Groton’s historic Old Burying Ground has interred over 3,000 townspeople since 1678. Its earliest wooden markers — including the graves of twenty colonists who died in a 1694 Abenaki raid — no longer exist, but headstones date back to 1704. At least 37 Revolutionary War Patriots are buried here, including Sarah Hartwell Shattuck, who served as the lieutenant for Prudence Cummings Wright when the townswomen captured a British informant at Jewett’s Bridge. Other Patriots are buried at the nearby Groton Cemetery.

Known Patriots buried here include:

Abel Bancroft • William Bancroft •  Joshua Bentley • Caleb Blood Jr • Abraham Child/Childs • Jonas Farnsworth • Henry Farwell • John Gragg • Mrs. Sarah Hartwell/Shattuck • Jabez Holden • Amos Lawrence • Asa Lawrence • Benjamin Lawrence Sr • Jonathan Lawrence • James Lewis (1735-1810) • James Lewis (1760-1828) • Ebenezer Nutting • Ephraim Nutting • William Nutting (1712-1776) • William Nutting (1752-1832) • Winslow Parker • Ebenezer Patch • Jacob Patch • Simon Patch • Oliver Prescott • Samuel Rockwood • Elnathan Sawtell • Joseph Sawtell • John Sawtelle/Sawtell • Job Shattuck • Job Shattuck Jr • Nathaniel Shattuck • James Sheple • Jonas Stone • William Thompson Tarbell • John Woods • Solomon Woods

This list was compiled from the SAR Patriot Research System. While our own research has identified discrepancies between various resources, we welcome your feedback should you notice something that should be revised.