Our Cemeteries
Tomac Cemetery
On the State Register of Historic Places
- Spreadsheet List of People buried in Tomac and plot # for them
- Notes on the history of the cemetery, p. 26+
- List of Revolutionary War veterans, pp. 6-9
- List of War of 1812 veterans, p. 10
- Free Self-guided Audio Tours of Tomac's Main Points of Interest and Veterans
- Memorials for Tomac on Findagrave.com (Not all memorials listed there are verified with actual headstones or burial data.)
Main Cemetery
Columbarium
Our church maintains two cemeteries, Tomac Cemetery, the oldest cemetery in town, opposite 14 Tomac Ave, which is located just south of where our oldest church building was, and the newer one, our Main Cemetery, next to the current church building at 108 Sound Beach Ave. Both cemeteries are now on free self-guided audio tours. CLICK HERE.
Please contact Wendy Spezzano, Cemetery Manager, (203) 637-1791 ext 814, or Email with any cemetery questions.
The Tomac Historic Burying Ground (aka Old Sound Beach Cemetery or Tomac Cemetery) is about one acre and has burials from 1718 to 1904. There were probably earlier burials, but there were no engraved headstones for these – only plain fieldstones. Tomac Burying Ground is listed on the State Register of Historic Places. Its far end is next to Innis Arden Golf Club.
Click HERE for a Research Paper about the history of Tomac Historic Burying Ground and the gravestone restoration project in the 1990s.
(There was also a small cemetery in the Shorelands part of Old Greenwich, which no longer exists. Unfortunately, there are no records of who was buried there.)
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The Sound Beach Avenue Cemetery, our Main Cemetery, just south of our church, is about four acres and has burials that began around 1835, when the church bought that farmland. Most of the plots in the main part of this cemetery are sold and hold about 4,530 interments.
The Columbarium (cremations only) still has plots available. In early 2023, a Peace Pole was placed in the center of the Columbarium as a tribute to staff member Rosemary Lamie upon her retirement after about 20 years here. Thanks to Peter Grunow for the spring flowers around it.
The large bush in the center was removed, which uncovered a very large rock. In 1978 Harold Pruner analyzed it and found that it contained over 80 minerals! It was then dubbed the “Rock of Ages.”
Please contact Wendy Spezzano, Cemetery Manager, (203) 637-1791 ext 814, or Email with any cemetery questions.
The Tomac Historic Burying Ground (aka Old Sound Beach Cemetery or Tomac Cemetery) is about one acre and has burials from 1718 to 1904. There were probably earlier burials, but there were no engraved headstones for these – only plain fieldstones. Tomac Burying Ground is listed on the State Register of Historic Places. Its far end is next to Innis Arden Golf Club.
Click HERE for a Research Paper about the history of Tomac Historic Burying Ground and the gravestone restoration project in the 1990s.
(There was also a small cemetery in the Shorelands part of Old Greenwich, which no longer exists. Unfortunately, there are no records of who was buried there.)
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The Sound Beach Avenue Cemetery, our Main Cemetery, just south of our church, is about four acres and has burials that began around 1835, when the church bought that farmland. Most of the plots in the main part of this cemetery are sold and hold about 4,530 interments.
- Memorials for our Main Cemetery are on Findagrave.com.
- Free Self-guided Audio Tours of Main Points of Interest and Veterans by cemetery section are HERE.
The Columbarium (cremations only) still has plots available. In early 2023, a Peace Pole was placed in the center of the Columbarium as a tribute to staff member Rosemary Lamie upon her retirement after about 20 years here. Thanks to Peter Grunow for the spring flowers around it.
The large bush in the center was removed, which uncovered a very large rock. In 1978 Harold Pruner analyzed it and found that it contained over 80 minerals! It was then dubbed the “Rock of Ages.”
