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• FamilySearch ID: 29H3-WTP
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 58778381

Notes:

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/29H3-WTP

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58778381

Buried:
Inscription

    Sacred to the memory of the Rev
    Thomas Potwine first Minister of the Second
    Church in East Windsor he was a native
    of Boston and educated at Yale College
    1751 settled in the gospel ministry here
    1754 where he continued more than 48
    years the faithful pious pastor of an united
    people his useful and exemplry life thro
    the grace of his Saviour was crowned with
    peace and triumph in death he deceased
    Nov 15th 1802 aged 71 years
    Bless the present scene, Resumes them to
    prepare us for the next.

Thomas married Lydia Hall on 8 Oct 1761 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut. Lydia (daughter of Ensign Caleb Hall and Damaris Atwater) was born on 26 Aug 1735 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut; died on 19 Sep 1817 in East Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut; was buried after 19 Sep 1817 in Scantic Cemetery, East Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]