IN MEMORY OF THE EARLY SETTLERS WHO WERE BURIED IN ST

ST. ALBANS ANGLICAN CEMETERY

COCAGNE, KENT COUNTY, NB

Transcribed by

John and Wendy Fisher Donnahee

& Sherman Fisher

April 2004

Located at the corner of Route 134 and the Cocagne South Road, St. Albans Anglican Cemetery contains at least 90 interments. The exact number of interments is unknown because burials were not recorded between January 1879 and January 1886. The interments have been recorded on a large granite memorial. Saint Martins in the Woods Anglican Church of Shediac, Westmorland County, NB, erected the memorial in 1997. St. Albans along with St. Lawrence Anglican Church of Buctouche, Kent County, NB (c. 1865) were each at one time missions of Saint Martins in the Woods. The first burial at St. Albans Anglican Cemetery is recorded as 1836. The cemetery was used for burials for a little over a century. St. Albans Church and all headstones marking these burials are gone with the exception of the large memorial, four small individual monuments and a granite memorial for William Hanington & departed descendants. The Hanington Reunion Association placed this memorial in 1991. Interments have been listed in alphabetical order according to surnames along with the year of death and age of the deceased. Also included is a transcript of the exact inscriptions taken from the monuments. The memorial monument lists the interments in chronological order according to death date.

Anderson, Armstrong, Atkinson, Chandler, Colborne, Cormick, Cowfer, Crawford, Davenlaw, Elliott, Gamble, Hamilton, Hanington, Hannington, Harshman, Hayes, Hibbard, Howard, James, Johnston, Keirstead, Kelly, Kinnear, Livingston, Long, Lucas,

Marshman, Mathews, Matthias, Miller, Millman, Murray, Nichol, Peabody, Pollard, Riley, Seaman, Seely, Thompson, Trites, Unknown, Wilson, Young.

(The historical background, description and the bracketed text is additional information provided by Wendy Fisher Donnahee)

(Note - If your ancestors lived in the Bouctouche, Notre Dame, Cocagne, Grand Digue or Shediac area, be sure to check the following:

St. Martin's in the Woods Anglican Cemetery, Shediac, Shediac Parish, Westmorland County, NB at http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Enbwestmo/cem-stmartins.htm

St. Lawrence Cemetery, Bouctouche, Wellington Parish, Kent County, NB at

http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbken/Cemeteries.html

Notre Dame Union Church Cemetery, South Cocagne Rd, Notre Dame, Dundas Parish, Kent County, NB at http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbken/CemNotreDame.html)

