Eastern Townships Cemeteries > Stanstead County > McConnell Cemetery
McConnell Cemetery,
West Hatley
Stanstead County, Quebec
Location: From Ayer's Cliff, follow route 141 west around Lake Massawippi and take Ayer's Cliff Road (Ch. d'Ayer's Cliff) on your right toward St. Catherine-de Hatley. The cemetery is next to a gravel pit on the left side of the road a couple of miles from Ayer's Cliff. It is a bit hard to find but there is a sign. Look for an opening and a gate. Drive up the trail through the woods to the cemetery in the clearing.
The cemetery is maintained by Crystal Lake Cemetery Company. It is in good shape and most of the stones are readable. It is really a beautiful, tranquil burial ground. Church records sometimes refer to this cemetery as the McConnell School House burying ground or the cemetery in West Hatley, or Ste. Catherine de Hatley. It was a burial ground as early as 1820.
We last visited this cemetery in June of 2014, and photographed all monuments. It is used occasionally today. Some data included below has been taken from church records.
Leslie & Susan Nutbrown [[email protected]]
Total records:184
Last Updated: October 2017
| ??, Ellis; d. 4 Jul 1877, aged 4y 4m 2d |
| Appelt, Mary Davidson; b. 1919, d. 2000, wife of Sanborn Sampson Worthen |
| Arnold, Ann Elizabeth; d. 25 Feb 1896, aged 82 yrs, wife of Jacob Brown |
| Ayer, Merranda; d. 27 Oct 1854, aged 11y 2m, daughter of Warren & Lucinda |
| Ayer, Warren; b. 30 Jan 1801, d. 27 Sep 1877, husband of Lucinda Boynton |
| Bacon, Archie S., b. 1873, d. 1965, husband of Mary O. Cass |
| Bacon, Maud M., b. 1868, d. 1936, wife of Henry Spendlove |
| Bacon, Simeon D., d. 24 May 1896, aged 67 yrs, husband of Mary Corey |
| Bailey, Alvira V., d. 18 Jan 1888, wife of William Brown |
| Batchelder, Caroline; b. 1 May 1822, d. 2 Mar 1904, wife of Truman Maxfield |
| Boynton, Lucinda; b. 1 Oct 1812, d. 29 Mar 1897, wife of Warren Ayer |
| Brown, Elvira A., b. 1854, d. 1930, wife of James Sharon |
| Brown, Herbert;d. 10 Mar 1932, aged 68 yrs, (no stone) |
| Brown, Jacob; d. 21 May 1883, aged 73 yrs, husband of Ann Arnold |
| Brown, Oris; b. 14 Feb 1847, d. 4 Nov 1920, husband of Rose Rollins |
| Brown, William; d. 16 May 1898, aged 57 yrs, husband of Alvira Bailey |
| Bundy, Ellen L., d. 19, Dec 1867, aged 6m, daughter of G.J. & B.A. |
| Cass, Clarissa J., b. 12 Sep 1848, d. 28 Oct 1908, wife of Frank W. Stewart |
| Cass, Joseph; b. 14 Oct 1811, d. 28 Jun 1894, husband of Sarah Rexford |
| Cass, Mary O., b. 26 May 1873, d. 11 Nov 1922, wife of Archie Bacon |
| Cass, Norman; b. 2 Aug 1833, d. 30 Apr 1901, husband of Amelia Fletcher |
| Cass, Riley; b. 22 May 1836, d. 24 Oct 1916, husband of Emma Jane Rexford |
| Chapman, Almira; d. 19 Nov 1897, aged 78y 11m |
| Chapman, C. Arlene; b. 1904, d. 1983, wife of Aristide Forand |
