Rev John Chipman (1691-1775) - Find a Grave Memorial

Rev John Chipman

Birth

16 Feb 1691

Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA

Death

23 Mar 1775 (aged 84)

Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA

Burial

Old North Beverly Cemetery

Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Show Map

Plot

Plan No. 4, Grave 3

Memorial ID

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Mayflower descendant. Ordained First Pastor Of The Second Church In Beverly On December 28, 1715. Graduate Of Harvard College, 1711.

Inscription

Essex Antiquarian, v. III, n. 8, Salem, Mass., August, 1899, "Beverly Inscriptions", Ancient North Beverly Cemetery, p. 122:
Huic tumulo mandantur reliquiae /
Reverendi et admodum venerabilis /
JOHANNIS CHIPMAN A. M. /
Academiae Harvardinae alumni, /
Et secundae Ecclesiae Beverlacentis, /
Per annos quinquaginta novem et ultra; /
Pastoris fidelis; /
Vin mente solida et eruditione utili conspicui; /
Literarum sacrarum peritia praecipue insignis; /
Verbum praedicando gravis et pungentis; /
Jesu religionis amore penetrati, /
Et praecepta ejus exemplo suo alios docentis; /
Ecclesiae praefidendo vigilantis et integri; /
Toti gregi benevolentis et aequi; /
Bonos omnium sectarum ex animo complexi. /
Officiis mutuis socialibuq fungendo eximii; /
Domui suae omnis virtutis christianae exemplaris; /
Prof peris mininime inflati; /
In adversis patientissimi; /
Qui longaevitate saturatus, /
Firmissima spe beatae immortalitatis, /
Animam efflavit, /
XXIII die Martii, /
Anno salutis humanae MDCCLXXV /
AEtatisq suae LXXXV.