Coutant Cemetery
Coutant Cemetery
New Rochelle
New York
The Coutant Cemetery, located on the southeast corner of Webster Avenue and Eastchester Road, is the family cemetery of Isaac Coutant, Jr. and his descendants. A Westchester County historical site, it dates from 1776 and is still owned and controlled by Coutant's descendants.
NEAR THIS SPOT
STOOD THE HOMSETEAD OF
ISAAC COUTANT
"THE HUGUENOT"
(CIRCA 1700-1788)
WHO WITH HIS FAMILY
SUFFERED SEVER HARDSHIPPS DURING
THE ENCAMPMENT OF THE HESSIAN TROOPS
IN THIS VICINITY LATE IN 1776
THIS BURYING GROUND WAS FIRST USED
DURING THAT PERIOD
FOR THE BURIAL OF MRS. COUTANT.
ISSAC COUTANT THEN DEDICATED IT TO
PERPETUAL USE FOR A CEMETERY
ERECTED 1928 BY THE
HUGUENOT HEIGHTS ASSOCIATION
Location
198 Eastchester Rd,
New Rochelle, NY 10801