First Church Cemetery Association of
East Haddam, Connecticut, Incorporated
incorporated September 23, 1937
The land was a gift to First Ecclesiastical Society of East Haddam, Connecticut by Captain Samuel Gates (1716-1788) for a new Meetinghouse and cemetery. Gates was the first burial.
Little Haddam Historic District: a National Register of Historic Places District
Venture Smith Gravesite: Connecticut Freedom Trail
Dr. Karl P. Stofko, President and Superintendent
David C. Nelson, Treasurer
Andrea Pascal, Secretary
Please direct all requests for burial plot purchases, and historical and genealogical research to our Cemetery Association President and Superintendent, and Municipal Historian, Dr. Karl Stofko directly at 860-873-9375.
Virtually all of First Church Cemetery burials are now listed on FindAGrave.com (over 1,100), with slightly more than half of the listings now with photographs.