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Resting In Peace #3---Show Me The Way LbNA #49026

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Jul 20, 2009
Location:
City:Hebron
County:Tolland
State:Connecticut
Boxes:1
Planted by:The Maple Leafs
Found by: Nairon
Last found:Mar 19, 2022
Status:FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
Last edited:Jul 20, 2009
Cemetery at St. Peter’s Church
Total of 2 boxes

The first settlement of Hebron was commenced in 1704. The first people who made settlement in the town were William Shipman, Timothy Phelps, Samuel Filer, Caleb Jones, Stephen Post, Jacob Root, Samuel Curtiss, Edward Sawyer, Joseph Youngs, and Benoni Trumbull. They were from Windsor, Saybrook, Long Island and Northampton.
Hebron was incorporated as a town in 1707 although the official date was 1708. The Episcopal Church is a Gothic building built of brick. The first minister ordained in this town was the Rev. John Bliss in October of 1717. He declared for Episcopacy in 1734 and having laid the foundation of a society, a house of worship was erected for that denomination the next year.

Directions: Hebron is at the junction of Routes 66 and 85. Take Route 85 South less than a mile and St. Peter’s Episcopal Church is on the right. There is plenty of parking between the church and the parish hall. The cemetery is at the end of the parking lot.

Box #1. Show Me The Way

Enter the cemetery and follow the dirt road until it loops, passing Knapp who is resting on the left. Continue straight to the back wall. Turn right at the wall and walk 12 paces, left foot only, until you see 2 old gravestones. One is Sarah J. Hills and the other is unable to read. Near these stones is a large tree at the wall. Behind this tree is the “The Way” covered be a medium sized flat rock. Please stamp in and re hide well. Thank you.

Box #2. The Way Of The Cross

Re-enter the cemetery, but take the grass/dirt road on the left behind the building, This will turn to the right and will go down the cemetery and connect with the loop from the center of the cemetery. Where this road starts to curve to the right, it also continues straight. Go straight to the end of this road. Look to the left and see a bench stone with the writings of Thoreau on the stone of Caisse. “I’d rather sit alone on a pumpkin and have it all to myself than to be crowded on a velvet cushion.” At this stone, look midway in the stone wall behind a few smaller stones and some leaves and you will find “The Cross.” Please stamp in and re hide well. Thank you.