Taunton Cemetery

Newtown, Connecticut

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Taunton Cemetery, located on Taunton Lake Road in Newtown, Connecticut, has burials dating to the late 1700s. It is a small cemetery, with the majority of the monuments dating from the 1800s.

Estimated number of interments, as of January 2024: at least 292.

Photos were taken 25 August 2019.

View of Taunton Cemetery from the entrance.

One of the oldest stones in the cemetery:

"In Memory of Mrs. Jerusha Baldwin

Relict to Caleb Baldwin Esq.

who departed this Life July 15th, 1788

in the 66 Year of her Age."

A trio of older stones from the 1830s and 1840s.

Memorial for George B. Andrews, born March 23, 1888, died September 16, 1888.

"Emma Irene Fairchild

Born Jan. 1, 1881

Died Aug. 3, 1881

Dying is but going home.

Our baby."

"Althea Ruth Miller,

Born Sept. 7. 1903,

Died Apr. 11, 1904,

Age 7 mos., 4 days.

We trust our loss will be her gain,

And with Christ she's gone to reign."

"Eugene Preston Miller

Born Mar. 6, 1906,

Died Jan. 19, 1907,

Age 10 mos., 14 days.

No pain, no grief, no anxious fear

Can reach our loved ones sleeping here."

View from across Taunton Lake Road.