Merrimack Historical
Society
TURKEY HILL (MEETINGHOUSE) CEMETERY
ALLD, John Jr. d. Feb. 10, 1813 - (49)
"Return my friends, dry up your tears
Here I must lie until Christ appears"
ALLD, Jane wife of John ALLD Jr., d. Oct. 3, 1820 - (55)
"Mourn not for me, my children dear
Here I must lie til' Christ appears"
ALLD, Isaac, son of John & Jane ALLD Jr., d. June 7, 1816 - (27)
ALLD, Elizabeth, dau. of John & Jane ALLD Jr., d. May 26, 1818 - (25)
"When I deaths narrow gate pass through
And bid this world a _____ adiou
I hope with Jesus I shall be
And reign with him eternally"
ARBUCKLE, Mary, wife of William ARBUCKLE, d. Dec. 7, 1791 - (60)
ARBUCKLE, Josiah, son of Ensign William & Ruth ARBUCKLE, d. Nov. 14, 1789 -(16 months)
AIKEN, Lt. John d. Feb. 20, 1811 -(52)
"By Gods support I drew my breath
At his command I sleep in death
Nor shall awake till Christ shall come
And raise my body from the tomb"
AIKEN, Mary wife of Lt. John AIKEN, d. Apr. 12, 1828 - (65)
Surviving friends come take a thought
How soon the grave must be your lot
Make sure of Christ, while life remains
And death will be eternal gain"
AIKEN, Phineas, son of John & Mary AIKEN d. Feb. 3, 1827 - (30)
BUXTON, Ann dau. of Elijah & Ann BUXTON d. July 1, 1786 - (18 months)
BUXTON, Rodney son of Elijah & Ann BUXTON d. June 4, 1809 -(8yrs)
BUXTON, Gates son of Elijah & Ann BUXTON d. Sept. 24, 1820 - (11yrs)
BUXTON, Ann wife of Elijah BUXTON d. June 29, 1822 - (59)
BARRON, Mary, wife of Lt. Samuel BARRON, d. July 28, 1782 - (18)
BARRON, Solomon, son of Lt. Samuel & Sibbel BARRON, d. Apr. 19, 1798 -(8yrs)
BARRON, Sibyl, wife of Lt. Samuel BARRON, d. Apr. 17, 1811 -(48)
BARRON, Lt. Samuel, d. Oct. 3, 1836 - (79)
(He served 5 years 8 months in the Revolutionary War in 12 hard battles.)
BARRON, The three wives of Lt. Samuel BARRRON
Mary ARBUCKLE, d. July 18, 17__ - (18)
Sybil CUMINGS, d. Apr. 11, 1811 - (47)
Jenny MOOR, d. June 30, 1842 - (52)
BARRON, Samuel Esqr., d. Apr. 6, 1865 -(80)
BARRON, Rebecca P., wife of Samuel BARRON Esqr., d. Jan. 18, 1863 - (58)
BARRON, Ann, wife of Samuel BARRON Esqr., d. Dec. 18, 1841 - (56)
BARRON, Lucy J., d. May 13, 1855 - (29)
BARRON, James B., d. Oct. 16, 1847 - (27)
"Buried here at his own request"
BARRON, Charlotte G., wife of Jonathon BARRON, d. Oct. 27, 1829 - (38)
BARRON, Children of Jonathon & Charlotte BARRON
Gilbert, d Sept. 29, 1820 -(4)
Sibyl, d. Oct. __, 1820 - (2)
James & Ann (twins) d. Oct. 19, 1829 - (3 days)
Giles, d. Apr. 3, 1832 - (10)
Clarissa, d. Apr. 4, 1832 - (8)
Justus, d. Apr. 16, 1832 - (5)
Caroline, d. Apr. 24, 1832 - (17)
BLOOD, Rebecca, wife of Abel BLOOD, d. Feb. 13, 1825 - (30)
BLOOD, Abel d. Jan. 10, 1854 - (62)
BLOOD, Sophrona, wife of Abel BLOOD, d. Feb. 3, 1875 - (68)
"We have laid her away for a season
She rests until the morning shall break
Then the shadows of death shall be driven
Away and the sleeper shall awake"
BLOOD, Mary Elizabeth, dau. of Rufus & Hannah BLOOD, d. July 24, 1842 - (14)
BARNES, Sarah, dau. of Lt. Reuben & Eleanor BARNES, d. Aug. 1, 1795 - (17)
BARNES, Rachel, wife of Capt. Thomas BARNES, d. Apr. 26, 1777 - (53)
BARNES, Samuel d. Dec. 9, 1855 - (70)
BARNES, Betsey, wife of Samuel BARNES, d. May 1, 1873 - (87)
BARNES, Samuel, son of Samuel & Betsey BARNES, d. Mar. 18, 1850
BARNES, Solomon P., son of Samuel & Betsey BARNES, d. June 4, 1877 - (51)
BLODGET, Ezra d. Aug. 16, 1844 - (81)
BLODGETT, Sarah, wife of Ezra BLODGETT, d. Feb. 9, 1821 - (56)
BLODGETT, Henry d. July 7, 1826 - (25)
BLODGETT, Mary d. July 9, 1838 - (49)
BURNS, Robert d. Nov. 21, 1796 - (47)
BURNS, Molly, wife of Robert BURNS, d. Mar. 18, 1796 - (39)
BURNS, Molly, dau. of Robert & Molly BURNS, d. Mar. 20, 1795 - (10 months)
BURNAP DD, Rev. Jacob, born in Reading, Mass., Nov. 2, 1748. Graduated from Harvard and
ordained pastor of the church in this town, Oct. 14, 1772 - d. Dec 2, 1821 - (73)
BURNAP, Ruth, dau. of Rev. Jacob & Elizabeth BURNAP, d. Nov. 9, 1806 - (26)
"I know that my redeemer liveth,
And that he shall stand at the latter day on the earth;
And though after my skin worms destroy
this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God"
BURNAP, Abigail, dau. of Rev. Jacob & Elizabeth BURNAP, d. Aug. 26, 1808 - (22)
"If we believe that Jesus died
and rose again, so them also
which sleep in Jesus, will
God bring with him"
BURNAP, Elizabeth, wife of Rev, Jacob BURNAP, d. May 4, 1810 - (52)
"Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord,
from henceforth, Yea, saith the spirit, that they
may rest from their labours; and their works
do follow them."
