Newtown Village Cemetery

Newtown Village Cemetery is a 100-acre cemetery located on Elm Drive in Newtown, Connecticut. The cemetery was founded in 1860 but burials are recorded as far back as 1725. The cemetery is still in use. Several of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting (14 December 2012) were laid to rest here.

Estimated number of interments, as of January 2024: at least 3499.

Photos were taken 5 August 2014.

Abigail Blackman, died March 27th, 1762, aged 70 years. 

"Here Lies the Body of Mr. Abiel Botsford 

Who Died Decemder ye 6th AD 1773

in the 40th Year of his Age" 

(That is not a typo in "Decemder" - it is spelled with a "d" on the stone.)

"Benj. W. Matthews

Co. G. 6 Regt.

Conn. Vols.

Died Jan. 9, 1901.

AE 70."

The Hawley Memorial, gift of Mary Elizabeth Hawley in memory of her parents Marcus Clinton Hawley and Sarah Booth Hawley, erected 1924. 

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