| Chapman, Greeley W., b. 1843, d. 1928, husband of Hannah Magoon |
| Chapman, Guy D., b. 1880, d. 1957, husband of Bertha Magoon |
| Corey, Benjamin; b. 1799, d. 1876, husband of Mary Leavitt |
| Corey, Jon; b. 1842, d. 1902 |
| Corey, Leavitt; b. 1835, d. 24 May 1860, aged 24y 5m |
| Corey, Mary; b. 26 Jul 1840, d. 18 Mar 1917, wife of Simeon Bacon |
| Corey, Neal; d. 18 Feb 1928, aged 67 yrs |
| Cosgrove, Irvin Patrick; b. 1930, d. 2008 |
| Dezan, Arlene Helena; b. 1909, d. 1910, twin daughter of Charles & Eva Dezan |
| Dezan, Burnie E., b. 1890, d. 16 Nov 1913 |
| Dezan, Charles Exum; d. 8 May 1939, (no stone) |
| Dezan, Charles W., b. 1883, d. 1957, husband of Eva Hibbard |
| Dezan, Clairlene Helen; b. 1909, d. 1910, twin daughter of Charles & Eva Dezan |
| Dezan, Doris I., b. 1908, d. 1920, daughter of Charles & Eva Dezan |
| Dezan, Lawrence Henry; b. 1919, d. 8 Apr 1988, aged 68 yrs, Private CDN Forestry Corps, husband of Madeleine Tyler |
| Dezan, Ronald Frederick; b. 7 Oct 1924, d. 4 Aug 1994, Private C.H. of O. (M.G.) C.A., husband of Geraldine Tyler |
| Dickey, Margaret; d. 24 Jan 1872, aged 76 yrs, wife of Thomas Moore |
| Dudley, John H., d. 28 Oct 1872, aged 20 yrs, son of G. & H. Dudley |
| Dudley, Levi; d. 21 Sep 1859, aged 4 yrs, son of G. & H. Dudley |
| Dustin, Albert; b. 1 Jul 1823, d. 4 Mar 1901, (no stone) |
| Dustin, Arthur; d. 18 Aug 1860, aged 2 yrs, son of Walter & Clarissa |
| Dustin, Calvin; d. 1874 |
| Dustin, Emma L., b. 5 Mar 1862, d. 26 Jul 1933, wife of Homer Rexford |
| Dustin, Harriet; d. 1 Aug 1864, aged 23 yrs, wife of Wire Leavitt |
| Dustin, Jennie Adelaide; d. 25 Sep 1914 aged 45 yrs, wife of Herbert Brown, (no stone) |
| Dustin, Jonathan; d. 8 Oct 1871 |
| Dustin, Lyman; b. 19 Jan 1839, d. 18 Feb 1904, husband of Emma J. Plumley |
| Dustin, Mary; d. 17 May 1928, aged 92 yrs, second wife of Wire Leavitt |
| Dustin, Walter; d. 1 Jan 1909, aged 75y 4m, husband of Clarissa Gardner |
| Dustin, Walter; d. 15 Mar 1867, aged 75 yrs |
| Fish, Thankful; b. 21 Jun 1766 in Pepperell, Massachusetts, d. 15 Mar 1862, wife of William Taylor, (no stone) |
| Fletcher, Amelia; b. 26 Jul 1843, d. 30 Dec 1907, wife of Norman Cass |
| Forand, Aristide D., b. 1897, d. 1968, husband of C. Arlene Chapman |
| French, Lucy; d. 9 Mar 1880, aged 51y 1m, wife of Gilman Worthen |
| Gardner, Clarissa; b. 7 Oct 1845, d. 15 Apr 1927, wife of Walter Dustin |
| Hawse, Cornelia; b. 8 Feb 1839, d. 21 Aug 1876, wife of Orin Rexford |
| Hibbard, Eva M., b. 1889, d. 1960, wife of Charles Dezan |
| Hitchcock, William E., d. 26 Jul 1879, aged 13y 6m, son of W.R. & E. J. Hitchcock |
| Hodges, Carrie M., b. 1876, d. 1949, wife of George Rexford |
| Hollis, Elisabeth C.; b. 1829, d. 1857 |
| Howard, Carmen; b. 4 Dec 1960, d. Oct 2017, wife of Kenneth Ingalls, daughter of Gilbert Howard & Georgette Bessette |
