Pine Island Cemetery (formerly Over River Burying Ground) is a historical
cemetery
A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a bu ...
in
Norwalk,
Connecticut
Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the ...
. It is the second oldest cemetery in Norwalk.
Norwalk Museum
/ref> The cemetery is located behind Lockwood–Mathews Mansion
The Lockwood–Mathews Mansion is a Second Empire style country house in Norwalk, Connecticut. Now a museum, it was built in 1864-68 for railroad and banking magnate LeGrand Lockwood. The 62-room mansion was listed on the National Register o ...
on Crescent Street.
The Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism added the cemetery to the state Register of Historic Places in May 2010.[The Hour](_blank)
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On December 16, 1708 the town council granted this piece of land for a burying place.John Benedict
John Benedict (February 6, 1649 – November 11, 1729) was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk, Connecticut Colony in the sessions of May 1722 and May 1725.
He was born in 1649, in Southold, Long Island which w ...
, Zerubabell Hoyt and Thomas Betts
Thomas Betts (June 3, 1650 – between September 5 and December 24, 1717) was a deputy of the General Assembly of the Colony of Connecticut from Norwalk in the sessions of May 1692, and October 1694, and a member of the Connecticut House of R ...
were appointed to select the location.[The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk](_blank)
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Notable burials
* Samuel Kellogg (1673–1757), member of the Connecticut House of Representatives
* John Bartlett (1677–1761), member of the Connecticut House of Representatives
* James Lockwood (1683–1769), member of the Connecticut House of Representatives
See also
* East Norwalk Historical Cemetery
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Established in , the East Norwalk Historical Cemetery is Norwalk's oldest cemetery, and many of the area's first settlers are buried there. The cemetery is owned and maintained by the Third Taxing District, formally known as the East Nor ...
* Mill Hill Historic Park
Mill Hill Historic Park in Norwalk, Connecticut, is a living history museum composed of three buildings: the circa 1740 Governor Thomas Fitch IV "law office", the Downtown District Schoolhouse, and the 1835 Norwalk Town Hall; as well as a hist ...
* History of Norwalk, Connecticut
The history of Norwalk, Connecticut ranges from pre-contact cultures and Native Americans to the 21st century.
Population
Pre-Contact
During an era when Native Americans had discovered the New World, Native Americans had unquestionably i ...
References
External links
* {{Find a Grave cemetery, 1974191
Pine Island Transcribers Notes
Pine Island Cemetery – Listing A-H
Pine Island Cemetery – Listing I-O
Pine Island Cemetery – Listing P-Z
Cemeteries in Fairfield County, Connecticut
History of Norwalk, Connecticut
1708 establishments in Connecticut