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 ID 19356461 Photos by David Malloy

Biography

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.

Parents
Joseph Moss 1643–1727
Mary Alling Moss 1643–1716

Spouses
Mary Barker Moss 1671–1714 (m. 1701)
Dorcas Rosewell Moss 1684–1715 (m. 1715)
Abigail Russell Cooke 1690–1764 (m. 1716)

Children
Abigail Moss Kent 1717–1751
Mary Moss White 1721–1746
Dorcas Moss Ingersoll 1725–1811

References

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19356461/joseph-moss