The Wethersfield Ancient Burying Ground and Village Cemetery are located in the center of the Old Wethersfield on Marsh Street. Within the confines of the burying ground are clues to the town’s past waiting to be discovered. Many Americans can trace roots back to the small town of Wethersfield and have ancestors that are buried here.
Wethersfield Village Cemetery is located nearly in the center of the present village of Wethersfield, and directly in the rear of the old First Church edifice. Here, near the little log church, the fathers of the town were laid to rest, and to-day (in 1899) this cemetery, with its subsequent enlargements, is the only one in the present township.
December 27, 1680, "it was voted and agreed that Emanuel Buck shall dig all graves and he is to have foure shillings a pece for growne persons and thre shillings a pece for all others."
The earliest stone extant is that of Leonard Chester, who died in 1648, although there were several burials previous to his. But two other stones erected prior to 1700 remain to-day (by 1899), those of Captain John Chester, who died February 23, 1697, and Mrs. Sarah Chester, who died December 12, 1698."
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For more specific questions or concerns regarding the event at Village Cemetery please contact David Kelly at dpkelly36@yahoo.com.