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Sutherland Wesleyan Cemetery Photos & History

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In 1835 Thomas Sutherland and his wife gave ¼ acre of their land to the Wesleyan Church and Congregation for a church and cemetery. It fulfilled a pledge they had made in Ireland to help build a church if they succeeded in establishing a farm in the new country. Being one of the oldest Methodist cemeteries in the district, this small cemetery, consisting of only 10 or so gravestones, is now overgrown and abandoned.

References
The above information has been gathered from ‘Cemetery Inscriptions’, written by the Tecumseth and West Gwillimbury Historical Society, 1982. All original research was conducted by the Society’s Cemetery Committee.