This project is for those who were born, lived or died in New Haven County, Connecticut. Wikipedia Following the process of unification of New Haven Colony with Connecticut Colony in 1664–65, cohesion could be improved. New Haven County was constituted by an act of the Connecticut General Court on May 10, 1666, along with Hartford County, Fairfield County, and New London County. The act estab...
Rosemary Hall=Choate Rosemary Hall (often known as Choate; /tʃoʊt/) is a highly selective, private, college-preparatory, boarding school located in Wallingford, Connecticut. Its history, academic influence, and reputation make it one of the leading schools in the United States.It took its present name and coeducational system with the merger in 1971 of two single-sex establishments, The Choate ...
This cemetery is located off of Fort Hill Avenue in the Waterville section of Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut. It was established in 1832 and was formerly known as Waterville Cemetery and is so listed on the Hale Index #9. Find a Grave
Consecrated in 1895, Calvary Cemetery was established as a Roman Catholic burial site. Located on 80 acres, Calvary Cemetery’s rich history, beautiful rolling hills, and panoramic view of the city of Waterbury have made it the premier burial grounds for Catholics and their families for over 100 years. With over 100,000 Catholics interred, Calvary today offers entombment in one of our two commu...
Wikipedia Southern Connecticut State University (alternately SCSU or Southern) is one of four state universities in Connecticut, and is located in the West Rock neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1893, it is the third-oldest campus in the Connecticut State University System. SCSU is part of the Connecticut State University System. Its sister schools are Central Connecticut Stat...
The park was established in 1929 and is located on 90 Pine Rock Avenue, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut. Official Website Find a Grave
Grove Street Cemetery,New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, 06533 USA:
This project is for those buried in Leetes Island Cemetery, Guilford, Connecticut. The cemetery is located well back from the road on the east side of Moose Hill Road. Find a Grave
Library Park Cemetery, Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA: Find a Grave Grand Street Cemetery was abandoned in 1891 to make way for the public library. A few of the old stones are set in front of the retaining wall on Meadow Street. This is all that is left to indicate a burial ground was here.The following are excerpts from Ancient Burying-Grounds of the Town of Waterbury Connecticu...
Center Church on the Green Churchyard, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA: Find a Grave Now a National Historic Landmark, Center Church on the Green is situated right on the New Haven Green. It is the oldest church in New Haven, founded in 1638, and was previously known as First Congregational Church. The present building dates from 1814 and was built over part of the burying gro...
This cemetery is located on Boston Post Road and the corner Janna's Lane in Madison, New Haven County, Connecticut. The cemetery’s first gravestone, erected in 1688, marked the burial site of six-year-old Samuel French. Find a Grave Cemetery History Billion Graves
Wikipedia Quinnipiac University /ˈkwɪnᵻpiːæk/ is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational university located in Hamden, Connecticut, United States at the foot of Sleeping Giant State Park. The university grants undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees through its College of Arts and Sciences; School of Business and Engineering; School of Communications; School of Health Sciences; School ...
The first settlers of Guilford, Connecticut came to America as passengers on the Saint John. The company of settlers on the Saint John was led by the Reverend Henry Whitfield , who had been the rector of St. Margaret's at Ockley in Surrey since 1616.They sailed from England on 20 May 1639 under the command of a Captain Richard Russell, and arrived at New Haven (then Quinnipac), Connecticut, bet...
Walnut Grove Cemetery and the Meriden Cemetery Association have been providing services in the surrounding communities of central Connecticut for over one hundred and twenty–five years. Originally farmland in the 1800′s, the one hundred and thirty–eight acres of cemetery grounds were designed to reflect the pastoral and serene setting of rolling hills and woodlands. Tree–lined roadways meander...
Milford Cemetery (the original and most historic parcel) is located on Gulf Street with an additional entrance on Cherry Street. This cemetery dates back into the early to mid-1600’s. The different types of headstones here reflect the customs, beliefs and lifestyles of those interred. The material that these headstones and or markers are made of consist of brown stone, sandstone, slate, marble ...
Division of LandThe schedule, though prepared before April, 1841, is found in the record-book amid the records of 1643. The schedule furnishes important aid in determining who were proprietors of the town in the first years of its history.While the division of lands was in progress, the name of the plantation was changed, by order of a general court held on the first day of September, 1640, fro...