Fort Hill Legacy LbNA #50491
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Sep 21, 2009 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Mystic |
| County: | New London |
| State: | Connecticut |
| Boxes: | 2 |
| Planted by: | Maire's Facets  |
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| Found by: | Bernard (2) |
| Last found: | Sep 7, 2020 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF |
| Last edited: | Sep 21, 2009 |
This is a two box series. The first one, located in the Mystic part of Groton off Route 27, and the second, on Route 1 in Groton.
Box #1 Quash Williams: Locate the Whitehall Cemetery behind the True Value store on Hendel St and Whitehall (Route 27) in Mystic at Exit 90 off I95. It is on the southbound side of I95.
I love cemeteries. They are such a wealth of information about the communities we live in. I stumbled across this cemetery one day when I was looking for a certain house. My job as a visiting nurse brings me to lots of different places. I have lived in Mystic for quite a while and was surprised I didn't know this was here. So, out I got and looked around. Buried here are people from the 1660's to the 1990's. The oldest section is the southeastern corner. You will find Robert Parke who was born in the 1580's and died in 1664. He was the secretary to Gov. John Winthrop. You will also find many Gallups buried here as well. Also buried here is Quash Williams,a slave born in 1782. When he was 24, he became a Christian during a revival and joined the 2nd Baptist Church of Fort Hill, Groton. With the assistance of his Pastor, Silas Burrows, Quash was emancipated at the age of 28 from his master, John Williams. Although it is said the only education he received was in carrying his master's children to school, Quash became a Bible scholar who was much sought after regarding church matters and became invaluable in assisting Pastor Burrows. He was noted to be a very humble man. His motto was: "Walk as well as talk". He death was so greatly mourned and his memory so strong in the community, this memorial stone was raised to honor him and his wife Hannah in 1867.
From Quash's memorial stone turn northwest and walk to the corner but don't enter the scary place. From the southeast corner of this stone cave count 14 paces. Stop and turn north. Spot a 5 sister tree on the opposite side of the stone wall. Hidden behind some stones will be your box. Stamp in and rehide well. Then return to your car and follow Route 27 south to Route 1 south.
Box #2 Fort Hill: Follow Route 1 south over the Basque Bridge through Mystic and past 2 traffic lights. You will follow approx 1 mile. As you begin to climb a hill, you will need to watch carefully for Affeldt Drive coming up on your right and immediately after, on your left, is a water tower with a drive way leading up to it. (If you come to a third traffic light you have gone too far.) Pull into this driveway and park over on the left. Walk to the paved walkway and head right, keeping the stone wall on your left. Walk over to the next stone wall in front of you with the steps in front of it. Have you ever driven by here and wondered what this was. Walk up the steps and then down the steps. Here lies buried Pastors Silas Burrows and his son Pastor Roswell Burrows. This is the cemetery for the 2nd Baptist Church which was situated here, on Fort Hill. On this site, predating the church, in the 1600's, was the fort of Sassacus, Sachem of the Pequots. Along with the two other Pequot forts, one where Fort Giswold now stands, and one on Godfrey Street and Pequot Ave, in Mystic, it was destroyed in the Pequot War by John Mason. Pastor Silas Burrows was responsible for Quash Williams emancipation. Previous to that, many years earlier, he left his home, here on Fort Hill, to find his two younger brothers, victims of the battle of Fort Griswold. He stayed and treated the wounded and prayed for the dying of that battle of the American Revolution in 1781. Because of his compassion for all those in his community, who suffered during that time, he was much respected. His son Roswell also pastored the 2nd Baptist Church for may years as well. Walk to the plaque in front of the house to the left of the cemetery and read about these events from 200-300 years ago. To find your 2nd box, return to the black paved walkway. Stand parallel to the stone wall and count 8 steps and look right behind some loose stones. Please stamp and rehide well. This walkway is visited often and the box must be hidden from view. I hope you enjoyed this view of times gone by. FYI - Only about 5% of Connecticut had trees covering it in the 1600 and 1700's. They had a great view of Long Island sound from here. The red house further up, at the intersection of Route 1, Fort Hill Road, and Groton Long Point Road was owned by the Burrows family and the 2nd Baptist Church.
