Merrimack Historical
Society
THORNTON'S FERRY CEMETERY
BARRETT, Sally - died November 9, 1910, age 28 yrs.
BLANCHARD, George E. - born Feb. 28, 1851, died Aug. 6, 1916.
BLANCHARD, Hannah (wife of Joseph BLANCHARD) died Set. 4, 1904.
BLANCHARD, Joseph, born June 9, 1809, died March 16, 1896.
BLANCHARD, Rhoda W. (Wife of Joseph BLANCHARD) died Oct. 24, 1858, age 41.
"Dear Mother you have left us
To dwell in heaven above
To live among the angels
Where all is peasce and love"
BLANCHARD, Willie W. (son of Joseph and Rhoda W.) died April 17, 1874, age 19.
BOWERS, Ephraim (son of John and Elizabeth H. BOWERS) died April 24, 1803, 5 yrs. 4 mo., 28 days.
BOWERS, Joseph S. (son of John and Elizabeth H. BOWERS) died Oct. 25, 1804, 1 yr. 28 days.
BOWERS, Lucy (wife of Timothy) died April 5, 1852, 66 yrs, 1 mo. 17 days.
BOWERS, Timothy - died Feb. 5, 1840, 62 yrs. 2 mos. 17 days.
BURNAP, Ruth (wife of Rev. Jacob) died Dec. 21, 1773, age 26 years.
"In memory of her affection, prudence, goodness,
and piety. Inscribe her praise and lament her
sudden death. - But not as they who mourn without
hope for I believe expect the Ressurection of
them that keep in Christ."
CARTER, Mary A. (wife of Robert CARTER) born Feb. 5, 1832; died Mar. 19, 1906.
CARTER, Robert - born June 11, 1835; died Jan. 16, 1916.
CONANT, Ballard Smith (son of John and Sarah) died Feb. 2, 1812, 3 mos.
CONANT, Capt. Israel - died May 26, 1808, 33rd yr.
"Sudden and awful was the stroke
The thread of life asunder broke
O think of this prepare to die
For yu must fall as well as I".
CONANT, John - died Sept. 27, 1824, 51 yrs.
CONANT, Sarah (wife of John) died April 16, 1812, 34 yrs.
COTTON, Clara - died October 20, 1874, age 70 years.
COTTON, John - died April 21, 1808, aged 5 days.
COTTON, Margaret McGAW, died May 6, 1811, age 11 yrs.
COTTON, Mary - died Oct. 30, 1886, age 81.
COTTON, Mary (wife of Capt. Samuel) died Feb. 16, 1836, 61 yrs.
COTTON, Capt. Samuel - died Dec. 29, 1822, age 56.
CROOKER, Anna (dau. of A.F. & M.A. CROOKER) died July 27, 1860, age 6 mos. & 12 days.
CROOKER, Anna (dau. of Capt. Japhet CROOKER) died Jan. 28, 1840, age 69.
CROOKER, Capt. Japhet - died Sept. 30, 1835, age 87.
CROOKER, Lydia (wife of Capt. Japhet CROOKER) died May 25, 1819, age 73.
CROOKER, Martin, Esq., died Oct. 17, 1837, age 52.
CROOKER, Sarah (wife of Martin M. CROOKER) born June 7, 1795, died Jan. 13, 1884.
CROOKER, Sarah (relict of S. CROOKER, Esq.) died October 13, 1835, age 48.
"Be calm my friends, and dry your tears
I have you beyond the reach of fears"
"My friends while through the hours of woe
Don't give your sorrows leave to flow
For now my portion is devine
And Jesus is forever mine."
CROOKER, Stephen, Esq. - died April 21, 1824, age 37.
"Life is at best but a tempest toss sea
That fast rolls onward to eternity".
"Our life how short! a groan, a sigh,
We live - and then begin to die,
My friends, where can your dwelling be
The house for living, come and see."