Anderson, John 1836 63 years

Armstrong, Elizabeth 1840 60 years

Atkinson, Alice Ruth 1865 16 years

Atkinson, Robert E. 1865 3 years

Chandler, Clement 1847 9 years

Colborne, Alex 1856 3 years

Colborne, Margaret 1865 17 months

Colborne, Mary Ann 1856 5 weeks

Colborne, Mrs. Mary 1890

Colborne, Merilla 1865 3 years

Colborne, Thomas 1878 33 years

Cormick, James 1917 76 years

Cormick, Lilian C. 1892 14 years

Cormick, Tryphena 1874 Infant

Cormick, Mrs. Tryphena 1937 94 years

Cormick, Vera Ann 1889 9 years

Cowfer, John 1836 35 years

Crawford, Elizabeth 1869 62 years

Crawford, Daniel 1889 76 years

Crawford, Mary Ann 1889 86 years

Davenlaw, John Charles 1847 5 years

Elliott, Albert Mansfield 1895 14 years

Elliott, Clifford Howard 1886 1 year

Elliott, Mary Caroline 1870 Infant

Elliott, Susan Elizabeth 1897 55 years

Elliott, Thomas Jacob 1866 3 months

Elliott, Thomas Jr. 1886 54 years

Gamble, Joshua 1891 42 years

Gamble, Mary Jane 1878 25 years

Hamilton, Samuel 1857 14 months

Hanington, Anne Dale 1880 75 years

Hanington, Edward James 1889 20 years

Hanington, Honora Louise 1875 2 months

Hanington, Honorah 1877 25 years

Hanington, Jennet 1861 31 years

Hanington, Margaret 1856 20 years

Hanington, Tryphosa 1860 11 years

Hanington, William 1887 92 years

Harshman, Aaron 1863 30 years

Harshman, Alice 1875 70 years

Harshman, Ann D. 1867 36 years

Harshman, Sophia M. 1862 16 years

Hayes, Edward 1869 6 years

Hibbard, Eldon 1840 73 years

Howard, Ann 1841 79 years

James, John 1873 66 years

Johnston, Thomas 1855 20 years

Keirstead, John 1867 76 years

Kelly, Adolfohus 1866 9 years

Kelly, John 1857 46 years

Kinnear, Pearl 1898 4 months

Kinnear, Ruby 1898 8 months

Livingston, Angus 1861 17 years

Livingston, Catherine 1850 3 years

Livingston, Peter 1864 23 years

Long, Robert 1852 56 years

Lucas, Joseph 1865 71 years

Lucas, William Henry 1853 6 months

Marshman, Charles 1845 27 years

Marshman, Jane 1846 52 years

Marshman, John L. 1852 26 years

Mathews, Elizabeth 1841 76 years

Mathews, John 1843 81 years

Matthias, George 1867 68 years

Miller, William 1842 21 months

Millman, Colbourne 1844 14 years

Murray, Alexander C. 1930 24 years

Murray, Alice 1924 84 years

Murray. Irene Eva 1914 2 years

Murray, Isabella Smith 1937 49 years

Murray, William George 1909 75 years

Nichol, Eliza 1865 18 years

Peabody, James 1847 58 years

Pollard, James 1857 40 years

Riley, Elizabeth 1868 36 years

Riley, Francis Albert 1868 7 years

Seaman, Iaconeah 1856 45 years

Seely, Charles H. 1894 82 years

Seely, Hannah 1859 78 years

Seely, James I. 1870 8 days

Seely, Linus Thomas 1868 6 months

Seely, Margaret 1873 13 years

Seely, Rebecca 1874 30 years

Thompson, George 1855 62 years

Trites, Jacob 1879 87 years

Trites, Rebecca Ann 1878 82 years

Unknown Infant 1849 8 weeks

Wilson, Elizabeth 1888 81 years

Young, John 1858 23 years

IN MEMORY OF THE EARLY SETTLERS WHO WERE BURIED IN ST. ALBANS ANGLICAN CEMETERY FROM 1836 – 1946
COLUMN ONE

John Cowfer 1836 35 years

John Anderson 1836 63 years

Elizabeth Armstrong 1840 60 years

Eldon Hibbard 1840 73 years

Ann Howard 1841 79 years

Elizabeth Mathews 1841 76 years

William Miller 1842 21 months

John Mathews 1843 81 years

Colbourne Millman 1844 14 years

Charles Marshman 1845 27 years

Jane Marshman 1846 52 years

James Peabody 1847 58 years

Clement Chandler 1847 9 years

John Charles Davenlaw 1847 5 years

No Name 1849 8 weeks

Catherine Livingston 1850 3 years

John L. Marshman 1852 26 years

Robert Long 1852 56 years

William Henry Lucas 1853 6 months

George Thompson 1855 62 years

Thomas Johnston 1855 20 years

Margaret Hanington 1856 20 years

Iaconeah Seaman 1856 45 years

Alex Colborne 1856 3 years

Mary Ann Colborne 1856 5 weeks

Samuel Hamilton 1857 14 months

John Kelly 1857 46 years

James Pollard 1857 40 years

Thomas Jacob Elliott 1866 3 months

Mary Caroline Elliott 1870 Infant

SECOND COLUMN

John Young 1858 23 years

Hannah Seely 1859 78 years

Tryphosa Hanington 1860 11 years

Jennet Hanington 1861 31 years

Angus Livingston 1861 17 years

Sophia M. Harshman 1862 16 years

Aaron Harshman 1863 30 years

