The first Baptist Church in Dundee was built on this lot, on land donated by Samuel Harpending.

When a new church was built elsewhere, this old churchyard remained. A new Episcopal Church was built on the site of the old one near the turn of the 20th century, and this building is now used for the town hall.

The cemetery is in rather poor condition, mostly from age and neglect. Some of the stones have weathered into illegibility, others are fallen or broken. The town is now responsible for its maintenance, and this should slow further deterioration.

Many readings have been done of this cemetery, and all those known to the compilers were used to make this list as complete as possible; however, numerous errors were noticed as well, which crept into successive earlier lists. All information that could possibly be checked was confirmed, and the decision then reluctantly made to eliminate a few names, those of people whose gravestones no longer exist and for whom no other evidence could be found.

The cemetery is on public property and easily accessible from Seneca Street. It is occasionally called the Harpending Cemetery, because the family plot is located here, and the only recent burials have taken place in this plot.

OLD BAPTIST CEMETERY, DUNDEE: Burials

---- ----

D ae ?/3 [broken stone]

---- ----

[Inscription obliterated]

---- ----

[Stone partially buried; Harpending lot]

---- ----

1837 Jan 16

D ae 25 [wife of ----] & daughter of Margaret & --as  ---- [broken slate stone]

---- M---

[Broken stone]

---- Maria

[Daughter of John & Sophia ---- [broken stone]

---ons ----

1852 Apr 18

[D ae 21/9] [broken stone]

---- Susan Jane

Daughter of ---- [broken stone]

Alexander Elizabeth [Terwilliger]

1839 Jun 8

D ae 85/11/18; wife of William Alexander [Sr.]; [1st husband was Peter Winfield]

Alexander William [Sr.]

1844 Oct 24

B1761, d ae 88/?/6; Revolutionary War: 1st Regiment Massachusetts Militia

Andrews --- #

Wife of Isaac Andrews, buried with him in southwest corner of cemetery near present Baptist church; may have been moved here

Andrews Elizabeth Harpending

1900 May 9

B1809 May 15, wife of Jesse G. Andrews [& daughter of Samuel & Hannah Cosad Harpending; she married ---- Doty]

Andrews Isaac #

Cleveland says he was buried in southwest corner of cemetery near the present Baptist church; a surveyor; may have been moved here.

Andrews Jesse G.

1880 Apr 13

B1809 Aug 9 [son of Amherst & Phebe Cady Andrews]

Aspell Richard

1848 Dec 18

D ae 65

Baker Asbury Harpending

1933

B1860 [Harpending lot]

Baker Charles S.

1891 Mar 27

B1855 Dec 27 [son of Elijah Baker] [Harpending lot]

Baker [Hannah] Lizzie Harpending

1891 Mar 25

B1842 Sep 19; wife of Charles S Baker [& daughter of Asbury & Mary Sayre Harpending] [Harpending lot]

Baker Helen E. Rappleye

1944

B1860, wife of Asbury Harpending Baker [Harpending lot]

Bartholomew Lewis

1835 Nov 8

D ae 12/4/7, son of David B. & Catharine Bartholomew

Bartholomew Sarah

1850 Oct 16

D ae 80/5/10, w?/o John Bartholomew

Bigelow John W.

1845

B1795 [son of Rev. Samuel & Elizabeth Fuller Bigelow]

Bigelow Mary [ Shannon]

1855

B1797, wife of John W. Bigelow [& daughter of Daniel Shannon]

Bodine Cornelius

1863 May 12

D ae 49/10/25

Bodine Elizabeth Bigelow

1901 Jun 3

D ae 84/11 days in Dundee; wife of Cornelius Bodine & daughter of John & Polly Bigelow [broken stone adjacent to her husband’s is probably hers]

Bradley Joel N.

1851 Nov 12

D ae 40 in Dundee, born in Connecticut

Briggs Esther  [Aspell]

1843 Sep 15

[D ae 16]; daughter of D[avid] & Elizabeth [Aspell] Briggs

Brouwere Helen A.

1846 Apr 2

D ae 27 days, daughter of Vermilyia & Mary D. Brouwere

Campbell Alexander P.

1886

B1841; Civil War: Co. G, 85th NY

Campbell Ira

1843 Oct 6

D ae 23/11/28

Campbell Irena

1876 Mar 28

D ae 2/10/15, daughter of Ira S. &. Louisa Campbell

Campbell John [W.]

