Joseph Moss

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• Gravestone: From Find a Grave, 1731, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut. Rev Joseph Moss
Birth: 7 Apr 1679 New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Death: 23 Jan 1731 (aged 51) Derby, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Burial: Old Derby Uptown Burying Ground, Derby, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Memorial #: 19356461
Bio: age 53
1731/2

Rev. Joseph Moss was one of five persons graduating from Yale in 1702 to receive a Masters of Arts degree. He had formerly received a Bachelors of Arts from Harvard in 1699, and was Rector of the Hopkins Grammar School in New Haven thereafter. From 1706 until 1731, he was the settled pastor for the church in Derby. He is thought to have published the first almanac in 1720 in the state of Connecticut.
Inscription: Here lyes interr'd the body of
the Rev'd. Mr. Joseph Moss ye
Faithfull & Affectionate Pastor
of ye flock in this town 25
years, a Learned Man, a good
Christian and well-furnished(?) Divine
Who departed this Life Jan 23d
Anno Dom. 1731/2 Aetatis Suae 53

With Holy ardor of seraphick love He dropt his clay and soared to Christ above.

Family Members
Parents
Joseph Moss 1643-1727
Mary Alling Moss 1643-1716
Spouses
Mary Barker Moss 1671-1714
Dorcas Rosewell Moss 1684-1715
Abigail Russell Cooke 1690-1764
Children
Abigail Moss Kent 1717-1751
Mary Moss White 1721-1746
Dorcas Moss Ingersoll 1725-1811
Created by: Jan Franco (46625834)
Added: 12 May 2007
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19356461/joseph-moss
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19356461/joseph-moss: accessed 29 April 2023), memorial page for Rev Joseph Moss (7 Apr 1679–23 Jan 1731), Find a Grave Memorial ID 19356461, citing Old Derby Uptown Burying Ground, Derby, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by Jan Franco (contributor 46625834).

Joseph married Dorcas Rosewell, daughter of Richard Rosewell and Lydia Towbridge, in 1715 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. (Dorcas Rosewell was born on 21 Dec 1684 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut and died on 2 Sep 1715 in Derby, New Haven, Connecticut.)