Peter Livingston 1864 23 years

Joseph Lucas 1865 71 years

Eliza Nichol 1865 18 years

Margaret Colborne 1865 17 months

Alice Ruth Atkinson 1865 16 years

Robert E. Atkinson 1865 3 years

Merilla Colborne 1865 3 years

Adolfohus Kelly 1866 9 years

John Keirstead 1867 76 years

Ann D. Harshman 1867 36 years

George Matthias 1867 68 years

Francis Albert Riley 1868 7 years

Elizabeth Riley 1868 36 years

Linus Thomas Seely 1868 6 months

Elizabeth Crawford 1869 62 years

Edward Hayes 1869 6 years

James I. Seely 1870 8 days

Margaret Seely 1873 13 years

John James 1873 66 years

Rebecca Seely 1874 30 years

Tryphena Cormick 1874 Infant

Irene Eva Murray 1914 2 years

THIRD COLUMN

Alice Harshman 1875 70 years

Honora Louise Hanington 1875 2 months

Honorah Hanington 1877 25 years

Rebecca Ann Trites 1878 82 years

Thomas Colborne 1878 33 years

Mary Jane Gamble 1878 25 years

Jacob Trites 1879 87 years

Anne Dale Hanington 1880 75 years

Clifford Howard Elliott 1886 1 year

Thomas Elliott Jr. 1886 54 years

William Hanington 1887 92 years

Elizabeth Wilson 1888 81 years

Mary Ann Crawford 1889 86 years

Daniel Crawford 1889 76 years

Vera Ann Cormick 1889 9 years

Edward James Hanington 1889 20 years

Mrs. Mary Colborne 1890

Joshua Gamble 1891 42 years

Lilian C. Cormick 1892 14 years

Charles H. Seely 1894 82 years

Pearl Kinnear 1898 4 months

Ruby Kinnear 1898 8 months

William George Murray 1909 75 years

James Cormick 1917 76 years

Alice Murray 1924 84 years

Alexander C. Murray 1930 24 years

Mrs. Tryphena Cormick 1937 94 years

Isabella Smith Murray 1937 49 years

Albert Mansfield Elliott 1895 14 years

Susan Elizabeth Elliott 1897 55 years

NO BURIALS WERE RECORDED FROM JAN. 1879 – JAN. 1886
ERECTED BY ST. MARTINS IN THE WOODS CHURCH

PLACED 1997

On the west side of the cemetery just beyond the large memorial are four granite tombstones. The names inscribed on these four monuments also appear on the large memorial with the exception of one individual, Alice D. Murray 1884 - 1893. The following is a transcript of the inscriptions for the four individual monuments:

HANINGTON

Wm Hanington

1795 – 1888

His wife

Ann D. Brownell

1805 – 1880

(Flat granite monument)

M. James Cormick 1841 – 1917

His wife

Tryphena Hanington 1842 – 1937

Children

Tryphena 1874 – 1874

Vera A. 1880 – 1889

Lillian C. 1878 – 1892

(Flat granite monument)

HANINGTON / CORMICK

William Hanington

1795 – 1888

Ann D. Brownell

1805 – 1880

(Front east side)

M. James Cormick

1841 – 1917

His Wife

Tryphena L. Hanington

1842 – 1937

Their children

Tryphena V. O., 1874 – 1874

Vera A., 1880 – 1889

Lilian D., 1878 – 1892

(Back west side)

(This is a "newer" upright granite monument - The original Hanington monument was removed from St. Albans Churchyard, Cocagne and placed at St. Martins in the Woods Cemetery, Shediac, NB in order to prevent it from being destroyed by vandals)

MURRAY

William G. Murray

1834 – 1909

His wife

Alice C. Hannington*

1839 – 1924

Alice D. 1884 – 1893**

(Front east side)

George A. Murray **

1882 – 19__

His wife

Isabella S. Murray

1888 – 1937

Irene E. 1912 – 1914

Alexander

(Back west side)

(This is a "newer" thick granite stone which was broken in half and has been repaired. The remaining information below and to the right of the name Alexander is unreadable due to the damage. The individual Alexander on this monument may be Alexander C. Murray 1930 24 years inscribed on the memorial.

*This surname is spelled with a double "n". Also, Alice C. Hannington is listed on the St. Albans memorial monument as "Alice Murray 1924 84 years".

**These two individuals, Alice D. 1884 – 1893 and George A. Murray 1882 – 19__, are not listed on the large memorial monument.)

FORMER SITE OF

ST. ALBANS ANGLICAN CHURCH 1843 – 1937

CEMETERY 1836 – 1937

DEDICATED IN MEMORY OF

DEPARTED DESCENDENTS OF

WILLIAM HANINGTON

ERECTED AUGUST 1991

BY THE HANINGTON REUNION ASSOCIATION

(This granite marker is situated in the corner of the cemetery lot. It faces northeast towards Cocagne Bay.)

ST. ALBANS

ANGLICAN CHURCH

CEMETERY

SINCE 1846

(This wooden sign is at the edge of the cemetery along Route 134.)