Ancient Burying Ground
Also known as Center Church Graveyard
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
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- 41.76486
-72.67442 - Total memorials added:
- 2,413
- Memorials with GPS:
- 237
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- Added: 22 Jul 2001
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 640502
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THE APPROACH
TO
HARTFORD'S ANCIENT BURYING GROUND,
WHICH WAS SET APART IN 1640 AND
CONTAINS THE GRAVES OF THOMAS HOOKER
AND THE OTHER FOUNDERS OF HARTFORD
WAS COMPLETED IN 1952 BY THE GENEROSITY OF
EDWARD M. DAY
AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE FIRST
CHURCH OF CHRIST AND THE CITIZENS OF
HARTFORD, WHO BELIEVED THAT THE
FAITH AND COURAGE OF THOSE WHO
FOUNDED THIS CITY WOULD ENDURE
THE BETTER IN SURROUNDINGS WHICH
ADD TO THE BEAUTY OF THEIR LAST
RESTING PLACE AND TO THE CITY
THEY LOVED.
The Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford
A.D. 1986
to Commemorate the 350th Anniversary of the City
this stone replaces the original sandstone monument of 1837
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