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Eleazer
WHEELOCK
Born
22 April 1711
,
Windham, Crown Colony of Connecticut
Died
24 April 1779
,
Hanover, Crown Colony of New Hampshire
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Birth — 171122 April 1711
Windham, Crown Colony of Connecticut
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In Memoriam
ELEAZARI WHEELOCK
Divinitatis Doctoris
Academiae Morensis
et Collegii Dartmuthensis
Fundatoris et Praesidis primi
Evangelium inter Aborigines Americanes
Promulgavit et lucem inter Christianes
fudit. MDCCX natus. MDCCLXXIX o[biit]
Sacred to the memory
of Eleazar Wheelock
Doctor in Divinity
Founder and first President
of Moor's School and Dartmouth College
He published the Gospel among the Hea-
then, and spread light among Christians.
He was born in the year 1710, and died 1779.
Dartmouth College Cemetery Hanover Grafton County New Hampshire, USA
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Death — 177924 April 1779
Hanover, Crown Colony of New Hampshire
He died at the age of 68.
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Dartmouth College Cemetery Hanover Grafton County New Hampshire, USA
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The name Connecticut originates from the Algonquian word 'Quinnehtukqut' (beside the long tidal river). (statesymbolsusa.org)Prior to 1638 - Connecticut, New England
1638 - 1662 - New Haven Colony
1662 - 1687 - Connecticut Colony
1688 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1787 - Crown Colony of Connecticut
January 5, 1788 - Connecticut becomes 5th U.S. state
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