A.M. & Preacher of the Gospel.
HARTFORD, January 25.
On the 19th Instant, departed this life, in the 27th Year of his Age, HEZEKIAH GOODWIN, of Simsbury, A.M. Son to Mr. Stephen Goodwin of that Place, who from his Childhood was an Example of Piety, and filial Duty. - In the Year 1761, the Deceased received the first Public Honors of Yale-College with eminent Merit; since which Time, with Esteem and Respect (for the Space of about three Years) he had served his MAKER, and Fellow Men, in the Character of a public Preacher of the Gospel; He was a Subject of Christian Devotion - a singular Instance of Patience (especially through his late lengthy and distressing illness) a remarkable Subject of good Literature; an Ornament to Society; to, the Seminary of Learning, in which he received his Education, and to his Profession; and Honor to his Acquaintance and Friends; in fine, his Person was agreeable and pleasant; his Conversation was entertaining and profitable, and his Death is greatly lamented.
Source: The Connecticut Courant and The Weekly Advertiser (Hartford, Conn.), Monday, January 26, 1767, p. 3.
A.M. & Preacher of the Gospel.
HARTFORD, January 25.
On the 19th Instant, departed this life, in the 27th Year of his Age, HEZEKIAH GOODWIN, of Simsbury, A.M. Son to Mr. Stephen Goodwin of that Place, who from his Childhood was an Example of Piety, and filial Duty. - In the Year 1761, the Deceased received the first Public Honors of Yale-College with eminent Merit; since which Time, with Esteem and Respect (for the Space of about three Years) he had served his MAKER, and Fellow Men, in the Character of a public Preacher of the Gospel; He was a Subject of Christian Devotion - a singular Instance of Patience (especially through his late lengthy and distressing illness) a remarkable Subject of good Literature; an Ornament to Society; to, the Seminary of Learning, in which he received his Education, and to his Profession; and Honor to his Acquaintance and Friends; in fine, his Person was agreeable and pleasant; his Conversation was entertaining and profitable, and his Death is greatly lamented.
Source: The Connecticut Courant and The Weekly Advertiser (Hartford, Conn.), Monday, January 26, 1767, p. 3.
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His Epitaph compos'd by himself, upon his Death-bed, ... as follows...
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