Morning journal and courier., 1892-07-21
Epttaphs in an Ancient Town.

The Religious Herald of Hartford says:
By the favor of Mr.. w. W. Hills of Wind
sor we are able to present to our readers
brief series of inscriptions from the an
Gent monuments of that town, the first
settled of the Connecticut colony. The
following is from the stone placed at the
Oldest grave to be found in the cemetery:
to ye church Of Windsor, who dyed September
18th, 1914.
Who when he lived we drew one vital breath,
Who when he dyed his dying was our death,
Alas the tiles forbid an Epitaph.
The second is: Gin memory of John
Wareham. He was installed Pastor of this
church at its organization in Plymouth,
England, in 1880. They arrived in this
country the 30th of May, the same year,
| and remained at Dorchester, Mass, 5 years,
when they removed to the Town Here.
Mr.. Wareham continued his Pastoral la
bours to his flock until April LIST, 1870,
when he slept in the Lord. He was among
the most eminent of New England's early
Divines."
The third epitaph is of a later date and
eulogizes the character of "Abigall Ellis
worth, relict of the Hon. Oliver Ellsworth.
Born February 8, A. D. 1855. Died August
4, A. D. 1918: A friend to the poor, af
fectionate and exemplary, she adorned her
duties of life; and yet nothing in her life
became her like her leaving it"
Following this is another to the mem
DRY of one of Connecticut's most distin-
guished sons. The inscription informs us
that "Filial affection has erected this
monument"
The body of the epitaph is as follows:
s'To the memory of Oliver Ellsworth,
LII. D., an assistant in the council and
a judge in the superior court of the
state of Connecticut, a member of the
ton of the United States, one of the en-
voys extraordinary and minister plenipo-
Tertiary who made the convention of 1900
between the United States and the French
republic. Amiable and exemplary in all
the relations of domestic, social and Chris
tian character; prominently useful in all
the Offices he sustained, whose great talents,
under the guidance of idfexible integrity,
consummate wisdom and enlightened zeal,
placed him among the first of the illus
trious statesmen who achieved the indie
pendence and established the government
of the American republic. Born at Wind
sor April 80. 1745, and died November 80,
1907.
Then follow some shorter notices of the
following: "Joseph Drake, deceased April
16, 1867.
my body g sleeps slpn;,.1 MY soul is blsst
Another one is "Here lyeth the body of
Henry Wolcott ye 3rd, Esq. who dyed Feb.
18 the ammo Christi 1909 10 aetatis suae 81.
And also the body of Abiah, his wife who
dyed June Is.
Ammo Christi 1717
(Aetatis 70
sin memory of Sarah Drake wife of Hon.
BILE Roger Wolcot
Born A. D. 1884
Died A. D. 1747.
On the other side of the river, in what
| was then styled East Windsor, about
half way between what is now South
Windsor and East Windsor hill, ia the
ancient burial place of the people over the
river, and not far from the site of the
| ancient church, and somewhere in the
neighborhood of the foundation of the
| house where Jonathan Edwards, the emil
nent metaphysician and unrivalled logician,
| was born and spent the early years of his
life. The other day we copied the inscrip-
| ton upon the tombstone lying over the
| grave of Timothy Edwards, the father of
Jonathan. It IL as follows: "In memory
Of Mr.. Timothy Edwards, Pastor of the
2nd Society of Windsor, whose singular
gifts and piety rendered him an excellent,
| and in the judgment of charity, by the
blessing of heaven, q successful minister
of the gospel, who died January ye 26the,
1858, in the seth year Of his age and 64th
Of his ministry, and his remains Burysd
under this stone"
AN EPITAPH
1.-THE man Of God who nobly pied
His masters cause, alasl is dead.
His voice no more, but awful urn
Still speaks to men their great concern.
His praise on souls by heaven imprest
This nouldeFipg stone viii long outlast,
while grace coInpletes the work begun
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