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Velie Burial Grounds

Interments in the UNNAMED GROUND Velie Burial Grounds
1648 Route 9G (Hyde Park originally Clinton) NY
Amended based on Pictures taken by Steve Basch & James Hoch - 2009

"Old Gravestones of Dutchess County, New York" by J.W. Poucher published in 1924, page 126

    Note: Some of Poucher's listings have been found to be inaccurate, so use these with caution. If you find any inaccuraces in this listing please send them to me so that I may correct them. Lynn Brandvold  Thanks.
    Copied by Charlotte Carey Dingee and transcribed by Liz DuBois
     Velie Burial Grounds 1648 Rt 9G, Hyde Park, NY 12538

          LOCATION: Two miles north of East Park, on the farm of A. and P. Tompkins near the Creek road.  Behind Maurer Motors
          CONDITION: Overgrown and deserted; the enclosing walls in ruin.
          INSCRIPTIONS: 26 in number. Copied in April, 1913, by J. W. Poucher, M.D.
          REMARKS: Unnamed ground; four stones dated prior to 1800.
          Earliest burial is 1778 and last burial is 1876. Surnames are: Butler, Craw, Hadden, Herrick, Hustus, Montross, Nelson, Schlechtern, Vandyke, Velie
          Youngest: Emma Eliza Hadden: 1-4-24
          Oldest: Margaret Herrick: 84 no stone, Thomas Hadden: 72-5-5 from stone
<           1 Butler, Catherine Elizabeth d. 1833, Feb 23 age 7-7-14 NO picture
          2. Crew, Cate 1749 to 1780 age 32   NO Picture
           3. Hadden, Eliza, w. of Thomas, d. 1862, Aug. 29, a. 54-8-3  picture
          4. Hadden, Emma Eliza, dau. of Thomas & Eliza, a. 1-4-24. picture
           5. Hadden, Jemima, w. of Samuel, d. 1826, Sep. 25, a. 78 y. 2 d. NO Picture
           6. Hadden, Nathaniel, d. 1809, Apr. 10, a. 31 y. 5 picture picture "Erected by his daughter Jemima" has 31 yrs 5 mos
           7. Hadden, Samuel, d 1818, Jan. 4, a. 66-8-18 NO Picture
           8. Hadden, Samuel, d. 1831, Feb. 22, a. 28-6-29. picture Erected by his sister Jemima Hadden
           9. Hadden, Thomas, d. 1876, Jan. 9, a. 72-5-5. picture
         10. Herrick, Caroline Matilda, dau. of Stephen H & Mary, d. 1825, Dec. 4, a. 16 y. 11 m. picture
         11. Herrick, Margaret, wd. of Josiah, d. 1846, Aug. 8, in 84th y. NO Picture
         12. Herrick, Mariah, dau. of Stephen H. & Mary, d. 1826, Jan. 10, a. 20 y. 6 d picture
         13. Herrick, Mary, w. of Stephen H., d. 1842, July 5, a. 67-11-1. Picture
         14. Hustis, Sarah, w. of Caleb, d. 1846, Apr. 28, a. 54 y. NO Picture
         15. Montross, John, b. 1775, Apr. 3, d. 1779, Apr. 21. picture
         16. Nelson, George, d. 1825, May 26, a. 48 y. 2 m. picture
         17. Schlechtern, K., d. 1859, Oct. 9, a. 5 y. 2 m. picture
         18. Vandyke, Elizabeth wife of Abraham, d. 1846, Feb. 2, a. 70-6-15. Picture
         19. Velie, Charles F., s. of Henry & Susan L., d. 1867, Feb. 10, a. 33-1-7 picture
         20. Velie, Francis Melville, d. 1863, Jan. 12, a. 26-10-6. picture
         21. Velie, George , s. of Henry & Susan L., d. 1852, Mar. 6, a. 19 y. 9 m. picture
         22. Velie, Henry, d. 1863, May 27, a. 65-3-11.NO Picture>
         23. Velie, Susan L., w. of Henry, d. 1864, Jan. 20, a. (59)-6-12. picture
         24. Velie, Susan Mary, dau of Henry & Susan L., d. 1849, June 16, a. 6-11-22. NO Picture
         25. W-----, "D. W., Dec. 25, 1791, a. 27". Picture
         26.-kiner, I. 1778, Feb. 20, a. 71 y. Picture Broken slate