1905

B1840; Civil War: Co. A, 50th NY Engineers [1865 census says he died 15 Nov 1863 in Starkey]

Campbell Thomas #

1870 Jan

D ae 24 in Starkey, son of Henry & Abigail Campbell [mortality schedule]

Chapman Jacob

1934 Apr 11

“Born in slavery”

Chapman Maggie [Yates]

1892 Dec 17

D ae 27, wife of Jacob Chapman

Chubb Cyrus

1854 Feb 21

D ae 39

Chubb Eleanor E.

[1860 Dec 6]

[D ae 45] wife of Cyrus Chubb [broken stone]

Chubb Emily

1842 Jul 17

Daughter of Philo &  Lorany Chubb

Chubb Fanny

1853 Jun 24

D ae 64/11/5, wife of Stephen Chubb

Chubb Loranny

1861 Jan 16

D ae 64, wife of Philo Chubb

Chubb Philo

1868 Feb 17

D ae 76

Chubb William

1844 Sep 4

D ae 12/4/26, son of Stephen & Fanny Chubb

Clark Caroline

1834 Mar 25

D ae 27/3

Clark James William

1846 Aug 6

D ae 5 months 26 days, son of Lewis & Temperance Clark

Clark Joseph

1839 Apr 24

D ae 65

[Clark Lewis Jr.]

1842 Oct 6

D ae 6 months 27 days

Clark Patty #

1851 Apr 30

D ae 74/11/2

Clark Sophia

1839 Feb 19

D ae 72, wife of Thomas Clark

Clark Temperance

1846 Mar 13

D ae 32, wife of Lewis Clark

Clark Thomas

1851 May 9

D ae 101/1/7; Revolutionary War: NY, Hathorn’s Regiment, Militia

Clemens Mary E. #

1850 Mar

D ae 9 months Barrington [mortality schedule]

Coleman Nancy T.

1887 Feb 26

D ae 68/10/16

Coulter Mildred B.

1971

B1901, sister of Marceile B. Harpending [Harpending lot]

Crandall Mary E. [Wilkins]

[1861]

[D ae 25] wife of Albert Crandall [& daughter of David Wilkins] [broken stone]

Denny infant

1878 Jun 17

Son of Charles & Rebecca Denny [Harpending lot]

Dunn Rebecca [Jones]

1837 Jun 15

D ae 21, wife of Henry S. Dunn & daughter of E. Jones

Ellis Justus

1870 Jul 10

D ae 61 [Justus Ellis monument]

Ellis Mary

1877 Jan 10

D ae 75, wife of Justus Ellis [Justus Ellis monument]

Ellis Rachel #

1838 Aug 11

D ae 27, wife of William Ellis

Fowler Mahasa Adeline Kinney #

1899 Dec 13

D ae 62/6/29 in Barrington; widowed daughter of Henry & Elizabeth Rockwell Kinney [town record]

Fraser George

1838 Aug 13

Son of David & Mary Fraser

Fraser Mary Della

1838 Aug 12

D ae 22/2/18, wife of David Fraser

Fraser Phebe Ann

1841 Sep 15

D ae 18 months 11 days, daughter of [D.] & D. M. Fraser

Gibson Eliza J. #

1848 Aug 28

D ae 12 daughter of J. & M. Gibson

Gibson John

1842 Jun 10

D ae 34

Gibson Leonard L. #

1830 Nov 2

D ae 30

Green William H.

[1844 Apr 15]

[D ae 11 months 2 days] son of John R. & Jane Green [broken stone]

Hackett Clarissa D. [Orton]

1875 Dec 26

B1789 Oct 17, wife of Jacob Hackett

Hacket Jacob

1859 Apr 1

B1772 Mar 3 at Middleboro, Mass.; died age 87/1/30; emigrated in 1811

Haire Luther

1837 Oct 30

D ae 34/6/4

Haire Margaret #

1849 Sep

D ae 63, wife of Robert Haire; born in NJ

Hamlin Ann Eliza

1847 Oct 11

D ae 1 month, daughter of W[illiam] B. & Mary [ Stafford] Hamlin

Hamlin Mary Y?

1841 May 22

D ae 2/9/8, daughter of W. B. & Mary Hamlin

Harpending Abraham V.

