Place:Old Eastbury Cemetery, Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Usage Notes

OLD EASTBURY BURYING GROUND

IN 1730, THIRTY GLASTONBURY FAMILIES PETITIONED THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR PERMISSION TO ESTABLISH A SEPARATE CHURCH SOCIETY. THE ORIGINAL MEETING HOUSE STOOD ACROSS THE STREET UNTIL ITS REMOVAL IN 1820. BURIALS WERE MADE HERE UNTIL THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD.

Historical Marker

Cemetery View

Old Eastbury Cemetery is located at 975 Manchester Road, Glastonbury, Connecticut on the West side of highway 83 south of highway 94. The entrance is across the road from 968 Manchester Rd. The cemetery is located behind a row of tree. There is room to park along the highway.

Inventory done in 1987 by Frederick and Jessica Sawyer - "Eastbury Cemetery, An Outdoor Museum." See this at Welles-Turner Library in Glastonbury, CT;Call No. 917.462.SAW

Resources

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