Weed Cemeteries 1 & 2, Darien, Fairfield Co., CT

Weed Cemeteries 1 & 2, Darien,CT

These records have been contributed by Fairfield County, CT researcher Barbara Kaye. The data has been collected from several sources, including the Hale Cemetery Collection (see history, below). In addition, thanks to the tireless efforts of volunteer photographer, Carl Myers, digital photographs of many of the headstones in this cemetery are available to be sent via email. Please send you requests to Barbara Kaye. Refer to the numbers preceding the names below when requesting photos of your ancestors' headstones. Thanks for all your hard work, Carl.

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The Charles R. Hale Collection of Headstone Inscriptions resides at the Connecticut State Library. Charles Hale was a member of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. In 1916, he became involved in locating and decorating the graves of Revolutionary and Civil War veterans in his home town of Rocky Hill. In order to make it easier to find these graves, he decided to record each veteran's name, date of death and military service.He was persuaded by State Librarian George S. Godard to search also for veterans of other wars.

In 1919, the General Assembly made an appropriation to carry on this work throughout the State. In 1933 and 1934, with grants from the F.E.R.A.and the W.P.A., Mr. Hale began copying and indexing the essential information from every headstone in the State. Two copies of these listings were deposited in theState Library. Records for individual towns were made available to libraries and historical societies throughout Connecticut.

Note: These records may contain errors in dates or names. Some errors were made either at the time of the survey of the cemeteries or during the transcription in 1935. One common error in reading old headstones is mistaking a four for a one. We have tried very hard to avoid creating new errors during the retyping of this data for the internet. In addition, we have attempted to correct some of the original errors, either by revisiting these cemeteries or by recalculating dates or ages based on known dates of birth for some of these people. However, some of the stones that were legible in 1934 are either missing or no longer legible.

I have also attempted to identify these people, using census and other vital records. Anything added within brackets like these [ ] indicatesa suggestion as to the identity of the person. If a wife's name does not include a separate surname, it is not known at this time. Many couples in early Darien were second or third cousins with the same surname. There are many surnames that have several alternate spellings. (See spellings for a list of common surnames and their alternate spellings.) Some people appear in more than one listing because some graves were moved to newer cemeteries, new stones were carved, and the old stones were left behind. Although much of the data on the various families in early Darien is accurate, there will always be errors, many of which are found in published genealogies. It is recommended that you write to the Town Clerk's office for death or birth certificates for your ancestors. If you have documentation that supplies any missing information or corrects an error, please email Barbara Kaye.

Weed Cemetery #1 - 405-20
Copied by Wm. J. Banks, Dec. 14, 1934.

Weed, Louisa, wife of Joseph, died Mar. 1, 1831, age 30 yrs. [Louisa Weed, daughter of Benjamin Weed

& Mary Waterbury]

Weed, Alvah, son of Joseph & Louisa, died Dec. 27, 1838, age 5 yrs. 10 mos. 9 days.
Weed, Evelina, daughter of Nathan & Mary, died Aug. 22, 1817, age 21 yrs.
Weed, Mary, daughter of Nathan & Mary, died Oct. 19, 1798, age 8 yrs.
Weed, Nathaniel, son of Nathan & Mary, died Oct. 12, 1798,age 4 yrs.
Weed, Mary, relict of Nathan, died Aug. 4, 1842, age 77 yrs. 9 mos. 5 days. [Mary Scofield, daughter

of Joseph Scofield & Mary Rux]

Weed, Nathan, died Oct. 20, 1819, age 59 yrs. 22 days. [son of Nathan Weed & Deborah Clock]
Weed, Deborah, wife of Nathan, died July 30, 1800, age 75 yrs. [Deborah Clock, daughter of John Clock

& Debro Scofield]

Weed, Nathan, died Dec. 19, 1802, age 75 yrs. 11 mos. 7 days. [son of Nathaniel Weed & Mary Reed]

Weed Cemetery #2 - 405-19
At the southwest end of Weed's Landing, (near the Darien YMCA),
off the Post Road, on the shore of Holly Pond
Copied by Wm. J. Banks & W. D. Byrnes, Dec. 14, 1934.
Condition: (2007) Fair—some stones still legible, but many are not
Digital Photographs of these stones are available at no charge.

