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Stepney Cemetery is an old cemetery in Monroe, Connecticut, United States, located in the village of Stepney. It was established next to the Stepney Green in 1794. Many of the area's earliest settlers are buried in the cemetery; the oldest headstone belongs to Nathaniel W. Knapp (died 1787). The cemetery is also known as Birdsey's Plain Cemetery or Beardsley Plain Cemetery. Next to the cemetery is Our Lady of The Rosary Chapel.
Ed and Lorraine Warren are buried in this cemetery.
Alleged haunting
[edit]Ed and Lorraine Warren believed that the cemetery was haunted by a "White Lady ghost".[1]
References
[edit]- ↑ Susan Campbell; Ray Bendici; Bill Heald (9 November 2010), Connecticut Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbe, Rowman & Littlefield, pp. 155–, ISBN 978-0-7627-7492-0
Categories:
- 1794 establishments in Connecticut
- Buildings and structures completed in 1794
- Cemeteries established in the 1790s
- Monroe, Connecticut
- Reportedly haunted locations in Connecticut
- History of Connecticut
- Cemeteries in Fairfield County, Connecticut
- Buildings and structures in Monroe, Connecticut
- Ed and Lorraine Warren