The Old Burying Ground of Fairfield, Conn.

Date: [unknown] to 1882
Location: Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Surname/tag: Cemetery

Other: Connecticut Sources

Contents 1 The Old Burying Ground of Fairfield, Connecticut 1.1 Available online at these locations: 1.2 Explanations and Abbreviations 1.3 Table of Contents 1.4 Errata 1.5 WikiTree Syntax

The Old Burying Ground of Fairfield, Connecticut

A Memorial of Many of the Early Settlers in Fairfield, and an Exhaustive and Faithful Transcript of the Inscriptions and Epitaphs on the 583 Tombstones Found in the Oldest Burying Ground Now Within the Limits of Fairfield, with Brief Notes and Illustrations of Five Eras of Tombstone Embellishments. Also an account of the "Rebuilding of The Tombs", July 8th, 1881. By Wm. A. Beers

• by Mrs. Kate E. Perry
• published by The American Publishing Company, Hartford, Conn., 1882
• 241 pages
• WikiTree Profiles that use this source

Available online at these locations:

• https://books.google.com/books?id=o5clAAAAMAAJ
• https://books.google.com/books?id=_U0BAAAAYAAJ
• https://archive.org/details/oldburyinggroun01perrgoog
• https://archive.org/details/oldburyinggroun00perrgoog
• https://archive.org/details/oldburyingground00perriala
• https://archive.org/details/oldburyingground00perr
• https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001268291
• https://www.cga.ct.gov/hco/books/Old_Burying_Ground_of_Fairfield.pdf

Explanations and Abbreviations

In the back part of this volume is a full alphabetical index of all the inscriptions contained in the work.

The inscriptions are numbered from the north-easterly corner of the burying ground, proceeding westward. The rows lap so that it is wholly impossible to divide the ground into sections, therefore the numbering of each row begins at the fence by the street.

Many of the stones previous to 1752, contain a double date, if it appears between January 1st and March 25, showing that the change was not universally adopted from O.S. to N.S.

The reliefs at the top of the stones are designated by:

S.B. for Skull and Bones

H.W. for Head and Wings

F.W. for Face and Wings

U.W. for Urns and Willows

U.S. for Urn and Stars

Beneath the inscription the species of stone is indicated by:

W.M. White Marble

B.S. Blue Slate

F.S. Free Stone

C.S. Common Stone

There are five styles which cover the eras of tombstone embellishments:

1. The Common Stone with crude initials. See DXLVI. DXLII.
2. The brief inscription with a beautiful face and wings a skull and wings or skull and cross bones. See CXCIV.
3. Faces and Wings or Monograms with elaborate inscriptions See. XCIX. CLXXX. CCCXVII. CCCLXX.
4. Willows and Urns or Drapery. See CCLXXXIX.
5. The brief inscription. See CCCCXLIII.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• List of Illustrations
• Explanations and Abbreviations
• Inscriptions
• Observances, July 8th, 1881, Page 219-234
• Index, Page 235

Errata

• See Errata, Page 241.
• No other errors in this publication have been identified. When found, please list the problem(s) here, and include a link to a source that describes the problem.

WikiTree Syntax

• <span id='Perry'></span>Perry, Kate E., ''[[Space:The Old Burying Ground of Fairfield, Conn|The Old Burying Ground of Fairfield, Conn.]]'' (American Pub. Co., Hartford, Conn., 1882) [ Page ].
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