Southampton Center Cemetery is from 1738. The brick tomb vault is from 1874.
The fence around the Chapman area is from 1835 and is most likely to avoid graverobbers. The poled off area around the Chauncey Clapp area is for a family plot. In front of the plot is the early burials of the Clapp family.
Through the old road down the middle of the cemetery, there are three old burials to point out. These three are to the left of the dirt road. The Samuel Edwards from 1784 would have had his upper torso positioned such that if his upper body bent up at the Resurrection Day he would be looking to the east. The inscription on this headstone would have faced to the west and would be at his head. The inscription on this footstone would have faced to the east and would be at his feet. His body would lie on an east-west axis.
The Phineas King from 1768 would have had his upper torso positioned such that if his upper body bent up at the Resurrection Day he would be looking to the west. He would thusly be looking away from the Judgement. The inscription on this headstone would have faced to the east and would be at his head. The inscription on this footstone would have faced to the west and would be at his feet. His body would lie on an east-west axis.
Simeon Wait is the first burial in this cemetery. He was buried here in 1737 or 1738.
Farther down this dirt road is the burial for Dwight Bartlett. He died in 1861 due to the American Civil War due to a disease. He might have died locally. Just beyond him is William Kingsley who died in 1864 in Spotsylvania Courthouse of Virginia.
As you went down this dirt road, you would have passed by Jonathan Judd who is buried with his son using table gravestones for each. The father died in 1761. He was the first minister in Southampton and served as such for 60 years. FINDAGRAVE
Josiah Gridley a medical doctor is at the right side of the cemetery. FINDAGRAVE His parents are buried in a separate cemetery within Southampton – the Gridley Cemetery.
CORBIN collection
Civil War Monument
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Simeon Wait is the first burial – FINDAGRAVE
| military person | death | burial | burial link |
| Anson B Norton | Southampton | Burial | |
| Albert H Strong | Southampton | Burial | |
| Rufus W Robinson | Andersonville | Andersonville | Burial |
| Rufus A Street | New Orleans | Southampton | Burial |
| Marcus E Lyon | Burial | ||
| Jeremiah M Johnson | Burial | ||
| Edwin C Parsons | Burial | ||
| Hiram A Eaton | Burial | ||
| Charles H Searle | Burial | ||
| Charles T Eggleston | Burial | ||
| Lewis F Swint | Burial | ||
| Alonzo A Lyman | Burial | ||
| Frederick D Simpson | Burial | ||
| Chauncey Hendrick | Burial | ||
| John Quinn | Burial | ||
| Perry M Coleman | Fair Oaks VA | Southampton | Burial |
| Phineas F Knight | Chantilly VA | Burial | |
| Hiram Spooner | Cold Harbor VA | Burial | |
| George C Clark | Burial | ||
| George M Wolcott | Burial | ||
| John S Hyde | Burial | ||
| William M Kingsley | Burial | ||
| Dwight Bartlett | Burial | ||
| George Brown | Burial | ||
| Erastus Cook | Burial | ||
| Henry Hilton | Burial | ||
| Richard Leverton | Burial | ||
| George Roy | Burial | ||
When is there a tour of the cemetery?