Old Colonial Cemetery

The Old Derby Uptown Burying Ground AKA Colonial Cemetery is located near the corner of Derby Avenue & Division Street in Derby, CT.

The oldest stone remaining is of Reverend John Bowers 14 June 1687. There are 241 years between the first and last stones placed in this cemetery. The sign was donated and erected by The Derby Historical Society.

There are question marks were the writing became illegible.

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Kelly (Palifka) Lindsey

• BALDWIN: Anna B. BALDWIN died 8 Feb 1867 age 68
• BALDWIN: C.B.
• BALDWIN: Chauncy BALDWIN died 28 Oct 1827 age 10 or 19 Lucy ? can't read the rest
• BALDWIN: Here lies the body of Mr. James BALDWIN who departed this life ? Aug 1760 in his 57 year of his age
• BALDWIN: In memory of Burr(?) BALDWIN son of Mr. Thaddeus & Mrs. Lydia BALDWIN who died 16 Sept 1794(?)1704 in the 14th year of his age
• BALDWIN: In Memory of Captain Timothy? BALDWIN who departed this life Dec ? 1800 aged ?
• BALDWIN: In memory of Mr. Thaddeus BALDWIN who died 2 Jan 1819 in the 60(? something) year of his age
• BALDWIN: In memory of Mrs. Lydia BALDWIN wife of Mr. Thaddeus BALDWIN who departed this life 10 Dec 1804 in the 51st year of her age
• BALDWIN: In memory of Mrs. Sarah BALDWIN wife of Captain Timothy BALDWIN who departed this life 19 Sept 1794 in the 75th year of her age
• BALDWIN: In memory of Sarah BALDWIN died ?
• BALDWIN: L.B.
• BALDWIN: L.B.
• BALDWIN: L.B.
• BALDWIN: Mr. James BALDWIN
• BALDWIN: S.B.
• BASSET: In memory of Ebenezer BASSET who died 20 May 1760 in the 30 year of his age
• BASSET: In memory of Samuel BASSET a man long employed in Civil & Military Offices which he discharged with great fidelity and having served his generation by the will of God fell on sleep
• BASSET: Mr. Ebenezer BASSET 1760
• BASSET: Samuel BASSET Esq.
• BASSETT: John Glover BASSETT
• BASSETT: Lorania BASSETT
• BEACH: Dr. Warren P. BEACH died 14 Dec 1851 aged 32(?)
• BLAKEMAN / CAMP: Anna CAMP widow of Guy BLAKEMAN died 28 Jan 1872 aged 73 years & 8 months
• BLAKEMAN: Guy BLAKEMAN dies 12 Sept 1863(?)1868(?) Aged 69 years 6 months
• BLAKEMAN: Wm. W. BLAKEMAN 1830 - 1907
• BOWERS: Here lies the body of ? BOWERS died 1/?
• BRADLEY / CLARK: David BRADLEY born 26 Oct 1803 died 28 May 1885, Susan C. CLARK his wife born 11 Mar 1809 died 26 June 1899
• BRADLEY / HOOPER: Fredrick N. BRADLEY born 10 June 1835 died 9 Dec 1918, Louise G. HOOPER his wife born 17 May 1843(or)1848 died 7 Apr 1919
• BRADLEY: D.B.
• BRADLEY: F.C.B.
• BRADLEY: F.N.B.
• BRADLEY: Sarah F. BRADLEY born 7 May 1838 died 3 May 1924 >CASTERLINE / BRADLEY: Maria BRADLEY wife of Horace CASTERLINE died 9 May 1871 age 55
• CLARK / PLATT: Mary Naomi PLATT wife of Jonah CLARK 26 Jan 1812 - 15 Sept 1899
• CLARK: Alphonso Newton died 6 May 1818(?) age 3 yrs & 8 months Susan Christine died 12 Jan 1818 age 6 years 18 months children of Jonah & Hannah J. CLARK
• CLARK: Mr. Edmund CLARK
• COLE(?): In memory of Elizabeth COLE(?) daughter of Mr. John & Mrs. Hannah COLE(?) who died of the small pox 24 May 1795 in the ? year of her age "Ye young and gay attend this speaking stone, think of her fate and tremble at your own"
• CURTISS: F.R.C.
• CURTISS: Francis H. wife of George H. CURTISS died 1 Mar 1865 28 years
• CURTISS: G.F.C.
• CURTISS: H.C.
• CURTISS: L.M.C.
• CURTISS: Lilly M. their daughter died 7 May 1857 at the age of 20 months
• CURTISS: M.B.C.
• EARL: Corinthia B. EARL 1830 - 1898
• FRENCH: Died Sylvia FRENCH ? Of ? FRENCH aged 76 years
