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             Husband: Edward BLAKESLEE (1 2)
                Born: 21 JUN 1766 (3 4)
Married:
Died: 15 JUL 1797 (5)
Buried: in Old Episcopal Cemetery, Elm Street, Ansonia, New Haven, CT (6 7 8)
Father: Abraham BLAKESLEE
Mother: Abigail
Spouses: Sarah MANSFIELD; Hannah HOWD
                Wife: Sarah
                Born: l 1767 (9)
Died: 24 NOV 1785 (10)
Father:
Mother:
Spouses:

Footnotes

  1. Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981[originally]Rome, N.Y. and New Haven, Conn., 1922-1932), vol 5, p 1143.
  2. Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), 469.
    ... assistant to the Rev. Dr. Mansfield of Derby ...
  3. Compiled and edited by Jacqyelyn Ladd Ricker, The Ricker Compilation of Vital Records of Early Connecticut (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2006), 1494.
  4. Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981[originally]Rome, N.Y. and New Haven, Conn., 1922-1932), vol 1, p 221.
  5. Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), 815.
  6. Ibid., 815.
    Sacred | to the memory | of | the Rev Edward Blakeslee | who departed this life | on the 15 of July 1797 | in the 31st year of his age | By this premature death his family | are deprived of a kind and affectionate | Husband Father and Brother | The Episcopal Church | of a zealous and faithful master | and the public | of a disinterested friend.
    The memory of the just is blessed Prov 10 7.
    The righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance Psalm 6.
  7. Old Episcopal Cemetery Photograph - Ansonia, CT.
  8. 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Elm St. Cemetery, 216.
  9. Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981[originally]Rome, N.Y. and New Haven, Conn., 1922-1932), vol 1, p 221.
  10. Ibid., vol 1, p 221.

Revised: 24-Mar-10
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