  departed  this  Life
Novm'"  27"'   1786  in  the
41  Year  of  his  age
alfo  his  Infant  Son  who
(lied  Septem'"'  2  1781  Aged
I  Month
775
{Lindni  A-:'.,  Lot  19.]
Sacred  to  the  Memory
of
Cap'  Jabez  Smith
who  was  born  at  Groton
the  7"'  of  February  AD  1715
and
departed  this  life  in  this  place
the  11"'  of  Auguft  AD  1782
Aged  67
770
{Same  Lot.]
JABEZ  SMITH
died  at  Boston
June  28,  1780  ;
aged  29  years.
PEREZ  S.  SMITH
died  Nov.  1793  ;
aged  25  years.
777
{Same  Lot.]
Sacred
to  the  Memory
of
Mifs  Marv  Smith
Daughter  of  Cap'  Jabez
&  M'-  Amie  Smith
''^^  Elias  m.  Esther  Whiting,  March  13,  1771.
™  Dau.  of  Elias  and  Esther  (No.  769).  ■''  Dau.  of  Elias  and  Sarah.
"^  He  m.  Mary,  dau.  of  Samuel  and  Esther  Mansfield  (Nos.  546-7),  b.  July
3,  1748,  d.  Apr.  26,  1817.
""  Ch.  of  Jabe/  and  Amie;  Perez  d.  in  \V.  Indies.

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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P009-0123. New Haven tombstone inscriptions erected before 1800, printed page not verified, PDF page 123. [Dexter, Franklin Bowditch], 1842- [from old catalog] ed; digitized copy contributed by The Library of Congress https://archive.org/details/inscriptionsonto00dext/page/n123/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.

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