Old Burying Ground (Now Palisado Cemetery) Windsor CT

Today I spent a few hours in my favourite little quiet town in Connecticut. I spent the afternoon in the Old Burying Ground (Now Palisado Cemetery)

First Church in Windsor, Connecticut celebrated the 375th anniversary of its founding in 2005. It is the oldest Congregational Church in Connecticut and, we understand, the fourth oldest Congregational Church in the world.

First Church traces its beginnings back to 1630 in Plymouth, England where 140 men and women placed their trust in the Lord and their leadership and set sail on The Mary & John, the first of 17 ships--the so-called Winthrop Fleet-- bound for the colony of Massachusetts. They were a well educated and well-to-do group, many being dignified with the title of "Mister" which few in those days were. These Puritans had strong religious convictions and were willing to endure deprivation and danger for conscience sake. "To put on the full armor of God" were not simply words to these men and women.

A quick reading of the inscription on any early New England gravestone, and you know exactly how the deceased was regarded by his family and friends. Mr. Huit’s tabled tombstone, erected in 1644 in the Old Burying Ground of Windsor (Palisado Cemetery) and reputed to be the oldest original monument still standing in the State of Connecticut, reads:

Who when hee lived wee drew our vitall breath,

Who when hee dyed his dying was our death,

Who was ye stay of State, Ye Churches Staff,

Alas the times forbid an Epitaph

for more information please visit:







http://www.firstchurchinwindsor.org/history.aspx



or for directions:







http://www.town-usa.com/connecticut/hartford/windsor/windsor_history.html







Please visit Connecticut.