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Ketcham Cemetery

    This small family cemetery is located in the Melville section of the Town of Huntington to the north of Old Country Road, somewhat west of its junction with Sweet Hollow Road. The cemetery was inventoried in 1912 by Mrs. Scudder and data is available in her "Scudder Collection of Long Island Genealogical Records" at the Huntington Historical Society or on L. D. S. microfilm. The cemetery is now a Town of Huntington Local Historic Site.
       
    Additional information added by David Roberts, the submitter, is shown in brackets like [   ]. Most of this material was taken from his published "Deaths Reported by the 'Long Islander' 1878-1890" or his on-line "Deaths Reported by the 'Long Islander' 1891-1900" available on-line at this site.
 
Data copied from the "Scudder Collection," pages 1451 - 1453

KETCHAM
Zophar, d. 24 March 1837 - "91st year"
Jemima {RUSCO}, wife of Zophar, d. 6 December 1826 - 76 years
Abel, son of Zophar, b. 20 February 1775, d. 19 March 1837
Mary Wood {PRIME}, wife of Abel, d. 25 February 1835 - "53rd year"
Ebenezer Prime, d. 2 February 1875, 49 yrs 6 mos
Frances Taylor, wife of Ebenezer P., d. 24 November 1902 - "her 76th birthday"
David, son of Zophar, b. 1 August 1776, d. 25 November 1819
Rebecca {CHICHESTER}, wife of David, d. 1 September 1855 - "76th year"
Nathaniel {rime, son of David, d. 11 November 1822
Hannah, daughter of Zophar, d. 1 January 1862 - "83rd year"
Ruth, daughter of Zophar, d. 12 August 1859 - "79th year"
Nathaniel, son of Zophar, d. 18 October 1810 - "28th year
Timothy, son of Zophar, d. 25 January 1841, 55 yrs 1 mo 7 days
Mary {SMITH}, wife of Timothy, d. 16 August 1811 - 25 years
Basinath {BUFFETT}, wife of Timothy, d. 26 April 1853, 67 yrs 2 mos
Mary, daughter of Timothy, d. 1818, 3 yrs 5 mos ------ e, d. 2 November 1844 - 23 years
Joel S., son of Zophar, b. 27 January 1791, d. 7 July 1861
Mary {EVERIT}, [daughter of John EVERETT], wife of Joel S., d. 15 October 1887 - "91st year"    [d. Melville, 90 yrs 9 mos]

EVERIT
George, d. 15 March 1811 - 44 years

KETCHAM
Elizabeth, daughter of Zophar, b. 11 March 1789, d. 15 July 1793
Nathaniel, son of Joel S., d. 7 October 1894 - 79 years     [d. Melville, 78 yrs 10 mos]
Phebe {JARVIS}, wife of Nathaniel, d. 12 June 1861m 36 yrs 10 mos
Jane Elizabeth Burton, wife of Nathaniel, d. 20 July 1879 - 50 years
Hannah Amelia, d. 8 June 1867, 45 yrs 1 mo 12 days
Louise, wife of Hayward J., d. 24 July 1899 - 41 years
Frank B., son of Hayward J., d. 19 February 1876 - 3 mos

IRELAND
Smith, d. 13 April 1843 - 50th year
Anna {BRUSH}, wife of Smith, d. 22 February 1876, 83 yrs 11 mos 24 days
Isaac C., b. 22 October 1819, d. 30 August 1888  [d. Huntington Station, "suddenly while on hay wagon"]
Jemima {KETCHAM}, wife of Isaac C., b. 28 May 1818, d. 19 June 1908
Elizabeth {BAYLIS}, [daughter of Elias BAYLIS], wife of Edward S., b. 21 June 1846, d. 1 November 1897   [d. Melville, "invalid for many years"]
Bertie, d. 1 April 1877, 1 yr 10 mos
Aaron M., son of Smith, d. 23 December 1862 - 36 yrs