• FRENCH: Here lies the body of Mr. Noah FRENCH who departed this life 7 Jan 1781 in the 46th year of his age
• FRENCH: Mr. Noah FRENCH
• FRENCH:? "Some hearthy(?) FRENCH shall drop his tear on our daily bones and say these once were strong as mine appear "
• GILBERT: Phoebe Ann GILBERT wife of John W. HAYES born 18 Feb 1814 died 21 Nov 1876
• GILBERT: Sergeant David GILBERT, Company B1 Regiment Heavy Artillery CV died 29 Sept 1870
• GUNN: Here lies the body of Mrs. Hannah GUNN wife and relice? of Captain Able GUNN who departed this life 24 Jan 1781 in her 66th year of her age
• HIBBARD / ALLING: Jane I. ALLING wife of Charles HIBBARD 1835 - 1858 Jane I., their daughter died 27 Sept 1858 aged 4 months
• HOLBROOK: died 17 Mar 1815 six weeks
• HOLBROOK: Betsey wife of Samuel HOLBROOK died 27 Aug 1799 age 27
• HOLBROOK: Henry Josiah son of ? David & Mrs. Mary HOLBROOK died May 1812, 2 years
• HOLBROOK: Samuel HOLBROOK died 4 Mar 1856 age 86
• HOTCHKISS: H.H.
• HOTCHKISS: S.H.
• HOTCHKISS: Sarah daughter of ? HOTCHKISS ? 21 Apr 1819
• HOTCHKISS: Sarah wife of Willis HOTCHKISS died 1st July 1866 age 85 and 8 months
• HOTCHKISS: W.H.
• HOTCHKISS: Willis HOTCHKISS died 21 Nov 1872 age 81 years 7 months
• HUMPHREY: Daniel HUMPHREY son of John HUMPHREY & Mrs. HUMPHREY who died 3 Apr ?
• JACOBS monument: Eagle, with two heads, on a perch with a cross in the background (writing: spes mea in deo est) On the back; 1883 Monumental Bronze Company Bridgeport, CT
• JACOBS: Alpheus M. JACOBS 19 Dec 1847, 11 Jan 1920
• JACOBS: Charles T. JACOBS 1852 - 1908
• JACOBS: Isabelle JACOBS 1862 - 1913
• JACOBS: Isaac P. JACOBS died 15 Apr 1883 in his 60th year
• JACOBS: Julia A., widow of Isaac P. JACOBS died 29 Apr 1891 aged 66 years
• JACOBS: Leonard JACOBS 25 Aug 1852, 27 Mar 1924
• JACOBS: Sarah, widow of Steven JACOBS died 15 Apr 1883 in her 93rd year
• JOHNSON: "Ye young ye gay attend this speaking stone think on his fate " (rest is buried in ground)
• JOHNSON: ?children of Henry & Amanda JOHNSON
• JOHNSON: Amos Hawkins son of Mr. Isaac & Mrs. Lois JOHNSON died 26 Sept 1772 aged 18 months "This peaceful babe that lies beneath in charity we must believe died " (rest is buried)
• JOHNSON: Isaac JOHNSON the 3rd son of Isaac & Lois JOHNSON who died 3 July 1777 age 2 years
• JOHNSON: Isaac son of Mr. Isaac & Mrs. Lois JOHNSON who died 4 Dec 1774 aged 5 years 5 months 2 days.
• KELLER / LEIBERUM: William KELLER died 6 Mar 1898 aged 72 years Meria >LEIBERUM his wife died 8 Nov 1896 aged 66 years
• LaRUE: George M. LA RUE died 1st May 1862(?) Aged 22 years
• LINES: John J. LINES died 2 Apr 1860 age 42(? maybe 12?)
• MILLER: John MILLER born 1817 died 1876
• MILLER: Louise wife of John MILLER died 23 Feb 1858 age 26
• MORSE / THIPPENY: Harriet A. THIPPENY wife of Samuel MORSE dies 14(?) Mar 1880 aged 20(?something)
• MORSE / THOMPSON: Charity THOMPSON wife of Orville C. MORSE died 1 Nov 1893 aged 96 years
• MORSE / ZIMMERMAN: Mary A. ZIMMERMAN wife of Samuel MORSE dies 28 Mar 1859 aged ?
• MORSE: Charles T. MORSE died 22 Mar 1917 aged 90 years
• MORSE: Orville Curtiss MORSE died 3(or)8 Apr 1865(or)1860 aged 60(?something)
• MORSE: Samuel MORSE died 17 July 1889 aged 65 years
• MORSE: Sarah J. MORSE dies 13 Dec 1922 age 94 years
• NEWCOMB: Betsey wife of Silas NEWCOMB died 20 May 1819 age 65 years
• NEWCOMB: Silas NEWCOMB died 1825 aged 39(?) Years
• PEASE: Mrs. Betsey PEASE
• PEASE: Sarah wife of Isaac PEASE died 3 Jan 1830 aged 48
• PRINDLE: 3 small stones: father, mother, Charles
• PRINDLE: Charles PRINDLE died 11 Jan 1847 age 23