CUMINGS, Elizabeth (dau. of Capt. Jonathon & Elizabeth CUMINGS)
died June 7, 1772, age 27 yrs., 3 mos., 19 days.
CUMINGS, Elisabeth (wife of Capt. Jonathon CUMINGS) died May 29, 1775,
70 yrs., 4 mos.
CUMINGS, Joseph (son of Capt. Jonathon & Elisabeth CUMINGS) died
March 12, 1776, 34 yrs.
DARRAH, Sarah (dau. of James & Sarah DARRAH) died Aug. 23, 1778,
2 yrs. 8 days, 21 mos.
DAVIS, M. - at bottom of both HASSELL stones.
DEMPSEY, Abbie J. GOODWIN (wife of Daniel DEMPSEY) born July 28, 1833;
died June 19, 1925. Stone located in GOODWIN plot.
DICKEY, Margaret C. (wid. of Samuel) died Aug. 25, 1850, 79 yrs. 7 mos.
DICKEY, Samuel - died July 6, 1824, 56 yrs.
EAYRS, Hannah (dau. of William and Hannah) died Oct. 14, 1804, 21 mos. 15 days.
FERGUSON, David 1827 - 1893. 1st Sergt. Co. K., 22nd Regt. Mass. Vols.
FERGUSON, Emily (wife of James W. FERGUSON) born 1831 - died 1020.
FERGUSON, Emily May (dau. of Granville & Margaret FERGUSON) born 1887 - died 1907
FERGUSON, Granville W. - born 1861 - died 1905.
FERGUSON, James W. - 1829 - 1914. 1st H.A. Mass. Vols., 17th Regt. Mass. Vols.,
1st. Div. 2nd. Corp., Army of the Potomac.
FERGUSON, Louise C. (wife of William G. FERGUSON) born 1856 - died 1945.
FERGUSON, Margaret (wife of Granville W. FERGUSON) born 1862 - died 1908.
FERGUSON, William G., born 1854 - died 1911.
GOOWIN, Abigail F. - died Dec. 8, 1889, 76 yrs 11 mos.
GOOWIN, Elizabeth - died Sept. 5, 1841, 1 yr. 9 mos.
GOOWIN, William - died Aug. 25, 1891, 82 yrs. 8 mos.
_.H. 3 yrs. 1756) Three small stones next
R.H. 7 days 1742) to Hill stones - same
S.H. 10 yrs. 1753) row.
HAMBLETT, Freeman H. - 1873 - June 18, 1901. (on back of the WELLS stone).
HARRIS, Ann - died Dec. 26, 1883, 90 yrs.
HARRIS, Azariah - died N. 17, 1883, 91 yrs.
HARRIS, Azariah A. - died March 2, 1843, age 34.
HARRIS, Ebenezer - died March 17, 1843, age 83 yrs., 8 mos.
HARRIS, Esther (wife of Azariah H.) died Sept. 6, 1854, 80 yrs.
HARRIS, Prudence S., died Aug. 26, 1858, age 54.
HARRIS, Rebecca (wife of Ebenezer)died March 20, 1852, 90 yrs.
HARTWELL, John H., born Nov. 18, 1834, died Oct. 29, 1912
Co. H. 53rd Mass. Vols., Co. A. 2nd N.H. Vols.
HARTWELL, Sarah F., born Nov. 28, 1837, died Feb. 11, 1916.
HASSELL, Luther R., died Jan. 30, 1850, 56 yrs.
HASSELL, Nancy S. (wife of Luther HASSELL) died Feb. 5, 1850, 60 yrs.
HENSON, Mary A. (wife of Richard) died Jan. 25, 1875, age 38 yrs.
"Dearest Mary thou hast left us
Here thy loss we deeply feel
But tis God that hath bereft us
He can all our sorrows heal".
"We loved thee on earth
May we meet thee in heaven
My wife, our mother".
HERBERT, Charlotte H. (wife of Thomas W.) died Aug. 10, 1870,
28 yrs. 9 mos.