9553 Weed, Benjamin, born June 16, 1821, died July 11, 1909. [son of Benjamin Weed & Hannah Husted]
9553 Weed, Belle M., [wife of Arthur Weed, son of Benjamin Weed] [born in Maryland ] died

Mar. 19, 1909. [Belle M. Jones, daughter of William Jones, Jr. & Caroline ?]

9553       Weed, Arthur W., Jr., born Aug. 18, 1875, died Aug. 26, 1907. [son of Arthur Weed & Belle M. Jones]
9558       Foster, George Howe, born 1834, died 1914. [son of George W. Foster & Mary Howe]
9559       Foster, Isabel, born 1850, died 1899. [daughter of George W. Foster & Mary Howe]
9560       Foster, Eloise, born 1850, died 1894. [daughter of George W. Foster & Mary Howe]
9557       Jones, Henry Weed, son of Emma Louise Weed, born 1901, died 1975.
9556       Jones, Emma Louise Weed, born 1879, died 1944.
9555       Foster, John Edward, born June 7, 1844, died Jan. 20, 1899. [son of George W. Foster & Mary Howe]
9554       Foster, Edgar H., born Sept. 4, 1840, died June 22, 1913. [son of George W. Foster & Mary Howe]
9546       Weed, Rebecca, died Nov. 6, 1879, age 82 yrs. [daughter of Benjamin Weed III & Mary Waterbury]
9547       Weed, Hannah, [2nd wife] widow of Benjamin, died Jan. 25, 1875, age 97 yrs. [Hannah Husted,

daughter of Jonathan Husted & Hannah Waterbury]

9548       Hoyt, Hannah, died Nov. 7, 1871, age 66 yrs. [daughter of Hannah Husted & her 1st husband Salmon Hoyt]
9549       Weed, Eleanor Jones, [2nd ]wife of Benjamin, died Oct. 15, 1884, age 50 yrs. [born in England]
9550       Weed, Mary, wife of Benjamin, died Jan. 19, 1871, age 58 yrs. [Mary Waterbury; possibly

daughter of John Waterbury & Sarah Weed]

9551 Weed, Sarah, wife of Isaac, died June 9, 1874, age 73 yrs. [Sarah Waterbury]
9552 Weed, Isaac, died Jan. 27, 1883, age 86 yrs. [son of Benjamin Weed & Mary Waterbury]

[stone now mostly buried]

9544       Weed, Drake, died July 15, 1850, age 65 yrs. [son of Jonas Weed & Abigail Knapp] [in error as 45 yrs.]
9545       Weed, Pheney, consort of Drake, died Apr. 2, 1845, age 59 yrs. [Pheney Scudder]
9561       Weed, Gideon, son of Hezekiah & Rebecca, died Jan. 7, 1808, age 24 yrs.
Weed, William N., son of Hezekiah & Rebecca, died Nov. 20, 1809, age 9 yrs.
Weed, Jonas, died Oct. 24, 1753, age 75 yrs. [son of Jonas Weed & Bethia Holly]
9563       Weed, Jane, wife of Charles, died Dec. 9, 1817, age 23 yrs. 3 days. [Jane Smith]
9564       Weed, Charles, son of Hezekiah & Rebecca [Knapp], died Aug. 7, 1818, age 30 yrs.
Weed, Elizabeth, wife of Alanson, died June 25, 1824, age 46 yrs. [Elizabeth Wilson] [in error as 16 yrs.]
Weed, Hezekiah, Rev. War, died Mar. 25, 1840, age 84 yrs. (footstone 1776) [son of Hezekiah Weed & Ruth Waterbury]
9567       Weed, Rebecca, wife of Hezekiah, died Oct. 18, 1841, age 81 yrs. [Rebecca Knapp] [in error as 1811]
Weed, Alanson, son of Hezekiah & Rebecca [Knapp], died Mar. 5, 1849, age 68 yrs. 7 mos. 8 days.
9569       Weed, Clarinda, wife of Alanson, died Dec. 3, 1857, age 61 yrs. 8 mos. [Clarinda Smith]
9570       Murray, William Hector, Rev., D.D., born 1870, died 1938.
9571       Weed, Alvah, 3rd son of Rufus & Phebe Clock Weed, born July 28, 1841, died Sept. 13, 1912.
9572       Weed, Henry Frank, died Nov. 15, 1905. [son of Rufus Weed & Phebe Clock]
9573       Weed, Phebe Clock, wife of Rufus, died Apr. 10, 1867, age 62 yrs. 5 mos. [possibly daughter

of Henry Clock & Hannah Waring]

