Shaker Cemetery
Colonie, Albany County, New York, USA
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The Shaker community at Colonie, near Albany, was the first Shaker community established in the United States. Four families, the North, South, West, and Church families, composed of male and female members made up the community. This cemetery served as their burial ground.
The cemetery is laid out in rows A through P, with up to 30 burials in each row. The numbering system starts with row A along the far western edge of the cemetery, and the numbering is north-south, with number 1 of each row starting at the north side. Row A was reserved for those who had died while among the Shakers but had not signed the covenant.
Beginning about 1814, through 1861, members of the Church and North families were buried at the east end of the cemetery, and members of the South and West families were buried at the west end. In 1835, the ministry at Watervliet decided that the bodies of some original burials, those interred on leased land in an area that is now part of the Albany Airport north-south runway, including Mother Ann Lee, her brother William and a young man, William Bigsby who had intended to convert, should be moved to the cemetery. Simple markers of the same size show name, date of death, and age at death. The only marker in the cemetery that stands out is the one for founder Mother Ann Lee. Her marker is larger than the rest and is located at F15, near the center.
The Shaker community at Colonie, near Albany, was the first Shaker community established in the United States. Four families, the North, South, West, and Church families, composed of male and female members made up the community. This cemetery served as their burial ground.
The cemetery is laid out in rows A through P, with up to 30 burials in each row. The numbering system starts with row A along the far western edge of the cemetery, and the numbering is north-south, with number 1 of each row starting at the north side. Row A was reserved for those who had died while among the Shakers but had not signed the covenant.
Beginning about 1814, through 1861, members of the Church and North families were buried at the east end of the cemetery, and members of the South and West families were buried at the west end. In 1835, the ministry at Watervliet decided that the bodies of some original burials, those interred on leased land in an area that is now part of the Albany Airport north-south runway, including Mother Ann Lee, her brother William and a young man, William Bigsby who had intended to convert, should be moved to the cemetery. Simple markers of the same size show name, date of death, and age at death. The only marker in the cemetery that stands out is the one for founder Mother Ann Lee. Her marker is larger than the rest and is located at F15, near the center.
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- Added: 22 Jul 2001
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 641129
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