Dover deaths: CARYL, Benjamin, Rev., Nov. 14, 1811, a. 80. [[h. Sarah] "in the 50th Year of his Ministry," G.R.]
BENJAMIN CARYL, A.M., b. Hopkinton, Apr. 22, 1732, son of Benjamin and Mary (Knowlton) Caryl; H.C., 1761, A.B.,A.M.; Ord. Dover, Nov. 10, 1762; sett. Dover, 1762-1811, as first minister; d. Dover, Nov. 13, 1811, a. 79. (F.L. Weiss, The Colonial Clergy and the Colonial Churches of New England, 1936, p. 51)
Dover deaths: CARYL, Benjamin, Rev., Nov. 14, 1811, a. 80. [[h. Sarah] "in the 50th Year of his Ministry," G.R.]
BENJAMIN CARYL, A.M., b. Hopkinton, Apr. 22, 1732, son of Benjamin and Mary (Knowlton) Caryl; H.C., 1761, A.B.,A.M.; Ord. Dover, Nov. 10, 1762; sett. Dover, 1762-1811, as first minister; d. Dover, Nov. 13, 1811, a. 79. (F.L. Weiss, The Colonial Clergy and the Colonial Churches of New England, 1936, p. 51)
Inscription
In memory of
the
Rev. BENJAMIN CARYL
who died Nov. 14th 1811
Æt. 80 Years & in the
50th Year of his ministry
The fathers, where are they?
And the prophets, do they live forever?
Erected by the request & at the expense of his
society.