HELME FAMILY BURIAL STONES

The following burial stones and their inscriptions are found in the Seaview Cemetery in Mount Sinai, NY. Many of the Helme Family interments did not take place at this location but were buried only a short distance from the Helme property on Miller Woods Drive. In the late 1890's there was a controversy over the use of the land and most of the burial stones were removed. Today there is only a small piece of wooded property left as a reminder of the former cemetery for the Miller and Helme families but the remains of these early families are still interred on the original site. To-date I have been unable to locate the burial stone of Thomas Helme III.

Key abbreviations:
SS = sandstone
RSS = red/brown standstone
WSS = white sandstone
FS = foot stone
GG = grey granite

CALEB HELME
Burial stone reads as follows:

In
Memory of
Caleb Helme
who departed this life
Nover. 19 1798
in the 36th Year of his Age
"at thy command my God
I die
To live with thee Eternaly"

CLARISSA HELME
Burial stone (small, RSS, winged angel ) reads as follows:

In Memory of
Clarissa Helme
who departed this
Life August 6th
1767 in the 2d Year
of her age

CHARLOTTE HELME
Burial stone (WSS) reads as follows:

In memory of
Charlotte
daughter of
...........
1817
aged 6 weeks

CORNELIUS HUDSON HELME
Burial stone (GG) reads as follows:

CORNELIUS H. HELME SUSAN C. HELME
........... ..............
1867 - 1957 1878 - 1967

ELIZA HELME KING
Burial stone (WSS) reads as follows:

In Memory of
ELIZA H. KING
Consort of
Revd. Ezra King
Who departed this life
Dec. 21, 1833

GEORGE PHILLIPS HELME
Burial stone (WSS) reads as follows:

GEORGE P. HELME
Born
Aug. 20, 1820
Died
Nov. 3, 1901

Consisting of a large stone with two foot markers (FS) reading GPH and HH.

HANNAH SMITH HELME
Burial stone (medium, RSS, winged angel) reads as follows:

In Memory of
Hannah Helme, Wife
of Thomas Helme, Esq.
who departed this Life
on the 16th of February
1789 in the 60th Year
of her age.

Be not flothfull but followers of them
who through faith and patience
inherit the promise.

See photograph from book titled “The Gravestones of Early Long Island”

JULIETTA HUDSON HELME
Burial stone (medium, WSS) reads as follows:

Sacred to the memory of

Julietta H.
wife of
Thomas Helme
who died Feb. 9th 1834
in her 44 year
of her age

SALLY MARIA HELME, ROBINSON
Burial stone (WSS)

Memory of
SALLY MARIA
Wife of
John F. Robinson
who died
Feb. 17, 1830
AE 41

SAMUEL PHILLIPS HELME
Burial stone (tall, thin, WSS) shown below and reads as follows:

Sacred
in the memory of
Samuel P. Helme
who died Aug. 18, 1828
aged 27 years
13 days

Soft was the hand and gentle was
the brow
That summoned Samuel from this
vale below
Death like an angel came and
beckening stood
His willing soul took wing and
soared to God
There in the ..... of Jesus' love and hope
he found a place
And with the blessed throng above
sings forth redeeming grace.

SARAH P. HELME
Burial stone (large, WSS) reads as follows:

In
Memory of
SARAH
Relict Of
William H. Helme
who died Nov. 14, 1836

Be ye ____ ready for in such an
_____ ye think ____ the Son of man
_____

SARAH PHIPPIPS HELME
Burial stone (small, WSS) reads as follows:

In Memory of
SARAH PHILLIPS
daugher of
Thomas & Julietta
Helme
who died
March 31, 1831
AE 4 mo. 15 days

THOMAS HELME IV
Burial stone (winged angel with 2 side rosettes) reads as follows:

Boast not of this life behold and See
No age nor sex from death is free

Footstone reading T H is now placed in a location some distance from the gravestone and may have belonged to Thomas Helme (III) burial stone which is still to be discovered.

TIMOTHY HELME IV
Burial stone (grey granite) reads as follows:

Timothy H. Helme
born
Sept. 30, 1818
Died
Apr. 8, 1890

Susan Hopkins
His Wife
Born
Oct. 20, 1842
Died
Dec. 21, 1930

WILLIAM HENRY HELME
Burial stone (tall, RSS, urn and tree carving) reads as follows:

In Memory of
William Henry Helme
who departed this life
June 8th, 1812
in the 54th year of his age

By long experience have I known
my God they soverign pow’r to save
at thy command I ventur’d down
Securely to the grave.
My Savior shall my life restore
And raise me from my dark abode.
My flesh and soul shall part no more
But dwell for ever near my God.

WILLIAM HENRY HELME JR.
Burial stone (tall, thin, WSS) reads as follows:

Sacred
to the memory of
WILLIAM HENRY HELME
who died
Sept. 14, 1829
A.E. 35

HELEN MARIA ROBINSON
Burial stone small (WSS) reads as follows:

Sacred
Memory
Helen Maria
Daughter of
John F. & Sally
M. Robinson
who departed this life
November 26, 1821
Aged 3 years & 14 days
Her soul has ..........

HANNAH HELME WOODHULL
Burial stone (WSS) reads as follows:

Remember		      ...........
Blessed			        from their
are the dead		        labour and
who die in		        their works
the Lord.			       do follow
			      them.

Sacred
to the memory of
Hannah Woodhull
wife of James Woodhull
Daughter of Thomas & Hannah
Helme
who died
February 13, 1831
AE 74

Where she professed friendship and
.....................benefactor of the poor
Contributed largely support the Gospel of
Christianity

HANNAH HELME WOODHULL
Burial stone (WSS) reads as follows:

In Memory of
Hannah H. Woodhull
Relict of
Genl. John Woodhull
who died
Feb. 11, 1857
AE 64 yrs.

Precious are the lives of the just
and soft are their sleeping beds.
They die in Jesus and are blest
How sweet their slumbers are.

The following postcard records an early 1900's image of the Mount Sinai Congregational Church
erected in 1807 and to the right side of the photo a portion of the Seaview Cemetery is visible.

Mount Sinai Congregational Church & Seaview Cemetery

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