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stinkbeast666 t1_iv5rcrg wrote

Reply to comment by newmoon23 in New Haven 1640 by twoshovels

The green was a burial ground for long after this map was created. There are still bodies buried below, and a few years ago a storm knocked over a tree and revealed a few.

As for the swamp, lots of 9 Square was back filled and the harbor used to creep a lot closer. Think about if you removed long wharf and the interstate alone how close the water would be.

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twoshovels OP t1_iv5x9iz wrote

Yes that’s right! Roughly 4 thousand maybe 5 remaining still & I remember that storm exposed a body!! I can’t help but wonder if the guys who moved the graves… but left the body’s are damed now. I imagine no living family members were alive by the 1800s when they moved them..

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newmoon23 t1_iv68khp wrote

I never knew it was a burial ground. So interesting that there are still so many bodies buried there. I walk through almost every day. I will show more reverence from now on. :)

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stinkbeast666 t1_iv6i237 wrote

You can visit the crypt under one of the churches on the green, I believe it's the center one. When they removed the headstones many of them ended up there. You have to schedule a tour to see them however, you can't just waltz on in.

While I'm thinking of creepy things to visit, go stoop sit at the Skull & Bones house and visit the Cushing Brain Museum on Cedar St.

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twoshovels OP t1_ivbqak9 wrote

Not to long ago a storm pushed over a few trees and they found a skull and things. I believe it made the news.

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