BURNAP, Caleb B., b. Feb. 17, 1794 d. May 20, 1858 (Father)
BUTTERFIELD, George, son of Frederick & Elizabeth Butterfield, d. Aug. 29, 1855 - (14)
CARLTON, Timothy d. Apr. 9, 1834 - (81)
"Stop my friends, as you pass by
As you are now, so once was I
As I am now, so must you be
Prepare for death, to follow me"
CARLTON, Henry d. Oct. 22, 1825 - (27)
"Many are the shapes of death
And many are the ways that lead
To his grim cave - all dismull"
CARLTON, Isaac, son of Timothy & Rebecca CARLTON, d. Aug. 17, 1811 - (9 months)
CARLTON, Rebecca, wife of Timothy CARLTON, d. Mar. 15, 1856 - (85)
"Though in the dust I lay my head,
Yet gracious God, thou will not leave
My soul forever with the dead,
Nor loose thy children in the grave"
CHAMBERLAIN, Joseph d. May 2, 1832 - (73)
"O Glorious hour, O blest _____
I shall be near and like my God
And flesh and sin no more control
The sacred pleasures of my soul"
CHAMBERLAIN, Rebecca, wife of Joseph CHAMBERLAIN, d. Apr. 18, 1828 - (67)
CHAMBERLAIN,The two children of Joseph & Rebecca CHAMBERLAIN.
Francis, d. Dec. 1804 - (4)
Betsey, d. Jan. 1806 - (8)
CHAMBERLAIN, Lydia Ann, dau. of James & Lydia Chamberlain, d. Mar. 5, 1831 - (4)
"Pleasant, bright transient, pure as morning dew,
she sparkled, was exhaled and went to Heaven"
-------------------------------------------------------------
Parents and friends delight to frame
this sweet memorial to her name"
CHANDLER, Samuel d. Feb. 6, 1806 - (27)
CHANDLER, Joshua B. d. Aug 4, 1873 - (59)
CHANDLER, Nellie H., dau of Joshua & Eleanor CHANDLER, d. Feb. 28, 1870 - (24)
"Jesus while our hearts are bleeding
Ore the spoils that death has won
We would at this solemn metting
Calmy say thy will be done".
