The Timpany plot is another very small burying ground. It is located in the town park off the west side of Bible Street in Cos Cob.
The earliest tombstone found here is dated 1811, the latest from 1871. Earlier listings note more graves than today, suggesting that some markers may have been removed.
The memorials themselves are carved out of brownstone and marble, with concrete casings reminding the latter 20th century visitor of earlier restoration efforts. The cemetery is maintained by the Greenwich Parks Department.
Not much is known about those who are interred at this site except John Timpany. He was a private during the War of 1812 in Captain Horton Reynolds' Company.
The Obadiah Timpany house at one time stood near the corner of Orchard Street and Valley Road.
Marilda Timpany,
died February 23, 1840,
aged 23 years, 4 months and 29 days.
Rest in peace thy trials end
Hark, from yon celestial sphere
Bursts the full angelic chorus
Sister spirit, welcome here.
It's an interesting family. I did write about them in "Michael Cox[1] Timpany and his wife Mary Mead of Cos Cob, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut," Connecticut Ancestry 47 (December 2004): 206-210.
ReplyDeleteCould you share that particular entry you wrote? I am in the process of procuring a new granite tombstone for Michael Cox Timpany. His is half missing, and he was the first known secretary for Union Lodge No. 5 when it regularly met in Greenwich in the 1780's. Would love to learn more about him. melillo.andrew13@gmail.com
ReplyDelete-Andrew