Old Parish Burying Ground (Windsor, Nova Scotia)
The Old Parish Burying Ground is the oldest protestant cemetery in Windsor, Nova Scotia and one of the oldest in Canada.[1][2] The graveyard was located adjacent to the first protestant church in Windsor (1788). The oldest marker is dated 1771, twelve years after the New England Planters began to settle the area.
Notable interments
Susannah (Boutineau) Franklin (1762) by John Singleton Copley (wife of Hon. Michael Francklin; grandchild of Peter Faneuil), Uniacke Estate Museum Park
- Issac Deschamps, participated in the Bay of Fundy Campaign (1755)
- Rev. William Ellis (clergy person)[3]
- Winckworth Tonge, grandson of Winckworth Tonge
- Rev. William Croscomb[4][5]
- William Hersey Otis Haliburton
- Hon Nathaniel Ray Thomas (d.1791), unmarked grave [6]
See also
References
- Hind, Henry Youle (January 28, 1889). "Sketch of the Old Parish Burying Ground of Windsor, Nova Scotia : with an appeal for its protection, ornamentation and preservation". Windsor, N.S. : Printed by Jas. J. Anslow – via Internet Archive.
- "HistoricPlaces.ca - HistoricPlaces.ca". www.historicplaces.ca.
- "A sermon occasioned by the death of the Rev. William Croscombe, preached in Windsor, 30th October, and in Halifax, 6th November, 1859". Toronto Public Library.
- Eaton, Arthur Wentworth Hamilton (January 26, 2020). "Chapters in the history of Halifax, Nova Scotia: Rhode Island Settlers in Hants County, Nova Scotia: Alexander McNutt the Colonizer". [n.p. – via Internet Archive.
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