HERBERT, Evelyn A. (wife of Thomas W.) died April 20, 1907, 64 yrs.
HERBERT, Thomas W., died July 26, 1891, 57 years.
HILLS, Elisabeth (wife of Ebenezer HILLS) died may 7, 1771, 41 yrs.
HILLS, Elisabeth (dau. of Ebenezer and Elisabeth HILLS) died Sept. 5, 1775.
HILLS, Ebenezer, died June 21, 1804, 79 yrs.
"A generous pity filled his mind
To deeds beneath but inclined
The sweet remembrance of the just
Shall flourish when he's deep in dust."
HILLS, Joseph (son of Ebenezer and Elisabeth HILLS) died July 5, 1785, 27 yrs.
HOITT, Ann P. (COTTON), (wife of Barnard E. HOITT, M.D.) died Aug. 20, 1881
age 72.
HOITT, Barnard E., M.D., died July 28, 1839, age 34.
HUTCHINS, (an infant son of Horatio G. and Abigail HUTCHINS) died
May 18, 1843.
HUTCHINS, Abigail B. (dau. of Horatio G. and Abigail HUTCHINS) died
Feb. 2, 1840, age 1 yr. 4 mos.
HUTCHINS, Horatio G. - died Jan. 31, 1850, age 58.
HUTCHINS, Horatio Gates (son of Horatio and Abigail HUTCHINS)
died May 14, 1855, age 19 yrs and 11 mos.
HUTCHINS, John A., died July 8, 1828, age 30 years.
HUTCHINS, Lucy (wife of Col. Gordon HUTCHINS) of Concord, N.H.,
died Jan. 4, 1833, 76 yrs.
JONES, Caleb - died Dec. 7, 1859, 50 yrs.
"Jesus can make a dying bed
Feel soft as downy pillows are
There on his breast I lean my head
And breath my life out sweetly there."
JONES, Dorothy (wife of Daniel JONES) died July 24, 1836, age 28.
JONES, George B. (son of Caleb and Eliza) died May 29, 1838, 4 mos. 28 days
JONES, Mary A. (dau. of Caleb and Eliza) died Feb. 11, 1854,
age 3yrs. 8 mos. 14 dys.
"Peaceful be thy silent slumber
Peaceful in the grave as in life."
JONES, Mehetable - died Feb. 13, 1863, age 91 yrs. 9 days.
"Blessed are they who die in the Lord".
KENDALL, Clarrisa - died Sept. 16, 1874, 78 yrs.
KENDALL, Francis - died July 16, 1839, 13 yrs.
KENDALL, Leonard - died April 8, 1875, 86 yrs.
KENDALL, Zebedee (son of Lt. John & Deborah KENDALL) died April 14, 1740, 24 yrs.
LUND, Charity - died July 13, 1813, 52 yrs.
LUND, Lt. Charity - died June 11, 1793, 62 yrs.
"In the cold mansions of the silent tomb
How still the solitude, how deep the gloom
Here sleeps the dust unconscious close confined
But far, far distant dwells the immmortal mind."
LUND, Cosmo - died July 15, 1834, 65 yrs.
LUND, Esther (wife of William) died Oct. 10, 1857.
(footstone only - stone buried)
LUND, Jarahmeel - died Sept. 11, 1818, 47 yrs.
LUND, John (footstone only - stone buried)
LUND, Lucy (wife of Charity) died Sept. 2, 1805, 69 yrs.
LUND, Mary (widow of John) died Sept. 27, 1850. This is footstone only
- stone buried.
LUND, Rebekah, died Feb. 13, 1812, 34 yrs.
LUND, Stephen, d. May 20, 1821, 67 yrs.
LUND, William - died April 30, 1845, 69 years.
LUTWYCHE, Mrs. Sarah (wife of Capt. Lawrence LUTWYCHE), died Sept. 7, 1778, age 77.
