5) DUTCH, BRITISH OR EURASIAN GRAVE MARKERS IN THE 'CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF HOPE', VYPIN

The Church of Our Lady of Hope was established by the Portuguese missionaries of the Franciscan order at the southern tip of Vypin Island in the year 1560. In 1605, the church became under the Dutch control, who also established a fort (redoubt) named Nieuw Orange (Fort New Orange) nearby. Roberts and Chekkutty (2017, pp. 163-166) lists 32 burials in the cemetery of the 'Church of Our Lady of Hope', out of which 8 are Dutch Reverends from 1666 to 1804. No remains of the old cemetery exist today, but 5 tombstones have survived, 4 inside and 1 outside the church. However, only one among them is Dutch (dated 1777), the remaining 4 are of either Eurasian or British ancestry. Here is the link to post I have uploaded regarding the funerary monuments of Vypin in 'Jewish Monuments of Kerala'.

FUNERARY MONUMENTS IN THE COURTYARD & INSIDE THE CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF HOPE, VYPIN

Reference

Roberts, John Cantwell and Chekkutty, N P (2017)-Malabar II: Christian Memorials Wynad to Travancore 1498-2014