Old Lyme in Lower Connecticut River Valley Region, Connecticut — The American Northeast (New England)

Luce

— Witness Stone —

Photographed by Conrad Ward, January 18, 2025

1. Luce Witness Stone

Inscription.
Across Lyme Street Enslaved
by Rev. David Deming
Baptized 1741

Erected 2021 by Witness Stones Project. (Marker Number CT63.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Civil Rights • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1741.

Location. 41° 19.183′ N, 72° 19.762′ W. Marker is in Old Lyme in Lower Connecticut River Valley Region, Connecticut. It is on Lyme Street south of Maple Lane, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 70 Lyme Street, Old Lyme CT 06371, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on the Connecticut Shoreline,

in Greater New London, in Mystic and the Eastern Shore,

and in the Thames River Valley.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in New England,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. 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 London County

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

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least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Old Lyme (about 800 feet away, measured in a direct line); Old Lyme Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Witness Stones Old Lyme (approx. ¼ mile away); Moses (approx. ¼ mile away); Prince Freeman (approx. 0.3 miles away); Jenny Freeman (approx. 0.3 miles away); Samuel Holden Parsons (approx. 0.4 miles away); The Woodlands (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Old Lyme.

Also see . . . Luce (Witness Stones Project).

Lyme’s church records note the baptism on June 7, 1741, of Luce maid sert of Mr Deming. Luce labored on the 60-acre farm that Rev. David Deming purchased, with a dwelling house, barn, and orchard, for 500 pounds in 1726.

(Submitted on August 3, 2025.)

Photographed by Conrad Ward, January 18, 2025

2. Luce Witness Stone

Credits. This page was last revised on May 19, 2026. It was originally submitted on August 3, 2025, by Conrad Ward of Guilford, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 64 times since then and 7 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 3, 2025, by Conrad Ward of Guilford, Connecticut. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.