Trinity Church, Brooklyn

Connecticut · United States · Church

A Connecticut churchyard from the late 1700s where some of the graves are marked only with stones set into the ground.

Trinity Church at Brooklyn, Connecticut is an old church with a burial ground around it dating from the late 1700s. Some of the graves are older than that and are marked only by rocks set into the earth.

Unmarked or rock marked graves in a New England churchyard usually mean the same things: the very poor, the enslaved, and children.

A path runs behind the church, past a pond and up a short hill, with the whole of it overgrown.

At the top of the hill, according to every account, the land changes character instantly.

That is the report worth recording, because it is about a boundary rather than a figure. Visitors describe knowing precisely where it starts.

The churchyard is a working burial ground belonging to the families in it.

FAQ

Where is Trinity Church, Brooklyn located?

Trinity Church, Brooklyn is in Connecticut, United States.

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