Faded Markers Series: Field, Brown, Vrooman Traditional Cache
Rock_Harder: Until I know what is going on with this property and with access to the cemetery, I am archiving this cache.
Faded Markers Series: Field, Brown, Vrooman
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This is a revisit of a cache, which was in the Faded Markers Series. It is a nice cemetary and thought it needed to be "reborn". This series will mainly focus on older, near forgotten burial plots of pioneers in the Niagara Region and beyond. The goal of this series is not necessarily the length of the walk nor the difficulty of the find, but rather a simple reverence for those who came before us to shape our area.
This cemetery is found on a slope of land just west of the Niagara River Parkway. Due to the proximity of nearby residences, I ask that there is NO NIGHT CACHING!
There is a small sign marking the cemetery as a burial site of United Empire Loyalists, although it does not name individuals. Buried here are:
Gilbert Field (1765-1815) and his wife Elenor Mordan Field (17??-1850) and their children
George Field (1790-1853) and his sons
George Field (1827-1905) and his wife Elizabeth M. (1833-1894) and their children
Catharine M. (1859-1916)
Ida Field Weir (1861-1942) and her husband William Weir (1864-1936)
Wm. Theodore Field (1864-1934) and his wife Mary (1847-1900)
Clayton M. (?-192?)
Daniel M. Field (1832-1836)
Ralph H. Field (1837-1878)
Daniel Field (1796-1878)
Nathan Field (1803-1863)
Hiram Field (1811-1861)
William Field (1800-1863) possibly the son of Gilbert and Elenor
And children whose connection are unclear:
Herbert W. Field (1865-1869) son of J.P. and Euretta Field
Daniel A. Field (1862-1864) son of Murray and Nancy
The damaged or illegible inscriptions of many of the monuments for the Brown family make it difficult to establish connections between them:
John J. Brown (1796-1848)
Joseph Brown (1798-1853) and his wife Almira (1803-1870)
Joseph Brown (?-1821) and his wife Rebecca Johnson (?)
Bertha Maria Brown (?-1861) daughter of J & R Brown
Rebecca Brown (?-1808) daughter of Joseph and Rebecca
Francis Brown (1833-1849)
Hannah Brown (1825-1852) daughter of Joseph and Minira wife of T. Hopkins MD
Corben Hopkins (?)
The Brown and Vrooman families are connected through the marriage of Solomon S. Vrooman (1783-1874) and his wife Mary Brown (1790-1846) and their daughter
Catharine Vrooman Forsythe (1819-1850) wife of Gideon Forsythe
Also buried here are the children of Adam and Loretta Vrooman:
Tryphena Vrooman (1848-1849)
Albert Vrooman (1850-1854)
Eliza Goodson Vrooman (1816-1868) wife of Thomas Vrooman (burial place unknown) and their sons
Jas. (1843-1878)
Geo. W. (1854-1868)
Also an unknown Vrooman daughter (?-1808)
Members of other families include:
David Henry (?) son of W & M Henry
Susan Gab[riel?] (1817-1863)
Jane Matthews (1812-1866) wife of Wm. Matthews
Erretta L. Matthews (1850-1872) wife of Arthur Matthews
Mary D. Raney (1864-1865) daughter of T. & R. Raney
Thomas D. Raney (1867-1869) son of Thomas and Rebecca
Frances Scott (?) and his wife Mary (?-184?) and their children
James (184?-184?) and (?)ington (?)
One illegible marker – identity unknown
J.W. – illegible
Have fun and happy caching!
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