Patterson Baptist Cemetery

I believe this cemetery may have been referred to as the Towners Cemetery in the past, as the land for this cemetery was given by Samuel Towner. It is located opposite the Patterson Baptist Church on Rt. 311 in Patterson, NY, which is a few miles away from Haviland Hollow. I was there on April 24, 2003, and it was strangely cold that day for New York.

Please also note that this cemetery has been transcribed in the following reference: "Old Gravestones of Putnam County, New York, together with information from ten adjacent Dutchess County burying grounds: eleven thousand eight hundred inscriptions of persons born up to and including 1850" collected, compiled and edited by Barbara Smith Buys (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1975). A copy of this book is at the New York Public Library: Call# APR (Putnam Co., N.Y.) 75-1192.

Photos by Christopher Sirmons Haviland. You may download and use any tombstone photograph at this site as you wish.

Patterson Baptist (Towners) Cemetery

Benjamin Vail Haviland
Son of John Haviland & Hannah Haviland
Husband of Emma C. Towner (m. 13 Dec 1827)
b. 16 Mar 1805, d. 20 May 1882

Emma C. Towner
Daughter of James Towner & Mary Haight Akin
Wife of Benjamin Vail Haviland (m. 13 Dec 1827)
b. 29 Oct 1804, d. 1 Sep 1876

Note: In 1854, Benjamin Vail Haviland lived and owned property on Rt. 22 (then called Patten Road) half way between the intersections Haviland Hollow Road and Rt. 311 in Akins Corners (then called Haviland Corner), close to Mountain Brook.

Richard Towner Haviland Family Lot

Richard Towner Haviland
Son of Benjamin Vail Haviland & Emma C. Towner
Husband of Mary E. "Polly" Sears (m. 26 Oct 1852)
b. 23 Feb 1829, d. 9 Oct 1908

Mary E. "Polly" Sears
Daughter of Archibald Sears
Wife of Richard Towner Haviland (m. 26 Oct 1852)
b. 30 May 1830, d. 3 Feb 1916

Edward Sears Haviland
Son of Richard Towner Haviland & Mary E. "Polly" Sears
b. 2 Jun 1864, d. 4 Jul 1942

Gertrude Haviland
Daughter of Richard Towner Haviland & Mary E. "Polly" Sears
b. 9 Oct 1857, d. 19 Nov 1940

Frederick Sears Haviland
"Our Little Freddy"
Son of Richard Towner Haviland & Mary E. "Polly" Sears
b. 5 Jan 1854, d. 13 Mar 1856 (age 2 yrs)

William O. Taylor
Husband of Mary Christine Haviland (m. 1863)
b. 17 Aug 1832, d. 28 Feb 1901

Mary Christine Haviland
Daughter of Benjamin Vail Haviland & Emma C. Towner
Wife of William O. Taylor (m. 1863)
b. 30 Nov 1834, d. 16 Jan 1907

Isaac Towner Haviland
Son of Eli Birdsall Haviland & Anna "Nancy" Towner
Husband of Laura Baldwin (m. 4 Mar 1830)
& Jane E. Baldwin
b. 14 Feb 1806, d. 8 Nov 1883

Laura Baldwin
Daughter of Daniel Baldwin & Betsey _____
Wife of Isaac Towner Haviland (m. 4 Mar 1830)
b. 11 Oct 1805, d. 15 Nov 1852

Jane E. Baldwin
Wife of Isaac Towner Haviland
b. ca 1823, d. 30 Mar 1869

Daniel B.E. Haviland
Son of Isaac Towner Haviland & Laura Baldwin
b. 24 Mar 1831, d. 8 Oct 1852

Betsy Ann Haviland
Daughter of Isaac Towner Haviland & Laura Baldwin
b. 7 Jul 1837, d. 19 Nov 1837 (age 4 months)

Caroline M. Dakin
Daughter of John Dakin & Charlotte Birdsall
Wife of Elisha B. Haviland
b. ca 1812, d. 25 Oct 1837

Note: Caroline's daughters Emily and Milly are probably buried beside her, however the gravestones are unreadable.

Isaac E. Haviland
Son of Isaac Haviland & Laura Baldwin
b. 24 Jun 1845, d. 26 Jan 1848 (age 2 yrs)

Mary Adeline Haviland
Daughter of John Ward Haviland & Ann Townsend
b. 23 Sep 1827, d. 4 Oct 1829 (age 2 yrs)

Patterson Baptist Cemetery

Town of Patterson, County of Putnam, New York State