Rev Ebenezer Grosvenor (1738-1788) - Find a Grave Memorial

Rev Ebenezer Grosvenor

Birth

6 Mar 1738

Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut, USA

Death

28 May 1788 (aged 50)

Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA

Burial

Harvard Center Cemetery

Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map

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Age 48
Husband of Elisabeth
(Shirley VR)

Inscription

To the memory of the Rev. Ebenezer Grosvenor late pastor of the congregational church in Harvard; descended from respectable parents in Promfret, Connecticut; educated at Yale College in New Haven; of such endowments as rendered him an ornament & blessing in the various relations which he sustained, he was a good steward in the house of God, and discharged the duties of his pastoral office with prudence & impartiality, care & fidelity; he was a man of polite address and peculiarly formed for social life, a tender & loving husband, an affectionate & kind parent, an agreeable friend & pleasing companion; he was much beloved & respected in life, in death greatly lamented, and is we trust receiving the reward of his labours in the kingdom of his Lord; his bereaved & grateful people have erected this stone the monument of his virtues, & their affection.
He was the beloved pastor of the first church in Scituate 17 years. And in Harvard 6. He died May 28, 1788. Aged 49.
Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord, for they rest from their labours & their works do follow them.