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The New Fairfield Cemetery

With Special Thanks To Darryl Stonefish and the Delaware nation of Moraviantown

Fairfield Cemetery North Side

Fairfield Cemetery North Side.

Base of Stone Monument on South Side.

To better understand the history of New Fairfield Cemetery, please see the history of Hutberg Cemetery, and the history of the beginnings of Old Fairfield linked from this page

To see more photos of this cemetery and the stones belonging here, please Click.

After the "Battle of the Thames" in 1813, the Moravian Missionaries and Delawares left Old Fairfield. They had successfully hidden some of their belongings before the battle, but the American soldiers became very aggressive toward them and they feared for their safety. Winter was approaching, and the soldiers burned their buildings immediately after they left, and they had no place to live. They had little way to survive the winter.

They returned in 1815, and found that the fields were in shape to plant crops, but they had no plows to work the ground. They decided to set up across the river for a short while, and later decided to stay there. In the Mission Farm and Church area as we know it today there was a small town with streets laid out, etc with both a school and church. They of course needed a cemetery, and that cemetery is just down the road toward the South East. The little town was used until the 1830's when housing began to spread out.

The book Wilderness Christians states "In October when the new site was cleared for the first burial, water was found just under the surface 'and the indians don't like that'. Another spot was chosen on the riverbank southeast of the new church where several ancient stones may still be seen."

The cemetery contains 346 burials, the last being in 1889. Many of these burial names are available for researchers Here. Please ask for entry.

It is extremely important that if you visit this or other native cemeteries that you treat them with a great deal of respect. Native culture includes the belief that the spirit of the deceased person lives on through these remains. Places like this are VERY sacred to them.

To see more photos of this cemetery and the stones belonging here, please Click.

We hope to have more information in the future on this and other Moravian Cemeteries.

Fairfield Cemetery South Side.

Fairfield Cemetery South Side.

See a Rough Sketch of NEW Fairfiield Cemetery Location.

Please ask for permission to view if you are a researcher or are a First Nations Member.