New Haven · Inscription transcriptions
New Haven tombstone inscriptions erected before 1800 · scan page 145
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INSCRIPTIONS ON TOMBSTONES IN NEW HAVEN.
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917 [Ceda> Av., Lol 52.]
Isaiah Whitman
Son of M'' David Whitman
& Elizabeth his wife of
Bridgwater in the Province of the
Massachusetts Ba\' a Student of
Yale College Died July 25"'
1759 "1 the 20"' year of his age
Just as his parents hailed the day
When joys should all their cares repay
|ust as his own fond hopes aspir'd
To deeds bv which bright minds are
[tir'd
Death snatched him hence in youthful
[bloom
And sink those hopes beneath the tomb
9i§ {N-ortk IFa//.]
In Memory of Charles
Whittelsey of Say Broo''
who Departed this Life
May g"' 1784 in the 39"'
year of his Age
When Christ returns
wake ev'ry chearful paffion
And fhout ye faints
he comes for your falvation
919 [C' }'/>/.]
To the Memory of the reverend
CHAUNCEY WHITTELSEY
A.M. fifth pastor of the first
Church in this city. With eminent natural
talents & human acquirements he
united a firm attachment to the prin-
ciples of civil & religious liberty. He
inculcated the doctrines of grace as
motives to holiness, constantly taught
and in various relations exemplified
the more excellent way and, having
discharged with fidelity & dignity
the duties of the pastoral office closed
his useful life with a full hope of
immortality, July 24 1787 in the
yQth Year of his age and 30''' of
his ministry.
Dan' XII"' 3'
And they that be wise shall shine
as the brightest of the firmament
and they that turn many to righteousness
as the stars for ever and ever.
*" Drowned while swimming in the West River.
"^ Son of John and Sarah (Whiltelsev) Whittelsey.
9'" Son of Rev. Sam'l. and Sarah ((^hauncey), of Wallingford; b. Oct. 8,
1717; grad. Yale Coll. 1738; ordained March i, 175S; m., Sept. 23, 1745I
Elizabeth Whiting; next m., Aug. 13, 1753, Martha, dau. of Hon. Roger
Newton, of Milford. who d. Oct. 27, 1812, aged 83.Cite this page
Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P009-0145. New Haven tombstone inscriptions erected before 1800, printed page not verified, PDF page 145. [Dexter, Franklin Bowditch], 1842- [from old catalog] ed; digitized copy contributed by The Library of Congress https://archive.org/details/inscriptionsonto00dext/page/n145/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.
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