Betsey Sherwood, died 1875: Old Baptist Society Cemetery, Glenville

Welcome to the Old Baptist Society Cemetery! This site is located off Glen Ridge Road in the Glenville neighborhood of the Town of Greenwich.

This attractive cemetery contains the remains and gravestones of many of the original Baptists of the Town of Greenwich and their descendants. They were also among the first to settle in the village of Glenville. 

The original church edifice itself was situated adjacent to the neighboring Merritt plot. The church was used as a hospital during the Revolution to treat wounded soldiers. 

The King Street Baptist Society Church was formally gathered on November 3, 1773. The meetinghouse itself was considered one of the most attractive in Greenwich. Services ceased to be conducted in 1886 and the church building burned to the ground on October 25, 1899. 

The Baptist parsonage still stands off King Street just south of the King Street Baptist Society Cemetery and the Anderson plot. The cemetery is well maintained and worthy of a visit by those interested in peering into the early history of Glenville and its Baptist settlers.

Featured here is an image of the gravestone of Betsey Sherwood and her epitaph. 

Betsey Sherwood,

died January 11, 1875. 

Aged 84 years, 10 months & 14 days.

The years roll round and steals away

The breath that first it gave

Whate'er we do, where'er we be

We're traveling to the grave.