Box #1 Quash Williams: Locate the Whitehall Cemetery behind the True Value store on Hendel St and Whitehall (Route 27) in Mystic at Exit 90 off I95. It is on the southbound side of I95.
I love cemeteries. They are such a wealth of information about the communities we live in. I stumbled across this cemetery one day when I was looking for a certain house. My job as a visiting nurse brings me to lots of different places. I have lived in Mystic for quite a while and was surprised I didn't know this was here. So, out I got and looked around. Buried here are people from the 1660's to the 1990's. The oldest section is the southeastern corner. You will find Robert Parke who was born in the 1580's and died in 1664. He was the secretary to Gov. John Winthrop. You will also find many Gallups buried here as well. Also buried here is Quash Williams,a slave born in 1782. When he was 24, he became a Christian during a revival and joined the 2nd Baptist Church of Fort Hill, Groton. With the assistance of his Pastor, Silas Burrows, Quash was emancipated at the age of 28 from his master, John Williams. Although it is said the only education he received was in carrying his master's children to school, Quash became a Bible scholar who was much sought after regarding church matters and became invaluable in assisting Pastor Burrows. He was noted to be a very humble man. His motto was: "Walk as well as talk". He death was so greatly mourned and his memory so strong in the community, this memorial stone was raised to honor him and his wife Hannah in 1867.
From Quash's memorial stone turn northwest and walk to the corner but don't enter the scary place. From the southeast corner of this stone cave count 14 paces. Stop and turn north. Spot a 5 sister tree on the opposite side of the stone wall. Hidden behind some stones will be your box. Stamp in and rehide well. Then return to your car and follow Route 27 south to Route 1 south.
Box #2 Fort Hill: Follow Route 1 south over the Basque Bridge through Mystic and past 2 traffic lights. You will follow approx 1 mile. As you begin to climb a hill, you will need to watch carefully for Affeldt Drive coming up on your right and immediately after, on your left, is a water tower with a drive way leading up to it. (If you come to a third traffic light you have gone too far.) Pull into this driveway and park over on the left. Walk to the paved walkway and head right, keeping the stone wall on your left. Walk over to the next stone wall in front of you with the steps in front of it. Have you ever driven by here and wondered what this was. Walk up the steps and then down the steps. Here lies buried Pastors Silas Burrows and his son Pastor Roswell Burrows. This is the cemetery for the 2nd Baptist Church which was situated here, on Fort Hill. On this site, predating the church, in the 1600's, was the fort of Sassacus, Sachem of the Pequots. Along with the two other Pequot forts, one where Fort Giswold now stands, and one on Godfrey Street and Pequot Ave, in Mystic, it was destroyed in the Pequot War by John Mason. Pastor Silas Burrows was responsible for Quash Williams emancipation. Previous to that, many years earlier, he left his home, here on Fort Hill, to find his two younger brothers, victims of the battle of Fort Griswold. He stayed and treated the wounded and prayed for the dying of that battle of the American Revolution in 1781. Because of his compassion for all those in his community, who suffered during that time, he was much respected. His son Roswell also pastored the 2nd Baptist Church for may years as well. Walk to the plaque in front of the house to the left of the cemetery and read about these events from 200-300 years ago. To find your 2nd box, return to the black paved walkway. Stand parallel to the stone wall and count 8 steps and look right behind some loose stones. Please stamp and rehide well. This walkway is visited often and the box must be hidden from view. I hope you enjoyed this view of times gone by. FYI - Only about 5% of Connecticut had trees covering it in the 1600 and 1700's. They had a great view of Long Island sound from here. The red house further up, at the intersection of Route 1, Fort Hill Road, and Groton Long Point Road was owned by the Burrows family and the 2nd Baptist Church.