Ye Olde Bone Yard Traditional Geocache
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Selby Burying Ground & Weddel Family Plot, East Gwillimbury
The cache contains, to start, a log sheet, a couple of trackables, and a nice FTF prize. Be sure to have your own writing insrument.
The Selby Burying Ground & Weddel Family Plot is actually two cemeteries, located near Sharon in the town of East Gwillimbury.
The land was given to John Weddel, a surveyor from Durham, England in 1809. John immigrated to Upper Canada via Pennsylvania in the early 1800’s. This section of the burying ground is reputed to be one of the oldest cemeteries in York Region and is named after Thomas Selby, an Irish settler and veteran of the War of 1812. Both he and his wife Sarah are buried here.
In 1975 the headstones were gathered into the centre of the property and placed on earthen cairns. A plaque at the front of the property dedicates the burying ground to the pioneers of the area. Many of the names, though most are difficult to make out, are familiar as road and family names in the area.
The Weddel family plot is located in the NE corner of the Selby Burying Ground. It was granted by special deed in 1873 to John Weddel, to be set aside for the use of the Weddel family. John and his wife Elizabeth are both buried there along with other members of the Weddel family. The first burials began in 1843 and continued until the mid 1880’s.
Beside the cemetery was a small log church, built in 1853, known as the Sharon Methodist Church. The church was destroyed by fire in 1867 and was rebuilt in the village of Sharon. The area today is maintained by the town of East Gwillimbury.
Adapted from “Ye Olde Bone Yards of Halton, Peel, & York Regions
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