| Hughes, Robert; b. 29 Mar 1930, d. 16 Apr 2011 in Smiths Falls, ON, husband of Beryl Taylor |
| Hurd, Maryetta; b. 1847, d. 1930, wife of George Worthen |
| Ingalls, Adam; d. 20 Jul 1990, son of Kenneth & Carmen |
| Ingalls, Annabelle; d. 12 Jun 1991, daughter of Kenneth & Carmen |
| Ingalls, Arielle; d. 12 Jun 1991, daughter of Kenneth & Carmen |
| Ingalls, Eric; b. 10 Jul 1992, d. 26 Jan 2003, son of Kenneth & Carmen |
| Ingalls, Kenneth; b. 2 Apr 1953, d.3 May 2013, husband of Carmen Howard, son of Hibbard Ingalls & Mildred Bryant |
| Jackson, Ruth; d. 6 Apr 1895, aged 81 yrs, wife of Josiah Magoon |
| Langmade, Rosanna R., d. 10 Nov 1888, wife of James Reece |
| Leavitt, Emma Jane; d. 7 May 1862, aged 20y 5m 20d, daughter of Zebulon & Alice Leavitt; wife of Norman Cass |
| Leavitt, Mary C.,d. 19 Sep 1864, aged 15y 16d, daugher of Zebulon & Alice Leavitt |
| Leavitt, Mary; b. 1804, d. 1895, wife of Benjamin Corey |
| Leavitt, Sarah; d. 28 Mar 1862, aged 18y 1m 19d, daughter of Zebulon & Alice Leavitt |
| Leavitt, Wire; d. 12 May 1887, aged 50 yrs, husband of Harriet Dustin & Mary Dustin |
| Little, Carrie M., b. 1875, d. 1961, wife of Kirk Sharon |
| Lord, Nancy; d. 19 Dec 1880, aged 47 yrs, third wife of Thomas Parnell |
| Magoon, Bertha C., b. 1880, d. 1966, wife of Guy Chapman |
| Magoon, Calvin L., d. 10 Sep 1895, aged 57 yrs |
| Magoon, Etta M., d. 12 May 1862, aged 1m 25d, daughter of Calvin L. & S.A. Magoon |
| Magoon, Hannah E., b. 1846, d. 1920, wife of Greeley Chapman |
| Magoon, Josiah M., d. 23 Aug 1865, aged 53 yrs, husband of Ruth Jackson |
| Magoon, Myrtie Maud; d. 24 Apr 1888, aged 13y 6m 12d, daughter of C.L. & S.A. Magoon |
| Maxfield, Hannah; d. 24 Nov 1873, aged 55 yrs, wife of Thomas Richardson |
| Maxfield, James L., d. 28 Oct 1872, aged 18y 8m 28d, son of Truman & Elvira |
| Maxfield, Truman; d. 16 May 1880, aged 58y 8m, husband of Caroline Batchelder |
| McConnell, John; d. 22 Apr 1842, aged 10 yrs, son of John & Alice |
| McConnell, Marietta; d. 1832, aged 4 yrs, daughter of John & Alice |
| McConnell, Minerva; d. 10 Feb 1888, aged 79y 9m, wife of True Worthen |
| Miller, Elizabeth; b. 1840, d. 1868, wife of Thomas Parnell |
| Moore, Asenath; d. 22 Mar 1905, aged 86 yrs, wife of Chester Rexford |
| Moore, George W., d. 11 Dec 1894, aged 71y 6m |
| Moore, Mary Ann; b. 15 Oct 1814, d. 10 Apr 1894, aged 79 yrs, wife of William Robinson |
| Moore, Rosina L.; b. 1822, d. 1897, wife of Robert Spendlove |
| Moore, Thomas; d. 19 Oct 1871, aged 84 yrs, husband of Margaret Dickey |
| Morse, Harry Sewall; b. Jan 1870, d. 19 May 1912 in Capelton, Que., husband of Minnie M. Astbury, (no stone) |
| Neal, Samuel; d. 30 Oct 1865, husband of Betsey Newton |
| Newton, Betsey W., d. 17 Sep 1865, aged 67y 8m, wife of Samuel Neal |
| Oboroniw, Anna E. H., b. 16 July 1954, d. 8 Sep 1994, wife of ? Henderson |
