The current church building was constructed in 1735.  Handwritten burial records have been lost until about 1835.  Early journals provided limited information, usually only a name and a date, without indicating whether it was the date of death or burial.  By 1880 a standard journal was adopted with columns for name, age, date of death, cause of death, and place of burial (it was common for members of Christ Church to be buried at All Saints Cemetery and Bethel Church Cemetery, among others). These records only document burials at Christ Church Cemetery.

In early colonial America, many burial plots were marked with fieldstones or wooden planks, susceptible to weathering and decay.  Our cemetery headstones date as far back as 1801. Presumably, the earlier headstones have deteriorated with time. Some weathered fieldstones are still visible in front of the church, but unreadable.  Many may have been destroyed during the War of 1812, when the British ransacked the church building, and the Key family vault was desecrated.

We have transcribed our handwritten records into a spreadsheet that can be searched by name or date. There are omissions and errors. Many documents are illegible or incomplete and I am sure I have made mistakes. If you cannot find a specific record in the spreadsheets, you can refer to the handwritten journals to see if the information you are looking for is there.

This page is a work in progress and will be updated over time.