Coley Cemetery (once known as Norfield Cemetery) is located on Route 57 (Weston Road) in Weston, Connecticut. Burials date from the 1700s (the oldest legible stones are from the 1760s) and continue into modern times. Coley hosts numerous veterans (mostly from The Civil War, but there are also veterans of The French & Indian War, The Revolution, and both World Wars). There are also a substantial number of infants and children interred in Coley (including a few memorials for twins). The most represented surname in Coley Cemetery is . . . Coley. I would venture a guess that at least half of the burials in the cemetery are for members of the Coley clan. Considerable, when you consider that there are hundreds of burials in the cemetery.

The photos on this page are divided into three sections: particularly older stones (1700s), the children, and other interesting memorials.

Estimated number of interments, as of February 2025: at least 1004.

Photos were taken on 3 May 2021.

Entrance to Coley Cemetery.

Several of the older stones in Coley Cemetery

"Mary, Daughter of Oliver and Rachel Sanford of Redding & Grand Daughter to David Coley Esq. of Norfield in Fairfield died Aug 22 1768, aged 1 Mo. & 29 Days." 

"Here Lyes ye Body of Mrs. ELIZABETH SQUIER wife to Mr. JONATHAN SQUIER Who departed this Life November 3, 1769, Aged 29 Years." 

"In Memory of that truely great and pious Man, the Rev.d Mr. SAMUEL SHERWOOD Who Departed this Life May 25th 1783 in the 54th Year of his Age and the 26th of his Ministry.

Tho' fallen now, faith sees the Day, When death shall be no more. When this dark prison of the grave Its capture shall restore."

"In Memory of Mrs. MARY COLEY

Wife of DAVID COLEY Esq.

and Dau.tr of Deacon JOHN HIDE

who departed this Life

Feb.r ye 11th 1783 in the

63d Year of Her Age

Her death was much lamented"

[illegible]

A primitive tombstone, inscribed with

"HD 1789"

The children

"Our twin babes."

Cora, born 14 September 1874;

died 6 August 1875.

Carrie, born 14 September 1874;

died 9 August 1875.

Daughters of Ebenezer 

& Mary Amelia Fitch.

Daughters of Cornelius M. 

and Mary A. Finch.

"John Lloyd Bedient

Son of John F. and Mary D. Bedient

died Oct. 8, 1879

AE. 7 yr's. & 7 mo."

"Willis Main Goodsell

June 27 1885

Aug 12 1885"

"WILLIAM F.

Dec. 11. 1882.

Jan. 4. 1884.

HENRY I.

Mar. 13. 1884.

Mar. 30. 1885.

Children of William F. & 

Hattie S. Coley."

"Julia A. Eddy

1870 - 1882

Carrie C. Coley

1865 - 1893"

"Willie S.

AE. 3 Yr's."

Willie S. Rubey, son of W. H. & Ida A. Rubey.

"Baby"

The remainder of the stone is illegible.

Other interesting memorials

"French Indian War

David Adams

Capt. Bradley's Co.

Died Dec. 2. 1796

AE. 78."

"Abel Burr Sturges,

Co. G. 28th Reg't.

Conn. Vol's

Died Mar.5, 1885."

"Our Sister."

No name or dates are given 

on the monument.

This obelisk is located in the center of a Coley plot, prominently displayed in the cemetery. 

"FRANK E. ANDREWS

Died Aug. 31, 1894

AE. 31 Years 9 Mo's.

"Farewell my friends my afters past, My love to you while life did last, And after me no sorrow take, But love your Savior for my sake."

Robert Conway

12 July 1899 - 17 May 1972.

Grace Robinson

10 June 1894 - 3 December 1985.

"Writers journalists New York, White House, and foreign correspondents. In work, apart - - our lot in life. At last together - husband, wife."

Grace Robinson was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.

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