Resting Places V: Memento Mori Burying Ground LbNA #43415 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Sep 14, 2008 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Farmington |
| County: | Hartford |
| State: | Connecticut |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | Tyler, Emily & Mom  |
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| Found by: | pawca |
| Last found: | Sep 5, 2010 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFaaaa |
| Last edited: | Sep 14, 2008 |
INFORMATION: Memento Mori Burying Ground is a fragile and historical piece of Farmington. The markers are relics and have great artistic value. Several stones have been restored with great care and expense. Please be respectful of the property. Do not make any marker rubbings. My clues below do not even scrape the surface of the information that rests in this burying ground. Please read the markers of these folks to learn of their historical significance.
DIRECTIONS: Heading EAST on Rte 10 into Farmington, the Burying Ground will be on your RIGHT just before the Church of Saint Patrick. There is a Large gate in front. There is not any parking available. Please park your car at the church and walk back. If you pass Miss Porter's, you have gone a bit too far East.
CLUES: Enter the gate and walk straight up the slight hill to the grave of "Doc. Thomas Mather (1766)" You gotta love this stone.
Continue to vere to the LEFT towards the East fence and the trees. Stop to see Capt. John Newell (1777) He has 2 flags.
Continue along the EAST fence, about 12 feet into the burying ground. Do you see the large oblisk for John Lee (1690)? Pay some respect to Thomas Upson (1655) at his memorial.
Just behind Upson & Lee, Stephen Hart (1689) got a new stone. Very interesting!
Behind Mr. Hart, you will find several stones for the Strong family. Apparently these folks "dyed" rather than "died." Beyond interesting! My 7 yr-old got a little English lesson from that one.
From the Strongs, continue closer to the EAST fence and check out the tiny stones all lined up along the back of the East fence and the South fence. These tiny stones are so close together, I am not sure how that works? How do the bodies fit? (Am I too practical, or just too ignorant?)
When you make your way to the back of the burying ground, check out the black walnut trees hovering over all those tiny stones... and depending on the time of year, all the nuts on the ground. Excellent project for kids!!! Here is the link to growing Black Walnut Trees: http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/naturalresources/DD0505.html
NOW FOR THE BOX: Continue around the fence line, clockwise. When you are about half way up the WEST fence, look for a two sister tree with only a stump of a sister remaining. These sisters are directly next to the fence. In the crack between the sister and her stump, under a rock or two, rests Box V.
Thanks for following our trail! I hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!
DIRECTIONS: Heading EAST on Rte 10 into Farmington, the Burying Ground will be on your RIGHT just before the Church of Saint Patrick. There is a Large gate in front. There is not any parking available. Please park your car at the church and walk back. If you pass Miss Porter's, you have gone a bit too far East.
CLUES: Enter the gate and walk straight up the slight hill to the grave of "Doc. Thomas Mather (1766)" You gotta love this stone.
Continue to vere to the LEFT towards the East fence and the trees. Stop to see Capt. John Newell (1777) He has 2 flags.
Continue along the EAST fence, about 12 feet into the burying ground. Do you see the large oblisk for John Lee (1690)? Pay some respect to Thomas Upson (1655) at his memorial.
Just behind Upson & Lee, Stephen Hart (1689) got a new stone. Very interesting!
Behind Mr. Hart, you will find several stones for the Strong family. Apparently these folks "dyed" rather than "died." Beyond interesting! My 7 yr-old got a little English lesson from that one.
From the Strongs, continue closer to the EAST fence and check out the tiny stones all lined up along the back of the East fence and the South fence. These tiny stones are so close together, I am not sure how that works? How do the bodies fit? (Am I too practical, or just too ignorant?)
When you make your way to the back of the burying ground, check out the black walnut trees hovering over all those tiny stones... and depending on the time of year, all the nuts on the ground. Excellent project for kids!!! Here is the link to growing Black Walnut Trees: http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/naturalresources/DD0505.html
NOW FOR THE BOX: Continue around the fence line, clockwise. When you are about half way up the WEST fence, look for a two sister tree with only a stump of a sister remaining. These sisters are directly next to the fence. In the crack between the sister and her stump, under a rock or two, rests Box V.
Thanks for following our trail! I hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!