Ye Burying Yard

Ye Burying Yard (HMLJH)

Location: Ridgefield, CT 06877 Fairfield County
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N 41° 16.089', W 73° 29.607'

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Ye Burying
Yard
Ridgefield's
Oldest Cemetery
Restored 1988
maintained by
The Caudatowa Garden Club
&
Parks & Recreation Dept.

The Burying Yard contains a monument listing 40 people who were buried in this cemetery between 1708 and about 1760. No original stones still stand.
Inscribed on the stone monument in the Burying Yard:
Ye burying Yard. Lay'd out ye Nov. 25. 1708
by the first Settlers of the Town of Ridgefield.
Samuel Keeler · Sarah Keeler · Annie Benedict · Uzziell Hyatt · John Sturdevant · Ruth Keeler · Rebecka Sherwood · Thankfull Burt · Richard Osburn · Sarah Osburn · Abigail Saintjohn · Sarah Smith · Abigail Wood · Daniel Whittamore · Hannah Keeler · Daniel Olmstead · Elisabeth Northrup · Nathan Smith · James Bennett · Henry Whitne · John Osburn · Abraham Whitlock · William Ventrum · Jonathan Rockwell · Abigail Rockwell · Sarah Saintjohn · Mary Smith · John Nichols · Mary Cates · William Northrup · Abigail Lowder · Mary Rockwell · Rebeckah Rockwell · James Osburn · Mary Rockwell · Jeremiah Benedict · Capt. Matthew Benedict · John Benedict
An Unknown British Soldier Killed At The Battle Of Ridgefield
Erected by the Village Improvement Committee
In the Year 1931
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HM NumberHMLJH
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Placed ByThe Caudatowa Garden Club and Ridgefield Parks & Recreation Dept
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Tuesday, September 30th, 2014 at 9:10am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 626190 N 4569619
Decimal Degrees41.26815000, -73.49345000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 41° 16.089', W 73° 29.607'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds41° 16' 5.34" N, 73° 29' 36.42" W
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Area Code(s)203
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 347-365 E Wilton Rd, Ridgefield CT 06877, US
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