Flandreau Cemetery in New Rochelle, New York, founded circa 1800, was the private cemetery of the Flandreau family. The Flandreau and Seacord families (some buried here) were among the founding members of the community. Jacques Flandreau was a Huguenot exile who left La Rochelle, France and settled in New Rochelle, NY. His property was willed to his son Benjamin Flandreau who then created this family burial site. The cemetery has recently been left mostly abandoned except for community cleanup efforts. The cemetery is located at N40 55.198, W73 45.780, on Chester Place in New Rochelle two blocks behind the Boston Post Road. Originally the cemetery was housed on a dead end but an access road has been established. Past historical records specify approximately 25 burials on the site. Currently only 5 gravesites retain the adequate markings to be clearly identified.
Flandreau Cemetery Burials:
1800 - Benjamin Flandreau
1805 - Benjamin Flandreau (1yr/10mths/7days)
1807 - Amin Flandreau
1807 - Joseph Mullinex
1809 - John Flandreau
1811 - Esther Badeau Flandreau
1815 - Catherine Irene Flandreau
1815 - John Badeau
1817 - Susan Badeau
1822 - Elizabeth Flandreau
1822 - Benjamin Flandreau
1829 - Sarah Ester Russell
1832 - Esther Flandreau Stillwell
1832 - Benjamin Flandreau
1832 - John Seacord
1835 - Ann Eliza Flandreau
1838 - John Seacord
1840 - Magdalen Seacord
1842 - James A. Seacord
1843 - Daniel Seacord
1844 - Benjamin Flandreau
1868 - Susan Flandreau
1892 - Isabelle Flandreau
There is also a reference to a Leonard Seacord 1being buried here in 1881.
References
- C.Mosher, Google Community Google Community Listing
- Huguenot Society of America. 1861. Collections of the Huguenot Society of America [1]
- Jacques Flandreau bought the land on the Boston Post Road:Jacques Flandreau
- Westchester Historical Society. Unknown. Cemetery Listings
- Wittmeyer. 1886. Registers of the Births, Marriages, and Deaths of the Eglise Francoise a La Nouvelle York
- Westchester Historical Society. 1883. Charter Members of the Relief Engine Company, Photo Montage, Aug. 16, 1883