Duck River Cemetery

Duck River Cemetery

Coordinates: 41°18′40″N 72°19′39″W / 41.3110°N 72.3276°W / 41.3110; -72.3276

The Old Lyme Cemetery, also known as the Duck River Cemetery is the town burying ground of Old Lyme, Connecticut. [1] The oldest surviving grave marker dates from 1676. [2] A tidal stream known as the Duck River and a salt marsh bisect the burying ground.

Notable Burials

References

  1. ^ Slater, James A. The Colonial Burying Grounds of Eastern Connecticut and the Men Who Made Them. Memoirs of the Connecticut Academy of Arts & Sciences, vol. 21. Hamden, Connecticut: Archon Books, 1987.
  2. ^ Old Lyme Historical Society, Duck River Cemetery 1676 - 1735, www.olhsi.org/documents/duck_river_cemetery1676-1735.pdf

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