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The Duck River Cemetery, also known as the Old Lyme Cemetery is the communal burying ground of the town of Old Lyme, Connecticut.[1] The earliest surviving grave marker dates from 1676, Renold Marvin's gravestone.[2] A tidal stream known as the Duck River and a salt marsh bisect the burying ground.

Notable burials

Notable people buried at the Duck River Cemetery include:

References

  1. ^ Slater, James A. "The Colonial Burying Grounds of Eastern Connecticut and the Men Who Made Them". Memoirs of the Connecticut Academy of Arts & Sciences, vol. 21. Hamden, Connecticut: Archon Books, 1987.[ISBN missing]
  2. ^ Old Lyme Historical Society, Duck River Cemetery 1676–1735 Archived 2008-10-11 at the Wayback Machine

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