Suffield Historical Society Inc

05/31/2026

05/27/2026

Register soon!

05/20/2026

Funded by Suffield’s 1st Baptist Church to honor the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. This is only an in-petson event.

05/12/2026

Historic Art on display. We look forward to seeing you.

05/05/2026

Archaeological Surveys in Suffield

A newspaper clipping from The Hartford Courant (?) in 1979 and a link to an archaeological survey report from 2023.

https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/csc/3_petitions-medialibrary/petitions_medialibrary/mediapetitionnos1501-1600/pe1599/petitionersubmissions/appendix-d---cultural-resources.pdf?rev=f989508335954e4ca72dc2ab05a33a24&hash=A8D3527442114323C5705026F4DB30C8

04/29/2026

Some Suffield folks

04/23/2026

Gravestones of New England is a great site for people interested in the artwork of old gravestones. There are several postings on Suffield gravestones.

A double headstone for Jonathan and Mary Sheldon, 1769 and 1768, at West Suffield Cemetery in Suffield, Connecticut. The stone features a lengthy inscription describing their marriage, but at no point does it actually mention Mary by name, instead simply describing them as “Jonathan Sheldon & Consort.”

The inscription describes them as having been “Parents, Grand Parents, & great Grand Parents of 166,” and the epitaph ate base of the stone reads:

~The happy Pair~
In Love they liv’ d, in Peace they Di’d
The various Scenes their graces tri’d
Their Faith, their Patience, & their Love
Have took their flight to realms above.
They run the round of threescore Years
In happy Harmony
And this engrav’d upon this stone
In gratefull Memory

The stone was carved by Ebenezer Drake.

01/27/2026

Don’t forget!
The John Trumbull, Painter of the Revolution zoom program is tomorrow night at 7 pm.

The link is

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83037577498?pwd=UhDgnen5aWtD1BL54YMB9U0BxMsrap.1

John Trumbull had roots in Suffield. There was a Trumble Oak (a variant spelling of the family name) in Suffield on property where Trumbull’s great-grandfather lived. Shown here is a page from Laurie Tavino’s book, “Suffield’s Old Bridge Neighborhood" with its picture.