His grave stone reads as follows:
"Here lies the body of Nathan Beers who was born at Stratford & for the last 25 Years of his life was a respectable Inhabitant of this Town. He received a mortal wound in his own house from a party of the British Troops in an Incursion they made to this place July 5th 1779 with which he languished till the 10th when departed this Life in the 61st Year of his age."
His grave stone reads as follows:
"Here lies the body of Nathan Beers who was born at Stratford & for the last 25 Years of his life was a respectable Inhabitant of this Town. He received a mortal wound in his own house from a party of the British Troops in an Incursion they made to this place July 5th 1779 with which he languished till the 10th when departed this Life in the 61st Year of his age."
Inscription
From Inscriptions on Tombstones in New Haven Prior to 1800:
"Here lies the Body of Nathan Beers who was born at Stratford & for the last 25 Years of his Life was a respectable Inhabitant of this Town. He received a mortal wound in his own house from a party of the British Troops in an Incursion they made to this place July 5th 1779 with which he languished till the 10th when he departed this Life in the 61st Year of his Age."
Family Members
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Records on Ancestry
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Geneanet Community Trees Index
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Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
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Connecticut, U.S., Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
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North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
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Connecticut, U.S., Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934
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