• PRINDLE:? Wm. N. PRINDLE died 16 Oct 1843 age 44, Betsey A. his wife died /1867 age 68
• PROCTOR / FASH: Maria FASH wife of Samuel PROCTOR died 21 Sept 1855 age 57 years
• PROCTOR: John B. PROCTOR drowned 20 Dec 1844 aged 9 years
• PROCTOR: John PROCTOR drowned 13 Sept 1828 aged 8 years
• PROCTOR: Samuel PROCTOR died 15 June 1867 age 79 years
• RIGGS: Here lies the body of Captain Joseph RIGGS who departed this life 31 Mar 1792 in the 83rd year of his age
• RIGGS: Here lies the body of John RIGGS Esq. who departed this life 24 Sept 1755 in the 80th year of his age
• RIGGS: Here lies the body of Samuel RIGGS son of Captain Joseph & Mrs. Mabel Riggs who departed this life 21 Sept 1766 in the 16th year of his age. "Job 29: The eye also which saw him shall see him no more neither shall this place anymore behold him"
• RIGGS: In memory of Elizabeth wife of John RIGGS died 17 Apr 1747, 71 years
• SHERWOOD: Priscilla SHERWOOD dies 31 Oct 1851 age 61 years
• SHUNK: Cordilla SHUNK 1832 to 1904
• SHUNK: Eva SHUNK 1813 - 1894
• SMITH / GILBERT: Thomas SMITH die 10 Jan 1851... (?can't read?) Children of Thos(?) S. & Mary J. GILBERT
• SMITH: Here lies the body of Mr. John SMITH who departed this life 5/31 anno dom 1749 my 75 year of his age
• SMITH: In memory of ? SMITH (buried)
• SMITH: James SMITH died 10/21/1817 age 80
• SMITH: John French SMITH son of Mr. Abraham & Mrs. Sarah SMITH who departed this life 20 Apr 1781 age 19 years
• SMITH: Sally wife of Isaac SMITH died 3 Sept 1865 aged 83 years
• SPERRY: Eunice Jane wife of W.P. SPERRY 24 Jan 1821 died 29 Sept 1854
• SPERRY: Walter T. died 8 Nov 1849 aged 2 weeks
• SPERRY: Willis H. died 10 Oct 1854 aged 8 weeks
• SPERRY: Willis P. SPERRY born 10 Feb 1817 died 17 Apr 1894
• STREMMELL / SPERRY: Alice J. SPERRY wife of George F. STREMMELL of Newark, NJ born 31 May 1847 died 18 May 1873
• STREMMELL: George W. their infant son died 28 June 1873 (or 1878) 7 weeks
• TIBBELS: here lies the body of John TIBBELS ?
• TOMLINSON / BASSETT: and daughter of Samuel BASSETT Esq. Who departed this life 9(?) Sept 1706 in the 71st year
• TOMLINSON / BASSETT: In memory of Mrs. Deborah TOMLINSON comfort? of Captain John TOMLINSON
• TOMLINSON / BASSETT: of her age. "She lived beyond and died lamented (unreadable)...her acquaintance"
• TOMLINSON: Deborah TOMLINSON
• TOMLINSON: In memory of ? TOMLINSON who dies 28 ? 1828 aged 77 years TOMLINSON: In memory of Captain John TOMLINSON who died 18 Nov 1817 aged 92 years
• TOMLINSON: J.T.
• TRUMAN: Died 29 Nov, 1860 3(?) yrs & 10 months
• U.S.D. monument: Commander of the Frigate Constitution Capturing the Guerriere 19 Aug 1812.
• U.S.D. monument: U.S.D. 1812 - Anchor with five pointed star over it
• U.S.D. monument: United Stated Daughters 1812 State of Connecticut in honor of Isaac HULL born in Derby 17 Mar 1773
• Unknown: ? Died age 34 (broken)
• Unknown: A.S.
• Unknown: D.E.
• Unknown: F.S.
• Unknown: J.E.
• Unknown: P.E.
• Unknown: Rebecca died 9/8/18? 81 years
• Unknown: S.M.B.
• Unknown: T.S.
• Unknown: Theodore ? Died ? 28, 1861
• Unknown: wife of ? Died 21 Nov 1844 age 30
• WOOSTER: Here lies the body of Mrs. Phoebe WOOSTER relief of Thomas WOOSTER who died Mar 1739 age 80 (?something)
• WOOSTER: In memory of Edward WOOSTER born 1622 - 1689 the first permanent settler in Derby 1651
• WOOSTER: Miss Alice WOOSTER
• WOOSTER: Mrs. Alice WOOSTER wife of Mr. Samuel WOOSTER departed life 8 Aug 1774 in her 89th year
• WOOSTER: Mrs. Phoebe WOOSTER
• WRIGLEY: Richard Ernest WRIGLEY died 18 Jan 1883 aged 8(?) Years