Riverside Cemetery (aka: MacDonough Cemetery)
Riverside Cemetery is located at the southeast corner of North Main Street and St. John’s Square. This cemetery was laid out about 1650 and continued to be the only place of burial up to 1713.
Old Farm Hill Cemetery (aka: Old South Farms Cemetery)
Old Farm Hill Cemetery is located on Ridge Road. This cemetery was set apart for burial purpose by a vote of the town on December 16, 1723.
Washington Street Cemetery
Washington Street Cemetery is located at the southeast corner of Washington Street and Vine Street. This cemetery was laid out by a committee appointed by the town in December 1739. About 1830, it was enlarged by an enclosure of a portion of the street on the north side.
New Maromas Cemetery
New Maromas Cemetery is located on Aircraft Road in the Maromas section of Middletown. This cemetery was laid out by a vote of the town in January 1766. Middletown’s youngest Civil War soldier, 15-year old, Private Daniel H. Otis, is buried at Maromas Cemetery. To read more about Private Daniel Otis, his story, his family, and Middletown history, please see the website: https://danielhotis.blogspot.com/
Mortimer Cemetery
Mortimer Cemetery is located on Liberty Street. The old part of this cemetery was given to the inhabitants by two conveyances: June 6, 1778, and October 6, 1781. In 1830, an addition was made to the burial field by Martha Mortimer Starr. In 1849, it was further enlarged by William S. Camp.
Old South Cemetery
Old South Cemetery is located on Country Club Road in the Westfield section of Middletown. In April 1793, Samuel Plum gave to the inhabitants of Westfield Parish a tract of land for burial purposes. Several dozen bodies were interred at this burial site before it was abandoned about 1830. The surnames found at Old South Side Cemetery are: Bacon, Clark, Hall, Higby, Hubbard, and Plumb.
Old East Cemetery (aka: Old Westfield Street Cemetery)
Old East Cemetery is located on East Street in the Westfield section of Middletown. This burial ground was granted by Calvin and Joseph Cornwell II, to the Westfield School Society in November 1820.
New Farm Hill Cemetery
New Farm Hill Cemetery is located on Ridge Road, adjacent to Old Farm Hill Cemetery. The first internment in this cemetery was that of Joseph Warren Johnson who died September 30, 1853.
Cemetery information sourced from the 1884 book: “History of Middlesex County Conn,” by J.B. Beers & Co.
Old Maromas Cemetery (aka: Prior Cemetery)
Photo by Mike S.
Old Maromas Cemetery has no direct access and the property that is sits on is now owned by Pratt & Whitney. This cemetery is currently not under the care of The Middletown Old Burying Ground, however we are working towards rectifying this.
The Old Maromas Cemetery, also called the Prior Cemetery, was likely established in the early-mid 1700s by the first colonial families to settle the Maromas area of Middletown. In January of 1766, Maromas’ residents petitioned for a new cemetery, thereby commencing the neglect period of their former burying ground. Today, 13 legible monuments or fragments stand at the Old Maromas Cemetery, but the total number of stones, including those that are broken, exceeds 70.
For more information on Old Maromas Cemetery, contact Miles Wrann at
mileswrann@gmail.com