{{Short description|Colonial era cemetery in Connecticut}}

{{Infobox cemetery | name = Judea Cemetery (or Old Judea Cemetery) | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | map_type = | map_size = | map_caption = | established = | abandoned = <!-- or | closed = --> | location = Washington, Connecticut, U.S. | country = | coordinates = {{coord|41.6257888|-73.3005206|type:landmark_globe:earth_region:US-CT_source:GNIS|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | type = | style = Public, secular | owner = Town of Washington, Connecticut, U.S.<ref name=town>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonct.org/judea-cemetery-commission|title=Judea Cemetery Commission|access-date=2022-12-21}}</ref> | size = | graves = At least 600 | interments = | cremations = | leases = | website = | findagraveid = 103425 | politicalgeo = | footnotes = | nrhp = | embedded = }}

'''Judea Cemetery''', also known as '''Old Judea Cemetery''', is a colonial era burying ground located on Judea Road in Washington, Connecticut, United States. Before it became a separate town in 1779, and chose to name itself "Washington", the area was known as "Judea", and was part of Woodbury, Connecticut.

Judea Cemetery is the site of a monument in honor of "Jeff Liberty and His Colored Patriots", erected in the early 20th century. The cemetery is thought to be the resting place of a number of African-American soldiers who served in the American Revolutionary War, including Jeff Liberty. Liberty was enslaved by Continental Army Captain Jonathan Farrand, who is buried in Old Judea. Captain Farrand manumitted Jeff Liberty for fighting in the Continental Army. "Liberty" is known to have been chosen as a surname by a number of enslaved people who were manumitted in this era.<ref name="KnoblockGravesites">{{cite book|last1=Knoblock|first1=Glenn|title=African American Historic Burial Grounds and Gravesites of New England|date=2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0786470112|page=147}}</ref><ref name="StoneAfricanAmerican">{{cite book|last1=Stone|first1=Frank Andrews|title=African American Connecticut: The Black Scene in a New England State|date=2008|publisher=Trafford|isbn=978-1425175788|page=51}}</ref>

Spy thriller novelist Edward S. Aarons (1916–1975) is buried in Judea.

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==External links== * [https://www.washingtonct.org/judea-cemetery-commission Town of Washington, Connecticut] – Cemetery Commission * {{GNIS|type=retired|208211}} * {{Find a Grave cemetery}}

Category:African-American cemeteries in Connecticut * Category:Cemeteries in Litchfield County, Connecticut Category:Washington, Connecticut