The ABGA seeks to preserve and promote Hartford’s historic burial ground. We respectfully celebrate the relationships and diversity of the thousands of people interred here. We serve a 21st century audience through education, historic preservation and community engagement.
The Ancient Burying Ground (ABG), the oldest colonial site in Hartford, is an extraordinary outdoor museum of early Colonial Connecticut carver's art and religious, political, economic, and social history.\. It was established in 1640 by the founders of Hartford, Rev. Thomas Hooker and Rev. Samuel Stone. They walked over 100 miles of Native trails from Cambridge, Mass., along with women and children, to settle Hartford.
The Ancient Burying Ground Association (ABGA) was founded in 1985 to restore and maintain the gravestones, markers, memorials, and the property of the ABG historic site. The ABG is in the heart of downtown Hartford within blocks of many of the region's top heritage attractions.
