Haviland Cemetery
Harrison, Westchester County, New York, USA
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The Haviland Cemetery is an old burying ground in the beautiful suburbs of Harrison, NY. I had some trouble finding it in early 2003 and had to seek assistance from the City Hall, but when I finally discovered it I realized that half the problem is that the signpost had been knocked over and was lying on the ground, face down, on the other side of a rock fence. The cemetery itself is obscured from the road by some hedges that have been deliberately planted there. It sits on the Northwest side of Pleasant Ridge Rd. in between the intersections of Sterling Rd. and Woodlands Rd., and is situated in a thicket between two large houses. None of my direct ancestors are buried here, however. The fallen sign should be redone anyway because the hinged section on the bottom is not correct. It reads "1st Burial 1783 Bart. Haviland". It is likely that someone, without looking closely at the gravestones, mistook a record saying "b. 1783" as being buried in 1783. In fact, Bartholomew (son of William Haviland & Elizabeth Gedney) was born 9 Jan 1783 and died on 28 Oct 1851. He is buried here, but he was not the first. The first might be his uncle, John S. Haviland, who died on 26 Oct 1826. There is a very old tombstone here that clearly has John S. Haviland on it, but the rest of the writing is worn away. It stands close to his grandson, John S. Haviland, who has the tallest tombstone in the small cemetery. If, however, this is not the same John S. Haviland, then Bartholomew's own father, William, is the next oldest burial, who died 24 Jun 1834 and whose tombstone is just about unreadable.
The Haviland Cemetery is an old burying ground in the beautiful suburbs of Harrison, NY. I had some trouble finding it in early 2003 and had to seek assistance from the City Hall, but when I finally discovered it I realized that half the problem is that the signpost had been knocked over and was lying on the ground, face down, on the other side of a rock fence. The cemetery itself is obscured from the road by some hedges that have been deliberately planted there. It sits on the Northwest side of Pleasant Ridge Rd. in between the intersections of Sterling Rd. and Woodlands Rd., and is situated in a thicket between two large houses. None of my direct ancestors are buried here, however. The fallen sign should be redone anyway because the hinged section on the bottom is not correct. It reads "1st Burial 1783 Bart. Haviland". It is likely that someone, without looking closely at the gravestones, mistook a record saying "b. 1783" as being buried in 1783. In fact, Bartholomew (son of William Haviland & Elizabeth Gedney) was born 9 Jan 1783 and died on 28 Oct 1851. He is buried here, but he was not the first. The first might be his uncle, John S. Haviland, who died on 26 Oct 1826. There is a very old tombstone here that clearly has John S. Haviland on it, but the rest of the writing is worn away. It stands close to his grandson, John S. Haviland, who has the tallest tombstone in the small cemetery. If, however, this is not the same John S. Haviland, then Bartholomew's own father, William, is the next oldest burial, who died 24 Jun 1834 and whose tombstone is just about unreadable.
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- Total memorials21
- Percent photographed38%
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- Added: 14 Jun 2009
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2309740
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