The Irish Settlement Cemetery - Newport, New York

As is my practice these days, I am posting a recent email correspondence about a very important subject in my family research - Old St. Patrick's Cemetery at the Irish Settlement in Newport, New York.

May 19, 2012

Hi P and J,

I recently received a message online from someone that Old St. Patrick’s Cemetery at the Irish Settlement is in jeopardy of basically disappearing.  From what it sounds like, there are only around 50 identifiable headstones of the 240 or so buried in this location. 

Some sort of volunteer project took place at one point…maybe by the Boy Scouts…..which involved moving and lining up all of the remaining headstones on the site.   I guess the headstones no longer rest where they were originally laid for the most part.  Anyway,  I am not sure that this is something new.  You may already know this.  The cemetery is quite old but still marked from the roadside from what I understand.

I thought that I’d share the comments below from one R.W.  She is a volunteer who helps on Find A Grave and found me online.  I was able to tell her who the Mahardy’s were but I don’t know about the rest she indicates in her information below.

She has photographed a few headstones for me at this location.

Given that McLaughlin’s and Maxwell’s are here and at St. John’s Cemetery, I thought I’d let you know. 

Also, I went through my notes again to locate where Joseph Patrick Maxwell is buried.  Everything I have points to St. John’s Cemetery in Newport.  While his wife, Judith “Julia” Shaffrey Maxwell, is buried at the Irish Settlement Cemetery, my notes indicate specifically that Joseph Patrick is buried at St. John’s.  I noticed online at Find A Grave that many, many Maxwell’s of our line are buried there but JP’s grave is not indicated.  It is sad to say but I wonder if it is unmarked.

Thanks,

K.E.

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Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2012 4:22 PM
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Subject: Old St. Patrick's Cemetery

Here is the list that I would like to share with you to get your reaction to it. 

At the old St. Patrick's Cemetery a list of names was posted by somebody.  It looks like it has been there at least a couple of years but there is no indication who posted it or when it was posted (possibly part of the misguided Boy Scout project of years past).  There is no other information at all. There is no indication where the person who posted the list found the names and there are no dates. We found the Cullin/Cullen stones and the name is spelled both ways -- parents one way and children the other.  We'll blame that one on the stone carver.  I did not find both husband and wife Bahen/Beahen stones so I don't know if that is the fault of the stone carver or the person who made the list.  Mahada is probably Mike Mahardy since we know that he is buried in the cemetery and doesn't appear on this list.  John Broscaru's name may be spelled incorrectly, if not, then he is the only Romanian in Newport.  And I have never known anyone named Behamam -- in Newport or anywhere else. Here is the list:

Name

Barney, Nancy

Barry, Patrick

Bartol, Andrew

Beahen, Elizabeth

Bahen, Patrick

Behamam, Catherine

Bell, Mary

Bowers, Ann

Boylan, Catherine

Boylan, Luke

Boylan, Margaret

Brayton, Lydia

Brayton, Mercy

Brayton, Neil

Broscaru, John

Bullard, Bezaleel

Butler, (Mrs.)

Butler, Mary

Carver, (Mrs.)

Cary, Daniel

Casey, William (Mrs.)

Clark, James

Clark, Michael (Mrs.)

Clark, Peter

Clarke, Mary

Clifford, Daniel

Clifford, Mary

Conway, Mary

Corcoran, Michael

Cullen, James

Cullin, Bridget

Cullin, James

Curtin, Mary M.

Daily, Jo (Mrs.)

Daley, Patrick

Daley, William

Daly, Elizabeth

Dempsey, (Mrs.)

Dempsy, (Miss)

Desmond, Jeremiah

Dewyer, Patrick

Dorcy, Morris

Doyle, May

Drum, William

Duffy, Nancy

Dwyer, Patrick

Eaton, Albert

Eaton, Luther

Fitzsimons, Cathenne

Flavin, Martin (Mrs.)

Fox, Charles

Fox, James

Fox, Michael

Fox, Thomas

Gartland, Hannah

Gartland, James

Hardy, (Mrs.)

Harkins, Avis

Harkins, James

Hawkins, Daniel

Hawkins, James

Lynch, (Mrs.)

Lynch, Morris

Mahada, Michael

Mahoney, Kate

Martin, Aaron

Martin, Daniel

Martin, Patrick

Maxwell, (Miss)

Maxwell, (Mrs.)

Maxwell, Catherine

Maxwell, Julia

Maxwell, Mary

McCabe, Andrew

McCaul, Bernard

McGinnis, Anne

McLaughlin, James

McLaughlin, Mary

McLaughlin, Michael

McNaley, Elizabeth

Mulerhill, Bridget

Mulerhill, Daniel

Murphy, Carrett

Murray, Mary

Nolan, Elizabeth

O’Riley, James

Pierce, Anne

Pierce, William

Riley, (Mrs.)

Riley, Bridget

Riley, Majorie

Rounds, Reuben

Scanlon, Martin

Spain, Charles

Spain, James (Mrs.)

Spain, Mary

Spain, Stephen

Spellman, Patrick (Mrs.)

Sullivan, James

Tassel, Ann

Ward (son)

Ward, Philip

Young, Caty