According to the book, "Norwich Historic Homes and Families", (Pequot Press) Stonington, CT The Post-Gager Burial Ground was laid out as a common graveyard in 1661. It is thought that here is where Hugh Calkins, his wife Ann, Hannah Gore and others lie in unmarked graves. The burial ground was purchased by the town from Thomas Post whose wife had recently been interred there. The founders monument was erected at the site in 1871 as a memorial to Major John Mason and the thirty eight original proprietors. Their names are as follows" East Side, Major John Mason, Rev. James Fitch, John Pease, John Tracy, John Baldwin, Jonothan Royce (brother of Sara Rocye), John Post, Thomas Bingham, Thomas Waterman and Robert Allen, West Side, Sgt Thomas Lefingwell, Richard Wallis, Thomas Adgate, John Olmstead, Stephen Backus, Thomas Bliss, John Reynolds, Josiah Reed, Richard Hendys and Christopher Huntington. Southside, LT Thomas Tracy, Samuel Hide, William Hide, Morgan Bowers, Robert Wade, John Birchard, Simon Huntington, Stephen Giffords and John Bradford. Northside, Ensign William Backus, Francis Griswold, Nehemiah Smith, Thomas Howard, John Calkins, Hugh Calkins, Richard Edgerton, Thomas Post and John Gager.


To reach it, get on West Town St. in Norwichtown and go to Lee St. Go up the hill and it will be at the top. On the right is the monument and on the left is a house. The owner of the house also owns the property that the moment sits on. I would advise asking permission before approaching it. When I was there, an elderly lady came out of the house and gave me permission. She told me that the early settlers were buried all around the monument. She also said that they were buried at night without markers in order to give the Indians as little knowledge as possible as to their true numbers. I can't vouch for her information, but I choose to believe that here is the resting place of Hugh and Ann.
(This information,written by Steve Todd, who also shot the picture.)


Norwich Historial Society

Old Mill, New London, Ct Hugh and John helped build this about 1650

Many wonderful pictures and a wonderful story, written by Minnie Frese, about the Norwich Reunion can be found in the

"Calkins World" Vol. 7 No. 3.