1871 Apr 23

B1816 Jul 9, died in Albany; State Senator [son of Samuel & Hannah Harpending] [Harpending lot]

Harpending Andrew

1888 Sep 12

B1888 Jan 31, son of Andrew & Elida Harpending [Harpending lot]

Harpending Andrew H.

1899 Apr 2

B1818 Feb 24 [son of Samuel & Hannah Harpending] [Harpending lot]

Harpending Asburry H.

1853 Apr 3

D ae 39/2 days [son of Samuel & Hannah Harpending] [Asburry Harpending monument; Harpending lot]

Harpending Asbury H.

1970

B1901, son of Harry B. & Celia H. Harpending; WWI [Harpending lot]

Harpending Celia H.

1915

B1879, wife of Harry B[ackus] Harpending [Harpending lot]

Harpending Edwina Backus

1921 Sep 1

B1848 Oct 25, wife of Henry C. Harpending [Asburry Harpending monument; Harpending lot]

Harpending Emmit R.

1845 Nov 22

D ae 3/8/13, son of Anthony & Mary Harpending [Harpending lot]

Harpending Freda Jane

B1910 [Harpending lot]

Harpending Hannah [Cosad]

1880 Mar 24

D ae 97/6/6; “Mother” [wife of Samuel Harpending] [Harpending lot]

Harpending Harry Backus

1951 [Jun 12]

B1875 [Jun 3] [Harpending lot]

Harpending Henry C.

1929 Dec 29

B1847 Sep 8 [Asburry Harpending monument; Harpending lot]

Harpending Linda

1928

B1905, daughter of Harry B. & Celia H. Harpending [Harpending lot]

Harpending Marciele B.

1975

B1903, wife of Asbury H. Harpending [Harpending lot]

Harpending Mary Sayre

1877 Feb 4

D ae 58/11, wife of Asburry Harpending [& daughter of Henry Sayre] [Asburry Harpending monument; Harpending lot]

Harpending Peter J.

1840 Aug 11

B1744, died age 96; Revolutionary War: corporal, 1st Regiment, NJ Militia

Harpending Samuel

1852 May 30

B1778 Apr 29 at Perth Amboy, NJ, died in Dundee [son of Peter & Anna Compton Harpending] [Harpending lot]

Harpending Samuel Asbury

1947 Oct 13

B1878 Apr 7, son of Henry & Edwina Harpending [Harpending lot]

Harpending Samuel C.

1859 Apr 2

D ae 37/12 days [son of Samuel & Hannah Harpending] [Harpending lot]

Harpending William H.

1882 Jan 24

B1847 Sep 8, son of Asburry & Mary Harpending [Asburry Harpending monument; Harpending lot]

Havens Laminity [Shoemaker]

1843 May 18

D ae 41, wife of John F. Havens [& daughter of John & Anna Lamphier Shoemaker]

[Hayes?] ----

[Broken slate stone next to David Hayes]

Hayes [David?]

1848 Feb 27

D ae 75 [son of Ephraim & Mary Terrill Hayes] [stone broken]

Hayes David R.

1851 Mar 5

D ae 20/8/24, son of Joel & Eliza J. Hayes

Ha[yes E]phraim

[1831 Feb 1]

[D ae 19] son of David Ha[yes] [broken slate stone]

Hayes Mary [French]

1868 Jun 19

[D ae 91] wife of David Hayes [& daughter of David & Sarah Wilcox French] [broken stone]

Holcomb Tryphena

1830 Apr 24

D ae 57, wife of Ira Holcomb [very worn]

Hollister Orange

1862 Apr 8

D ae 69/10

Hollister Penelope [Smith]

1859 Apr 16

D ae 62/2/28, wife of Orange Hollister & daughter of Josiah & Ruth Smith

Houghtaling Helen

1870 Mar 1

D ae 31, wife of Jesse Houghtaling

Houghtaling Isaac W.

1843 Jul 23

Son of -?- & -?- Houghtaling [worn]

Houghtaling Jesse Jr.

1862 Jun 1

D ae 2 [same stone as Helen Houghtaling]

Houghtaling Jesse

1889 Dec 25

D ae 60; Civil War: sergeant, Co. A, 76th NY; enlisted at Dundee 1 Sep 1861, wounded at Gainsville, Va. 21 Aug 1862 & discharged; reenlisted & served until Lee’s Surrender

Houghtaling Rachael

1845 Dec 14

D ae 23/4/4, wife of S[amuel] Houghtaling

Houghtaling Susan

1846 Jun 14

D ae 46/10/2, wife of W. H. Houghtaling

Hulse Hugh

1849 Jun 14

D ae 84

Humphreys Katie #

1859 Oct 21

D ae 31, wife of John Humphreys

Humphreys John J.

