Meriden in South Central Region, Connecticut — The American Northeast (New England)
The Patriots
Photographed by Michael Herrick, January 14, 2010
1. The Patriots Marker
The patriots whose names this tablet bears and whose remains rest in this burial ground assisted in establishing American independence by their service in the War of the American Revolution
Archelaus Allen Stephen Atwater James Baldwin Jared Benham Captain Divan Berry Captain Daniel Collins Captain John Couch Brenton Hall Benjamin Hart Insign Hough, M.D. Phineas Hough Captain Bezaliel Ives Gideon Ives Captain Samuel Ives Israel Johnson Phineas Lyman Asaph Merriman Captain Allin Rice Captain Ezekiel Rice Justus Rice David Roberts Joseph Twiss Abner Way Captain John Webb Daniel Yale Jonathan Yale Deacon Nathaniel Yale Abel Hall (burial place unknown)
Erected 1931 by Captain John Couch Branch No. 2, Connecticut Society, Sons of the American Revolution.
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) series list.
Location. 41° 31.887′ N, 72° 47.679′ W. Memorial is in Meriden in South Central Region, Connecticut.
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Regionally, this memorial is in the Connecticut River Valley, on the Connecticut Shoreline, and in Greater New Haven. It is also in the American Northeast and in New England. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Haven County and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Count Casimir Pulaski (within shouting distance of this marker); Meriden / Meriden (within shouting distance of this marker); First Masonic Lodge in Meriden (within shouting distance of this marker); Meriden Korea Vietnam Memorial (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Meriden Spanish American War Memorial (about 400 feet away);
Photographed by Michael Herrick, January 14, 2010
2. The Patriots Marker and Headstones in the Broad Street Cemetery
Credits. This page was last revised on May 19, 2026. It was originally submitted on January 18, 2010, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 2,048 times since then and 31 times this year. Last updated on May 3, 2025, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 18, 2010, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