MARTIN, James H. died Oct. 22, 1896, age 27. (stone broken)
MOORS, Louisa Jane died June 25, 1842, 1 yr. 9 mos. 8 days.
"____still my_____
Lie still and rest
God called thee home
_______________" (Last line buried too deep)
MORSE, Miss Eveline Frances died Oct. 24, 1881, age 21. (stone missing)
MOULTON, Eliza. (wife of M.P.) formerly wife of Caleb JONES, died Aug. 15, 1876
69 yrs, 11 mos., 15 days.
"Nor pain nor grief, nor anxious fear
Invade thy bounds. No mortal foes -
can reach the peaceful sleeper here
While angels watch the soul repose".
QUINTON, James died Feb. 12, 1776, 76 yrs.
"The memory of _________"
THORNTON, Andrew (son of Hon. Matthew and Hannah) died April 22, 1787, 21 yrs.
"wrote by the deceas'd - -"
"Once lied inter'd beneath this clod
That always did obey his God,
And willingly resign'd his breath
For Christ his Lord has conquer'd death".
THORNTON, James, Esq., (son of Hon. Matthew and Hannah) died July 3, 1817, 54 yrs.
THORNTON, Hon. James Bonaparte (son of James and grandson of Hon. Matthew THORNTON),
born at Thornton's Ferry A.D. 1800.
"After honorably filling various posts under the
state and national governament, he died at Callao,
A.D. 1838, while representing the United States as
"Charge d'affaires to Peru."
"His remains were removed to this spot by his son
and interred A.D. 1871."
"A memory of his merits still lives where he once
lived and records his parise."
THORNTON, Hannah (wife o Hon. Matthew, Esq.) died Dec. 5, 1786, age 44 yrs.
"She defer'd to die, appeas'd contented
She liv'd belove'd and died lamented."
THORNTON, Margaret A. died July 26, 1850, age 30.
THORNTON, Mary (wife of James) died Aug. 11, 1832, 69 yrs.
THORNTON, Mary (dau. of James and Mary THORNTON) died Mar. 1814, 13 yrs.
THORNTON, Matthew died Nov. 25, 1822, 29 yrs.
THORNTON, Matthew, Hon., Esq., died June 24, 1803, 89 yrs.
"The Honest Man"
Monument reads:"In memory of Matthew THRONTON,
one of the signers of the Declaration of
Independence. Erected by the State of New
Hampshire upon a lot and foundation presented
by the Town of Merrimack."
THORNTON, Matthew (son of Hon. Matthew and Hannah) died Dec. 5, 1804, 34 yrs.
"Why do we mourn departed friends,
Or shake at death's alarms?
'Tis but the voice that Jesus sends
To call them to his arms".
THORNTON, Sally W. (wife of Matthew THORNTON) died March 12, 1857, age 66.
THORNTON, Sophia Shepherd (wife of Hon. James B. THORNTON) born in Conn.
A.D. 1800, married 1820, died 1841.
THORNTON, Thomas (son of Capt. James and Mary THORNTON) died Feb. 11, 1804, 9 yrs.
UNDERWOOD, Phinehas, died Sept. 24, 1757, 37/5 years, 7 mos. 23 days.
(Footstone only)
UNDERWOOD, Miss Polley, (dau. of Phinehas and Mary UNDERWOOD) died July 21,
1774, age 18 yrs. 21 mos.
WELLS, Josephine E. (wife of William T. WELLS) born Nov. 26, 1844, died Sept. 29, 1918.
WELLS, William T. born June 6, 1840; died Nov. 28, 1901
Co. C. 16th Mass. Vols.
WORCESTER, Ann (wife of Job WORCESTER) died Sept. 24, 1898, 86 yrs.
WORCESTER, Chastina (wife of John E. WORCESTER) born Dec. 19, 1843:
died Sept. 26, 1896.
WORCESTER, Job (no date)
WORCESTER, John E. born May 25, 1833, died Jan. 26, 1898,
Co. A. 36th Mass. Regt.