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New Haven tombstone inscriptions erected before 1800 · scan page 146

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INSCRIPTIONS    ON    TOMBSTONES    IN    NEW    HAVEN.
920
921
{Crypt  :\
In  Memory
of  M'     ELIZABETH
Late  Wife  of  M'
CHAUNCY
WHITTELSEY
Who  died  Oct'"-  ly"'
1 75 1  in  her  35"'
year.
{.Crypt  :\
SAMUEL  JOSEPH
Son  of  Mr.
CHAUNCY  &
Mrs.   ELIZABETH
WHITTELSEY
M"  MARTHA
WHITTELSEY   died
June  y"   10"'  1758
one  Year  and
7  days  old
924  VCrypt.^,
ELIZABETH
Daughter  of  the
Rev'  Chauncey
Whittelsey  and
Mrs.    Martha
Whittelsey  died
August  29"'   1760  aged
8  weeks  &  3   '*
925
922
923
[O.,^/.]
ELISHA
son  of  M'
CHAUNCY  &
M-  ELIZABETH
WHITLESEY
died  Oct.  23'
1751  Aged  ID
days
[Oj//.]
ELIZABETH
Daughter  of  the
Rev'i  M"-
CHAUNCY  and
{Crypt  :\
JOHN    BRYAN
Son  of  y   Rev'
CHAUNCEY  &
M-  MARTHA
WHITTELSEY
died   August  27"'
1763  in  y  3'
Year  of  His
Age.
926     {Rear  of  Center  Church.']
1658
E.    W.
^'■"'  Dau.  of  Joseph  Whiting  (No.  912);  b.  June  8,  1717.
'''^'  Born  July  13,  1749;  d.  Oct.  9.  1751.
'^®  Probably  in  memory  of  Edward  Wiggleswoith,  one  of  the  original
settlers  in  1638,  who  d.  Oct.  i,  1653,  aged  49,  leaving  wid.  Esther.  There
are  two  stones  (headstone  and  footstone)  with  identical  inscriptions,  though
on  one  the  date  has  been  altered  to  16578;  probably  the  last  figure  was  in
both  inscriptions  originallv  "3."  The  doubtful  date  is  perhaps  owing  to  a
tradition  that  the  regicide  Edward  Wlialley  was  buried  here;  it  is,  however,
now  known  that  he  died  in  Hadley,  Mass.,  in  1674  or  5.

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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P009-0146. New Haven tombstone inscriptions erected before 1800, printed page not verified, PDF page 146. [Dexter, Franklin Bowditch], 1842- [from old catalog] ed; digitized copy contributed by The Library of Congress https://archive.org/details/inscriptionsonto00dext/page/n146/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.

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