Lower Mystic Cemetery Records

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2026.040.051

Scope and Content

Collection of papers relating to the Lower Mystic Cemetery, also known as Fishtown Cemetery, on Route 1/New London Road in Mystic (Groton). *Articles of Association and list of original subscribers to the Lower Mystic Cemetery, 1849. 3 pages, handwritten. Original subscribers include: George W. Ashbey, Peter E. Rowland, Asa Sawyer, George Moon, Samuel B. Ashbey Simeon Ashbey, Daniel Manwarring, Jeremiah Wilbur, William P. Smith, Isaac Randall, William P. Randall, Ransford Ashbey, William Bentley, Charles S. Williams, Henry K. Manwarring, Elisha Rathbun, Henry Latham, Horatio N. Fish, Grover G. King, Silas Beebe. *2 page handwritten list of accounts for perpetual care at the Lower Mystic Cemetery, undated

Collection

Carol Kimball Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2026.040

Source or Donor

Carol Kimball

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Article of Incorporation

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Receipt

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Legal Documents

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Financial Records

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Details

Creator

Lower Mystic Cemetery

Date(s) of Creation

1849 - circa 1920

Archive Size/Extent

1 folder

Primary Language

English

Provenance

Notes

Part of a collection of records collected by Carol Kimball during her tenure as the Town of Groton Historian; given to the Groton Historical Society following her death; stored for several years at the Avery Copp Museum; donated to the Groton Public Library 2026