Flat Swamp Cemetery No. 1

Newtown, Connecticut

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Flat Swamp sign

Flat Swamp Cemetery No. 1 is located down and across the street from Flat Swamp Cemetery No. 2 on Cemetery Road in Newtown (near the neighborhood of Dodgingtown), Connecticut. It was established in 1812. Blink and you'll miss it. It is not easily accessible, especially in the warmer months. It is a bit of a walk through the woods, and the entire burial ground is overgrown; I couldn't get very close to any of the stones. Most are illegible.

Estimated number of interments, as of January 2024: at least 68.

Photos were taken 15 September 2019 and 7 March 2020.

Several views of Flat Swamp Cemetery No. 1.

Flat Swamp Cemetery view

Flat Swamp Cemetery view

Flat Swamp Cemetery view

Flat Swamp Cemetery view

Hezekiah Beers

One of the few legible stones:

Hezekiah H. Beers

Died July 11, 1861

AE. 55 y'rs 10 mo's & 9 days.

Henry & Mariett Barnum

Children

Henry

Died Nov. 8, 1854

Aged 4

Mariett

Died Jan. 4, 1862

Aged 12

(This is the memorial for Henry and Mariett Barnum.)

Pair of memorials

A pair of memorials at Flat Swamp No. 1.

A grouping of stones

A gated grouping of stones at the cemetery.

A gated grouping of stones

All photos copyright by the author, 2020. Not to be used or reproduced without permission.

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