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Hezekiah Augur

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Hezekiah Augur

Birth
New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Death
7 Nov 1818 (aged 67–68)
New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Burial
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.3126488, Longitude: -72.9258873
Plot
21 Cypress Ave., East
Memorial ID
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR VETERAN

Marched to the relief of Boston, and served as the Govenor's Foot Guards. He was one of an expedition that destroyed a type of Tory newspaper in New York City and it was later melted and made into bullets.

He and Lydia Atwater married on Oct 28, 1778, in New Haven, CT.

His grave is decorated with the emblems of the Sons of the Revolution. One of his granddaughters describes him as "a man whom everybody loved and respected and to whom people were wont to come for counsel and advice, a man of kind and pleasant disposition, with good common sense and ideas of his own.".

Another person says, "Hezekiah Augur was a sensible and thoroughly practical man, respected for his virtues and excellence of character, as well as for his mechanical genius and skill. He lived and died a worthy citizen and an exemplary member of the Congregational Church." .

- Thank you to galpal50, for sharing this peronal information.
REVOLUTIONARY WAR VETERAN

Marched to the relief of Boston, and served as the Govenor's Foot Guards. He was one of an expedition that destroyed a type of Tory newspaper in New York City and it was later melted and made into bullets.

He and Lydia Atwater married on Oct 28, 1778, in New Haven, CT.

His grave is decorated with the emblems of the Sons of the Revolution. One of his granddaughters describes him as "a man whom everybody loved and respected and to whom people were wont to come for counsel and advice, a man of kind and pleasant disposition, with good common sense and ideas of his own.".

Another person says, "Hezekiah Augur was a sensible and thoroughly practical man, respected for his virtues and excellence of character, as well as for his mechanical genius and skill. He lived and died a worthy citizen and an exemplary member of the Congregational Church." .

- Thank you to galpal50, for sharing this peronal information.


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  • Created by: L Evans
  • Added: Jun 25, 2014
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131862091/hezekiah-augur: accessed ), memorial page for Hezekiah Augur (1750–7 Nov 1818), Find a Grave Memorial ID 131862091, citing Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by L Evans (contributor 47540766).