| Parnell, Eliza; b. 1857, d. 1917, wife of Ordway Dustin |
| Parnell, Elizabeth C., b. 1857, d. 1873 |
| Parnell, Grace N., d. 20 Sep 1883, aged 8m, daughter of Thomas & Eliza |
| Parnell, Infant; d. 9 May 1875, daughter of Thomas & Nancy |
| Parnell, John L., d. 28 Jan 1875, aged 4y 7m 20d, son of Thomas & Nancy |
| Parnell, John Old; b. 12 Feb 1822, d. 2 Jun 1891 (husband of Betsey Worthen) no stone |
| Parnell, John Old; b. 1777, d. 1854, husband of Polly Taylor |
| Parnell, Thomas; b. 1824, d. 1903, husband of Nancy Turner & Elizabeth Miller |
| Parnell, William J., b. 1826, d. 1897 |
| Parnell, Willie T., d. 30 Jan 1874, aged 1y 5m, son of Thomas & Nancy |
| Plumley, Emma Jane; b. 18 Nov 1841, d. 18 Jul 1888, wife of Lyman Dustin |
| Ramage, George Samuel; b. 1896, d. 1973 |
| Reece, George H., d. 9 May 1868, aged 5y 3m, son of James & Rosanna |
| Rexford, Charles W., b. 9 Nov 1839, d. 23 Sep 1925 |
| Rexford, Chester; d. 15 Jan 1889, aged 79y 8m, husband of Asenath Moore |
| Rexford, Clara L., b. 5 Apr 1862, d. 13 Feb 1940, wife of Lewis Turner |
| Rexford, Emma Jane; b. 6 Apr 1842, d. 29 May 1925, wife of Riley Cass |
| Rexford, George M., b. 1849, d. 1933, husband of Carrie Hodges |
| Rexford, George; b. 1816, d. 1904 |
| Rexford, Homer; b. 23 Jan 1867, d. 16 Nov 1927, husband of Emma Dustin |
| Rexford, Julia; b. 1853, d. 1938, wife of Frank Worthen |
| Rexford, Maud Alice; d. 3 Sep 1889, aged 2yrs, daughter of Homer & Emma |
| Rexford, Oscar T., b. 9 Sep 1849, d. 15 Aug 1931 |
| Rexford, Sarah; b. 6 Apr 1813, d. 17 Jun 1889, wife of Joseph Cass |
| Rider, Horace M., d. 9 Oct 1863, aged 16y 2m, son of Abner & Judith |
| Rider, Horace P., d. 6 Jul 1866, aged 1y 8m, son of William & Hannah (Magoon) |
| Rider, Judith T., d. 14 May 1860, aged 43y 8m, wife of Abner Rider |
| Robinson, Ellen R., d. 21 Jan 1868, aged 24 yrs, daughter of William & Mary Ann |
| Robinson, William; d. 3 Jun 1880, aged 75 years, husband of Mary Ann Moore |
| Rollins, Clarence W., b. 1858, d. 1938 |
| Rollins, John C., b. 1829, d. 1910, husband of Polly Turner |
| Rollins, Rose M., b. 18 Jul 1860, d. 13 Oct 1962, wife of Oris Brown |
| Sampson, Winifred Orr; b. 1888, d. 1973, DAR 48509, wife of Sanborn Scott Worthen |
| Sharon, Blanche B., d. 5 Oct 1885, aged 5y 2m 16d, daughter of James & Elvira Sharon |
| Sharon, James P., b. 1845, d. 1931, husband of Elvira Brown |
| Sharon, Kirk G., b. 1878, d. 1956, husband of Carrie Little |
| Spendlove, Edward M., b. 1860, d. 1925 |
| Spendlove, Henry D., b. 1850, d. 1911, husband of Maud Bacon |
| Spendlove, Robert; b. 1817, d. 1899, husband of Rosina Moore |
| Stewart, Albert E., d. 18 Jun 1872, aged 19y 11d, son of Asa & Lydia |
| Stewart, Charles; d. Nov 1865 in Andersonville Prison, Georgia, son of Asa & Lydia (Worthen), no stone |
