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Facts and Events
| Name |
Rev. Hezekiah Lord |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1] |
19 Mar 1697/98 |
Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States |
| Degree[5] |
1717 |
Yale College |
| Ordination[5][6] |
30 Nov 1720 |
Griswold, New London, Connecticut, United StatesFirst Minister at North Preston (Griswold). |
| Marriage |
9 Feb 1724/25 |
Preston, New London, Connecticut, United States[1st wife]
to Sarah Fish |
| Marriage |
21 Jun 1738 |
Preston, New London, Connecticut, United States[2nd wife]
to Zerviah Backus |
| Will[5][6] |
22 Jun 1761 |
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| Death[2][3] |
23 Jun 1761 |
Griswold, New London, Connecticut, United States |
| Burial[4] |
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Pachaug Cemetery, Griswold, New London, Connecticut, United States |
References
- ↑ Saybrook Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
77.
"Lord, … Hezekiah, s. [James & Elizabeth], b. Mar. 19, 1698 [2:34]"
- ↑ Preston Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
130.
"Lord, … Hezekiah, Rev., d. June 23, 1769 [error for 1761] [1:66]"
- ↑ Volume 043 Griswold, in Connecticut, United States. Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920. (Ancestry.com (database on-line), 2013)
152.
"Lord, … Hezekiah, Rev., d. June 23, 1761; … [1:211]"
- ↑ Rev Hezekiah Lord, in Find A Grave
includes headstone photo, last accessed Jul 2025.
Inscription:
IN MEMORY OF
The Rev M Hezikiah Lord First
Minister of the Gospel of the North
Society in Preston who was Born at
Saybrook March 19, 1698 was Ordained
? Office Nov 30: 1720
and Departed this Life June 20: 1761
He earlye devoted himself to the
service of God and being Blessed
with a kind benevolent Temper, added
to natural Modesty of Behaviour
was very successful in pronouncing the
pure Religion of his Heavenly Master
and having diligently and fithfully
discharged his Duty, Died in Peace.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College With Annals of the College History. (New York / New Haven: Holt / Yale University Press, 1885-1912)
1:171-172.
Hezekiah Lord was born in Saybrook, Connecticut, March 19, 1697-8, the second son and third child of James Lord, of Saybrook. He was a cousin of the Rev. Benjamin Lord (Y. C. 1714), with whom he studied theology in Norwich. His mother was Elizabeth Hill, of Guilford.
The General Assembly had, on petition from the inhabitants of the northern part of Preston, Connecticut, divided that town, in October, 1716, into two parishes, and Mr. Lord began to preach in the North Society soon after his preparatory studies were completed. In October, 1720, the Assembly authorized the organization of a church, and on November 30, 1720, this was done, and Mr. Lord was ordained pastor. The parish was known as North Preston until 18 1 5, when it was incorporated by the name of Griswold ; the ancient church is known, since the organization in 1825, of another Congregational church at Jewett City in the same town, as the First Church of Griswold.
With this church Mr. Lord remained until his death, June 23,* 1761, at the age of 63. The Rev. Benjamin Lord who had preached the sermon at his ordination, also preached at his funeral, and the discourse was published. They sympathized entirely in their approval of the revival measures of 1740.
His tombstone, — in the " Pachaug" burial ground, in Griswold, — bears this record :
"He early devoted himself to the service of God, and being blessed with a kind, benevolent temper, added to a natural modesty of behaviour, was very successful in promoting the pure religion of his Heavenly Master, and having diligently and faithfully discharged his duties, died in peace."
He married, February 9, 1723-4, Sarah Fish, who died December 20, 1733, in her 32d year.
He married secondly, June 2, 1738, Zerviah, youngest daughter of John and Mary (Bingham) Backus, of Scotland, a parish in Windham, Connecticut. She was born August 10, 1709, and died in Griswold, November 14, 1788, according to her tombstone, " in the 79th year of her age."
He left four sons and four daughters, by whom there are numerous descendants. The inventory of his estate amounted to about ;^900.
AUTHORITIES.
Shipman, Hist. Discourse at Jewett City, 6.
Weaver, Hist, of Windham, 61.
*The date given on his tombstone is June 20, which appears to be a mistake his will (on file in Norwich) is dated June 22.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Lord, Kenneth. Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Lord: an Original Proprietor and Founder of Hartford, Conn., in 1636. (New York: The Compiler, 1946)
329-30.
"IV Rev. Hezekiah Lord, b. Saybrook, Conn., Mar. 19, 1698, d June 23, 1761, bur. Pachaug Cemetery, Griswold, Conn. (Yale 1717); … The General Assembly had, on petition from the inhabitants of the northern part of Preston, Conn., in October 1716, divided that town into two parishes and Rev. Lord began to preach in the North Society soon after his preparatory studies were completed. In October 1720, the Assembly authorized the organization of a church, and on November 30, 1720, this was done, and Mr. Lord was ordained pastor. The parish was known as North Preston until 1815, when it was incorporated by the name of Griswold; the ancient church is known, since the organization in 1825 of another Congregational Church at Jewett City in the same town, as the. First Church of Griswold. Dr. Lord remained with this church until his death, June 23, (The date given on his tombstone is June 20, which appears to be a mistake; his will, on file in Norwich, is dated June 22) 1761, at the age of 63. Rev. Benjamin Lord, who had preached the sermon at his ordination, also preached at his funeral, and the discourse was published. They sympathized entirely in their approval of the revival measures of 1740."
- Colonial Collegians: Biographies of Those Who Attended American Colleges before the War for Independence. (Boston, Mass.: Massachusetts Historical Society & New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2005)
Yale:98.
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