1879 Nov 7

B1826 Apr 24; “Father”

Huson Betsey Warren #               

1836 Mar 30

D ae 64, 2nd wife of Nathaniel Huson

Huson Nathaniel #

1847 Oct 30

D ae 83

Huson Rhoda A.

1841 May 22

D ae 18/5, wife of Judson M. Huson

Kinney ----

1842 Feb 28

D ae 17/7/19, [child] of Henry & [ Elizabeth] Kinney [marble monument, very worn]

[Kinney Elizabeth Rockwell]

[1874 Jul 11]

B1808 [wife of Henry Kinney] [marble monument, very worn]

[Kinney Henry]

[1875 Mar 6]

B1806 [born in Penn.] [marble monument, very worn]

[Kinney Sarah]

[Wife of William Kinney] [broken stone next to his]

Kinney Ward

1845 Sep 12

D ae 3/3/20, son of Henry & Elizabeth Kinney [marble monument, very worn]

Kinney William

1873 [Sep 7]

B1836; Civil War: saddler, Co. M, 20th NY Cavalry

Kress Asenath Keyes #

1843

D ae 42, 2nd wife of Samuel Kress Jr.

Kress Catharine [Slaughter]

1837 May 28

D ae 72/2/14, wife of Samuel Kress

Kress Samuel

1845 Jan 14

D ae 81/7/8

Kress Samuel [Jr.]

1852 Oct 24

D ae 63/2/23

Lane Bettridge #

1850

D ae 51

Lane Henry #

1856

D ae 25

Lane Mary #

1851

D ae 74

Lane Richard D.

1864 Aug 9

D ae ?/10/25 [broken stone]

Lane Samuel

1837 Jan 8

D ae 68/3/26; Revolutionary War: NY, Weissenfel’s Levies

Legg Charles H.

1858 Jul 16

D ae 1/3, son of Caleb & Elizabeth Legg

Lewis Hannah [Boyd]

1846 May 23

D ae 69/8/4, wife of Joseph C. Lewis

Lewis James #

1846

D ae 5 months

[Lewis Joseph C.]

[1848 Apr 18]

[D ae 74/1/9] [broken stone adjacent to his wife’s]

Little Francis #

1841

D ae 69

Longcor Clarinda [Boyce]               

1842 Jul 16

D ae 38/7/17, wife of James Longcor [& daughter of John & Beulah Tuttle Boyce]

Longcor Julia Elizabeth

1839 Nov 10

D ae 1/8, daughter of James & Clarinda Longcor

Lowrey Jacob

1842 Jan 21

D ae 38

Maples Caroline

1846 Aug 31

D ae 39, wife of Isaac Maples

Maples Isaac

1881 Apr 28

D ae 79

Maples Lewis C. #

1842 Jul 1

D ae 29

Maples Mary #

D ae 67, 2nd wife of Isaac Maples

McAllister Catharine

1840 Aug 23

D ae 1/8, daughter of Cyrus & Marina McAllister

Medbury Maria #

1840

D ae 51

Medbury Orson, Rev.

1855 Sep 12

D ae 65

Millard Walter

1837 Jun 10

D ae 55

Millerd Harriet H.

183? May 12

D ae 16/1/7, daughter of Matthias? & Sarah Millard

Miller Jehial H.

1843 Nov 8

D ae 26/11/23, son of Daniel & Susan Miller

Miller Margaret #

1835

D ae 25

Morgan Theodore #

1841 Jun 30

D ae 18 months, son of H. F. & Rachel Morgan

Orcutt Clarissa #

1831

D ae 28

Pelham John A. #

1850 Feb

D ae 47 in Starkey, husband of Hannah Pelham [mortality schedule]

Phillips Adelaide #

1883 May 9

D ae 28 in Starkey, daughter of Stephen & Eliza Houghtaling [town record]

Plummer William M.

1839 Sep 6

D ae 5/3/10

Porter Albert W.