| Stewart, Frank W., b. 15 Nov 1847, d. 3 Sep 1934, Co. L. 2nd Reg. Mass Cavalry Volunteers |
| Stewart, Martha A., d. 24 Sep 1864, aged 21 yrs, wife of Cyrus E. Worthen |
| Stewart, Mary E., d. 21 Jun 1885, aged 34y 8m, wife of Cyrus Dean |
| Taylor, Beryl; b. 13 May 1933, wife of Robert Hughes |
| Taylor, Polly; b. 1793, d. 1862, wife of John Parnell, daughter of William Taylor & Thankful Fish |
| Taylor, William; d. 26 Jan 1851, husband of Thankful Fish, (no stone) |
| Thompson, James B., d. 27 Aug 1864, aged 24 yrs |
| True, Hannah; d. 20 Jan 1864, aged 79y 8m, wife of Isaac Worthen |
| True, Orisa L., d. 22 Feb 1851, aged 6 yrs, daughter of Seth & Sarah |
| True, Seth; d. 14 May 1882, aged 71yrs, husband of Sarah Worthen |
| True, Wata Ann; d. 24 May 1857, aged 18y 5m, daughter of Seth & Sarah |
| Turner, ?; d. 12 May 1829, aged 21 yrs |
| Turner, D., b. 3 May 1868, d. 9 Nov 1890 |
| Turner, David; d. 10 Mar 1854 |
| Turner, Elizabeth; d. 10 May 1850 |
| Turner, Elizabeth; d. 15 May 1893, aged 76 yrs, wife of Albert Dustin, (no stone) |
| Turner, Lewis; b. 21 Jan 1852, d. 29 Nov 1915, husband of Clara Rexford |
| Turner, Nancy O., b. 1828, d. 1860, wife of Thomas Parnell |
| Turner, Orin; b. 20 Apr 1836, d. 15 May 1903, husband of Cornelia Hawse |
| Turner, Polly; b. 1829, d. 1899, wife of John Rollins |
| Tweed, James; d. 1 Mar 1916 in Magog, aged 73 yrs, (no stone) |
| Tweed, Maud; d. 30 Sep 1918 |
| Tyler, Geraldine June; b. 18 Jun 1923, d. 25 Apr 2003, wife of Ronald Dezan |
| Tyler, Madeleine May; b. 1924, d. 2004, wife of Lawrence Dezan |
| Welch, William; d. 3 Jun 1886, aged 60 yrs |
| Worthen, Betsey; b. 21 Nov 1821, d. 4 May 1889, wife of John O. Parnell, daughter of Isaac Worthen & Hannah True (no stone) |
| Worthen, Cyrus E., d. 2 Sep 1869, aged 35 yrs, husband of Martha Stewart |
| Worthen, Eugene H., d. 15 Jun 1897, aged 23 yrs, son of F.M. & J.E. Worthen |
| Worthen, Frank M., b. 1846, d. 1914, husband of Julia Rexford |
| Worthen, George B., b. 1840, d. 1924, Co. D. First VT Calvalry 1861-63, husband of Maryetta Hurd |
| Worthen, Gilman C., d. 9 Mar 1880, aged 52y 9m, husband of Lucy French |
| Worthen, Hannah L., d. 15 Mar 1888, aged 42 yrs, wife of Samuel Heath |
| Worthen, Isaac; d. 20 Sep 1874, aged 93y 7m, husband of Hannah True |
| Worthen, John D., d. 3 May 1878, aged 68y 4m |
| Worthen, Sanborn Sampson; b. 1917, d. 1999, husband of Mary Appelt |
| Worthen, Sanborn Scott; b. 1875, d. 1950, husband of Winifred Orr Sampson |
| Worthen, Sarah A., d. 14 Feb 1880, aged 73y 7d, wife of Seth True |
| Worthen, Sias; d. Nov 1865 in Andersonville Prison, Georgia, son of Sanborn Worthen, (no stone) |
| Worthen, True;b. 1 Apr 1804, d. 4 Jun 1900, aged 96y 2m 3d, husband of Minerva McConnell |
| Worthen, Wallace W., d. 10 Feb 1916 in Manchester, NH, aged 35 yrs (no stone) |
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