9574       Weed, Rufus, died May 30, 1883, age 81 yrs. 2 mos. 23 days. [son of Benjamin Weed & Mary Waterbury]
9575       Weed, John, 2nd son of Rufus & Phebe Clock Weed, born Jan. 27, 1839, died Dec. 19, 1905.
9576       Clock, Darius, born July 7, 1808, died May 10, 1891. [son of Henry Clock & Hannah Waring]
9577       Clock, Mary Weed, wife of Darius, born Apr. 13, 1835, died July 21, 1899. [daughter of Rufus

Weed & Phebe Clock]

9578 Foster, Robert K., died Nov. 5, 1873, age 37 yrs. 8 mos. 16 days. [son of George W. Foster & Mary Howe]
Foster, George W., died Sept. 11, 1853, age 43 yrs. 6 mos. 24 days.
Foster, Mary Howe, wife of George W., died May 28, 1877, age 63 yrs. [daughter of Selleck Howe & Mary Weed]
9581 Weed, Hannah, wife of John, died Oct. 20, 1826, age 64 yrs. [Hannah Knapp, daughter of

Nathaniel Knapp & Jemima Ward

Weed, John, died May 25, 1847, age 90 yrs. [son of Hezekiah Weed & Ruth Waterbury]
9582       Holmes, Jonathan, died Mar. 30, 1821, age 58 yrs. 11 mos. 4 days.
9583       Weed, Gideon, died Apr. 25, 1784, age 67 yrs. [son of Jonas Weed & Sarah Waterbury]
9542       Waterbury, John, born Dec. 26, 1785, died Feb. 18, 1871. [son of Nathaniel Waterbury & Hannah Webb]
9541       Waterbury, Sarah Weed, wife of John, born Oct. 1, 1787, died Feb. 19, 1863. [daughter of Benjamin

Weed & Mary Waterbury]

9543       Weed, John W., M.D., born Feb. 21, 1792, died Jan. 7, 1875. [son of Benjamin Weed & Mary Waterbury]
9543       Weed, Margaret M., wife of John W., born Apr. 14, 1803, died Aug. 3, 1880. [Margaret (or Mary) Macomber Mix]
9543       Weed, Edward H., born Oct. 20, 1834, died July 10, 1866. [son of John W. Weed & Mary Margaret

Mccomber Mix]

9543 Weed, Agnes C., wife of Edward H., born Nov. 4, 1834, died Apr. 24, 1897.
9585 Weed, Benjamin, died Jan. 11, 1846, age 87 yrs. (1776 footstone) Rev. War. flag [son of Epenetus

Weed & Sarah Slason]

9586 Weed, Mary, wife of Benjamin, died Sept. 14, 1816, age 55 yrs. [Mary Waterbury, daughter of

David Waterbury & Jemima June]

9587 Weed, James H. [Harvey], born Mar. 7, 1795, died May 6, 1822. [son of Benjamin Weed & Mary Waterbury]
Weed, Robert A., son of (undecipherable) Weed, died Aug. 16, 1825, age 9 mos.
Weed, Margarette Mix, daughter of John W., died Jan. 14, 1827, age 4 yrs. 18 days.
9588 Weed, Frances F., wife of Alvah & daughter of Stephen Jarvis, died Mar. 3, 1826, age 26 yrs. 6 mos.

[Fanny Fairweather Jarvis]

9589       Weed, Alvah, son of Benjamin & Mary [Waterbury], died Aug. 15, 1831, age 31 yrs. 6 mos. 7 days.
9590       Weed, Nancy, born Mar. 3, 1795, died Aug. 1, 1877. [Nancy Jarvis, wife of James Harvey Weed]
9591       Weed, William H., born Jan. 13, 1821, died Nov. 4, 1856. [son of James Harvey Weed & Nancy Jarvis]
9592       Weed, James J., born Jan. 13, 1821, died June 3, 1851. [son of James Harvey Weed & Nancy Jarvis]
Foster, Mary Rebecca, daughter of George W. & Mary H., died Jan. 29, 1857, age 8 yrs. 10 mos. 17 days.
9479       Waterbury, Louise Schuyler, daughter of Francis N. & Sarah A., age 4 yrs.
9594       Waterbury, Alice, daughter of Charles H. & Susan J. W., died June 10, 1857, age 6 mos.
9593       Walmsley, Nancy St. John, daughter of William & Prudence Weed, born Sept 10, 1800, died Feb. 28, 1875.
9595       Walmsley, William, died July 22, 1827, age 67 yrs. (1776 footstone) [son of George Walmsley &

