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Rev Diodate Johnson

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Rev Diodate Johnson

Birth
Death
15 Jan 1773 (aged 27)
Burial
East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.484187, Longitude: -72.3646729
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in the 28th year of his age

He graduated Yale College in 1764; was a tutor there from 1765 to 1766. He settled in the ministry at Millington, Conn, where his sister Elizabeth kept his house. He was a young man "eminent for genius, learning and piety". He died of consumption at the age of 28 yrs. He was sitting in his chair reading the prayer in Doddridge's "Rise and Progress" entitled "A meditation and prayer suited to the case of a dying Christian", when he parted from this life. By his will he left to Dartmouth College "a legacy of five hundred dollars, and his valuable library."
Ogden Family History, pg 92
in the 28th year of his age

He graduated Yale College in 1764; was a tutor there from 1765 to 1766. He settled in the ministry at Millington, Conn, where his sister Elizabeth kept his house. He was a young man "eminent for genius, learning and piety". He died of consumption at the age of 28 yrs. He was sitting in his chair reading the prayer in Doddridge's "Rise and Progress" entitled "A meditation and prayer suited to the case of a dying Christian", when he parted from this life. By his will he left to Dartmouth College "a legacy of five hundred dollars, and his valuable library."
Ogden Family History, pg 92


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  • Created by: Jan Franco
  • Added: Jun 28, 2005
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11257461/diodate-johnson: accessed ), memorial page for Rev Diodate Johnson (29 Jul 1745–15 Jan 1773), Find a Grave Memorial ID 11257461, citing Millington Cemetery, East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by Jan Franco (contributor 46625834).