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Margaret Mansfield Arnold Grave

Center Church, 311 Temple St, New Haven, CT
http://newhavencenterchurch.org/crypt.html

This church, the fourth on the site, was built over a portion of the old graveyard which surrounded its predecessor.

Margaret Mansfield, Benedict Arnold's first wife, lies in what became the crypt of the church. She had been buried in the graveyard of the third meeting house.

Margaret died while Arnold was away on the Fort Ticonderoga campaign. They had married in the third meeting house on February 22, 1767.
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Drawing of the earlier meetinghouse as it looked in Arnold's time. Note the graveyard surrounding it.
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Drawing of the earlier meetinghouse as it looked in Arnold's time. Note the graveyard surrounding it.

  • Postcard view of the present church
  • Drawing of the earlier meetinghouse as it looked in Arnold's time. Note the graveyard surrounding it.
  • In the church lobby is a list of burials in the church crypt. Note the sixth entry.
  • Postcard view of the crypt
  • Margaret Mansfield Arnold's gravestone, in the crypt. The flash washed out this photo so you can't read the script.  Scroll on for better ones!
  • Drawing of the face of the gravestone
  • Better shot of the stone found on the web
  • Another good shot found on the web
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