Elizabeth Elwood]

9596 Walmsely, Prudence, wife of William, died Nov. 7, 1824, age 64 yrs. [Prudence Weed, daughter

of Epenetus Weed & Sarah Slason]

Weed, John Richards, son of John & Margarette M., died Mar. 4, 1830, age 2 yrs. 3 mos. 17 days.
Weed, Maggie, daughter of Edward H. & Agnes C., born Sept. 3, 1856, died July 25, 1857.
9580 Howe, Mary, wife of Selleck & daughter of Benjamin & Mary [Waterbury] Weed, died Sept. 3, 1813,

age 27 yrs. 10 mos. 27 days.

9600       Howe, Selleck, died Sept. 5, 1851, age 69 yrs. [son of Jacob Howe & Sarah Bates]
9584       Weed, Epenetus, died Mar. 4, 1763, age 50 yrs. [son of Jonas Weed & Sarah Waterbury]
9598       Weed, Sarah, wife of Epenetus, died Oct. 15, 1795, age 66 yrs. [Sarah Slason, daughter of

John Slason & Rebecca Brush]

9540 Weed, Elihu Mix, born Apr. 1, 1837, died Mar. 17, 1915. [possibly son of John W. Weed &

Mary Margaret McComber Mix]

9540 Weed, Mary A. Hume, wife of Elihu M., born Nov. 23, 1841, died Apr. 14, 1922. [daughter of

Gilbert L. Hume & Charlotte ?]

9540       Weed, Elihu, son of Elihu M. & Mary A., born Mar. 8, 1869, died Mar. 26, 1896.
9597       Tucker, Charles, died Dec. 17, 1843, age 23 yrs. 3 mos. 27 days. [son of William Tucker & Jemima Weed]
Weed, Ann, died Mar. 11, 1837, age 51 yrs. 7 mos.
9539       Weed, Hiram, died Mar. 30, 1859 age 54 yrs.
9636       Weed, James, son of Usual & Ann, died Oct. 20, 1828, age 1 yr. 8 mos. 19 days.
9635       Weed, Hannah Jane, daughter of Usual & Ann [McNickle], died Dec. 13, 1836, age 5 yrs. 6 mos. 5 days.
9534       Weed, Usual, died Feb. 12, 1840, age 45 yrs, 4 mos. 21 days. [son of John Weed & Hannah Knapp]
9533       Weed, Ann McNickle, widow of Usual, died Nov. 27, 1852, age 56 yrs. [born in Ireland]
9532       Weed, James A.[Augustus], son of Usual & Ann [McNickle], died Dec. 24, 1842, age 13 yrs. 9 mos.
Weed, Raymond K.[Knapp], born Nov. 28, 1822, died Dec. 18, 1869. [son of Usual Weed & Ann McNickle]
9537       Weed, John A.[Arthur], born Jan. 1, 1821, died June 22, 1884. [son of Usual Weed & Ann McNickle]
9531       Weed, Theodore, son of Jarvis & Susan, died May 16, 1852, age 18 yrs. 8 mos.
9530       Weed, Jonas, died Jan. 25, 1850, age 71 yrs. [son of Jonas Weed & Rebecca Brown]
9529       Bowler, Harriet, wife of George I., died Feb. 4, 1846, age 38 yrs. 5 mos. 5 days. [daughter of Jonas

Weed & Ruth A. Weed]

9528 Bowler, Joseph, son of George I. & Harriet, died Mar. 25, 1845, age 2 mos. [stone illegible and buried]
9527 Weed, Ruth A., wife of Jonas, died Mar. 4, 1863, age 75 yrs. [Ruth Weed, daughter of John

Weed & Hannah Knapp]

9527 Weed, Louise A., daughter of Jonas & Ruth A., died Dec. 4, 1882, age 54 yrs.