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Derby Colonial Cemetery
Derby, New Haven, Connecticut

Reverend  Daniel  Humphreys



The Revd Daniel Humphries
died Sept 2  1787 in the 81st year of his age.
For more than half a century
he was the established
minister of the first Society in this
town. Mrs. Sarah Humphries
the affectionate wife of his youth and the
tender Companion of his advanced age died
July 29  1787 just five weeks before him
The seasons thus
As ceaseless round a jarring world they roll
Still find them happy and consenting spring
Sheds her own rosy garland on their heads
Till evening comes at last serene and mild
When after the long vernal day of life
Enamored more as more remembrance swells
With many a proof of recollected love
Together down they sink in social sleep
Together freed their gentle spirits fly
To scenes where love and bliss immortal reign.

Orcutt, Rev. Samuel,  History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880,
   (Springfield, Massachusetts, Press of Springfield Printing Company, 1880)
page 809

April 2005

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