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Capt Samuel Dwight

Birth: 28 Jun 1696
Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
Death: 3 Oct 1763 (aged 67)
Enfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Burial: Enfield Street Cemetery

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Memorial ID: 18984003 View Source

Esq., 68yrs.

Esq., 68yrs.

Inscription

Death is a debt to Nature due
Which I have Paid & so must you.

In Memory of
Capt. SAMUEL
DWIGHT Esq.
who died Oct. 3
1763
in his 68th
Year.

This shall our Mouldering
Members teach,
What now our Senses
learn,
For dust & ashes loudest
preach
Mans infinite concern.

Gravesite Details

There is a nice write up on this gravestone in "Graven Images - New England Stonecarving and Its Symbols, 1650-1815" by Ludwig. (Page 143)

Family Members

Parents

Spouse

Mary Lyman Dwight

1696–1776

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Children

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Maintained by: P.K. Magruder
Originally Created by: The Guardian
Added: Apr 17, 2007
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18984003/samuel-dwight: accessed ), memorial page for Capt Samuel Dwight (28 Jun 1696–3 Oct 1763), Find a Grave Memorial ID 18984003, citing Enfield Street Cemetery, Enfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by P.K. Magruder (contributor 47017377).

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