1863 Sep 4

D ae 33/1

Porter Polly

1863 Jun 21

D ae 70, wife of Thomas Porter

Porter Thomas

1858

[Stone very worn]

Putman Andrew

1863 Jan 13

[D ae 24 at Union Mills, Va.] Civil War: Co. B, 126th NY

Putnam Daniel

1842 Dec 21

D ae 35/3/4

Putnam John

1845 Apr 21

D ae 18/8/15, son of D. & Temperance Putnam

Rapalee Minerva M. E.

[1839]

D ae 15, only daughter of N[ehemiah] & M. Rapalee [stone partially buried]

Rapalee Minerva [Tuthill]               

1857 Aug 9

D ae 59/2/19, wife of Nehemiah Rapalee [& daughter of Samuel Tuthill]

Raplee Emmet

1840 Dec 23

D ae 18/2/3, oldest son of Nehemiah & Minerva Rapalee

Robson James

1856 Feb 5

D ae 33, son of Robert & Martha Robson

Roll Carlie

1889 Jul 30

D ae 12 weeks, son of William & Z. Rolf

Rozell Anna

1852 Mar 11

D ae 78/7/11, wife of Thomas Rozell

Rozell Thomas

1834 Nov 20

D ae 67/6/28

Sayre Henry

1860 Oct 23

B1788 Jul 10

Sayre Susanna #

1844

Scott Caroline [Spicer]

[1859 Nov 25]

[D ae 25/10/15] wife of John H. Scott & daughter of Samuel & Eliza Spicer [stone partially buried]

Scribner Atwood # 

1846

D ae 65

Shannon Byron #

1906 Mar 12

D ae 56 in Dundee, son of James & Elizabeth Ketcham Shannon [town record]

Shannon Charles F.

1860 Apr 2

D ae 11 months 8 days, son of John & Elizabeth Shannon

Shannon Elizabeth Ketcham #

1905 May 26

D ae 83/11 in Dundee, 2nd wife of James Shannon & daughter of Abraham Ketcham [town record]

Shannon James

1878 Mar 26

B1808 Sep 14; “Father”

Shannon Susan Lewis #

1836 Feb 12

D ae 36, 1st wife of James Shannon & daughter of Joseph C. & Hannah Lewis

Shoemaker Adeline #

1864 Nov 4

D ae 35 in Barrington, wife of Asher Shoemaker [mortality schedule]

S[hoemaker] E[mmett]

[1859]

[D ae 14, son of Asher & Harriet Shoemaker] [footstone]

[Slidwell Malinda]

1891 Jan 17

D ae 66 [broken stone]

Smith Harriet A. [ Henderson]

1860 Sep 10

D ae 28, [1st] wife of Capt. John Smith

Smith Hervey, Dr.

1843 May 17

D ae 47

Smith John

Civil War: capt., Co. D, 158th Regt., NY

Spicer Julia #

1847

D ae 16

Spicer Samuel

[1858 Apr 18]

[D ae 52/8] [stone partially buried]

Stead Ann #

1850 May

D ae 21 in Starkey [mortality schedule]

Sunderlin Beulah Ann [Longcor]

1844 Jul 21

D ae 19/3/ 25, wife of Cyrus Sunderlin & daughter of James & Clarinda Longcor

Sunderlin Cyrus #

1841

D ae 21

Sutphin Elen Emeline

1851 Dec 6

D ae 1 month 8 days, daughter of Peter M. & Mary Sutphin

Swarthout Abraham #

1842 Oct 10

B1815 May 9, son of Thomas & Mary Swarthout

Townsend Jane

1838 Oct 5

D ae 3/2/22, daughter of Robert & Ann [Millard] Townsend

Townsend Richard

1848 Nov 21

D ae 77

Townsend Zeruah Kline #

1835

D ae 59

Vancourt Catharine

1858 Jun 2

D ae 76/10/8, wife of David Vancourt

Vangorder James #

1858

D ae 38

Wafer James

1841 Jul 11

D ae 25

Wilkin Huldah S.

1849 Nov 4

D ae 4/9, daughter of Isaac & Rebecca Wilkin

Wilkin Nancy

1850 Feb 10

B1831 May 22, daughter of David & Mary Wilkin

Winters Mathew

1831 Nov 30

D ae 30 [Justus Ellis monument]

Wright James Eulel

D ae 3/6 [same stone as Joanna Wright]

Wright Joanna McLean

[1855 May]

D ae 31/10 [daughter of William McLean & 1st wife of Samuel Hart Wright]

Wright Zillah [Hart]

1862 Apr 17

D ae 55/3/10 in Geneva, wife of James Wright