COLBURN, Edward b. Oct. 19, 1776 - d. Dec. 6, 1869
COLBURN, Elizabeth, wife of Edward COLBURN, d. June 1, 1858 - (77)
COLBURN, John H. b. Sept. 20, 1810 - d. July 29, 1888
COLBURN, Elizabeth Fields, wife of John H. COLBURN, b. Oct 30, 1803 - d. Dec. 6, 1888
COMBS, Margaret d. Oct. 4, 1853 - (60)
COMBS, Susanna, dau. of James & Deborah COMBS, d. Nov. 14, 1814 - (27)
CUMMINGS, Dea. Jonathon d. July 10, 1787 - (58)
CUMMINGS, Deborah, wife of Dea. Jonathon CUMMINGS, d. Sept. 9, 1820 - (80)
CUMMINGS, Rebekah, dau. of Dea. Jonathon & Deborah CUMMINGS, d. June 13, 1782 - (16)
CUMMINGS, Jenny, dau. of Jonathon Jr. & Deborah CUMMINGS, d. Sept. 6, 1775 - (4)
CUMMINGS, Two sons of Jonathon Jr. & Deborah CUMMINGS,
Joseph, d. May 16, 1774 - (18 days)
Benjamin, d. May 24, 1774 - (25 days)
DANFORTH, John Monroe, son of Solomon & Ruthey DANFORTH, d. Sept. 26, 1822 - (2)
DANFORTH, Sarah Ann, dau. of Solomon & Ruthey DANFORTH, d. Sept. 30, 1822 - (5)
DANFORTH, Solomon d. Aug. 20, 1826 - (44)
DANFORTH, Ruth, wife of Solomon DANFORTH, d. Oct. 1, 1836 - (52)
DANFORTH, Dea. Solomon d. May 31, 1833 - (77)
DANFORTH, Sarah, wife of Dea. Solomon DANFORTH, d. Jan. 9, 1842 - (77)
DANFORTH, Lephe, dau. of Solomon & Sally DANFORTH, d. Sept. 19, 1811 - (21)
DARRAH, Frances, wife of James DARRAH Jr., d. June 13, 1844 - (20)
DODGE, Caleb d. Sept. 25, 1880 - (88)
DODGE, Thirza, wife of Caleb DODGE, d. June 18, 1874 - (77)
FIELDS, Capt. Henry d. June 23, 1804 - (61)
"Beneath this stone I turn to dust
But I hereafter shall arise
And he in whom I put my trust
Will bear me upward to the skies"
FIELDS, John, son of Capt. Henry & Rebecca FIELDS, d. May 31, 1786 - (8)
FIELDS, Infant of Capt. Henry & Rebecca FIELDS, d. Oct. 11, 1789 - (36 hours)
FIELDS, Samuel, wife Sarah, and their children - Sarah J., Susan F.,
Eliza Susan and Rodney L. - all names on one stone with no dates.
"Sleep Sweetly on
You are not Forgotten"
Dear Friends
"Few were their days, deaths call obeyed
and in the silent dust were laid."
FIELDS, on two separate stones are --
Rodney L., son of Capt. Samuel & Sarah FIELDS, d. Feb. 28, 1815 - (8)
Eliza Susan, dau. of Capt. Samuel & Sarah FIELDS, d. Dec. 26, 1821
- (5)
"My Little friends behold my age
And learn that you may die" (Rodney's stone)
"Become as little children" (Eliza Susan's stone)
FIELDS, Isaac Franklin, son of Isaac & Hannah FIELDS, d. Sept. 15, 1814 - (2)
FIELDS, Marsten d. July 28, 1824 - (88)
"Remember death as you pass on
Be sure and have your work all done
To meet your judge prepared be
Think not those many years to see"
FIELDS, Hannah, wife of Marsten FIELDS, d. Mar. 5, 1815 - (67)
"No, Ill repine at death no more
But with a cheerful gasp resign
to the cold dungion of the grave
these dying withering limbs of mine"
FIELDS, Marsten Jr., son of Marsten & Hannah FIELDS, d. Oct. 10, 1815 - (43)
"My living friends as you pass by
As you are now, so once was I
Come cast a look and take a thought
How soon the grave must be you lot."
FIELDS, Henry, son of John & Elizabeth FIELDS, d. May 15, 1815 - (14)
"There is a house not made with hands
Eternal and on high
And here my spirit waiting stands
Till God shall bid it fly."
FIELDS, Elizabeth, wife of John FIELDS, d Dec. 16, 1840 - (73)
"The Lord giveth and the Lord hath taken away."
FIELDS, John d. Aug. 4, 1841 - (85)
FIELDS, Henry Esqr. - 1816 (stone inserted in south wall)
"Live well and fear no sudden fate
When God calls virtue to the grave
Virtue summond can hear _____
And face the flash that ______ all."
FIELDS, Elizabeth, wife of Joshua FIELDS, d. Dec. 6, 1820 - (88)
FOSTER, Susanna, wife of Samuel Foster, d. Oct. 14, 1780 -(37)
FOSTER, Elizabeth, wife of Samuel FOSTER, and Dau. of Alexander McCAULEY, d. Mar. 17, 1816 - (62)
FOSTER, Lydia, wife of Joseph Foster, d. Sept 11, 1852 - (75)
FOSTER, Joseph, d. Oct. 25, 1875 - (88)
FOSTER, Lydia P., d. Dec. 30, 1908 - (79)
FOSTER, Irena, d. Dec. 22, 1908 - (82)
FRETTS, Henry, 1790 - 1855
FRETTS, Joanna Barnes, wife of Henry FRETTS, 1791 - 1887
FULLER, Rev. Timothy, Pastor of the Church in Princeton, b. May 19, 1739
- d. July 3, 1805
"Death, the last enemy shall be destroyed
And this mortal must put on immortality" I Cor. 16 ch.
"Truth, virtue, piety, his life displayed
On love devine his sould by faith reposed
Frail nature shrunk - but Christ the ransom paid
Dispelled the mist and Heanen's bliss disclosed."
GAGE, Moses d. May 27, 1835 - (67)
GAGE, Ruth, wife of Moses GAGE, d. Jan. 3, 1827 - (62)
GAGE, Aaron d. Mar. 12, 1797 - (79)
GAGE, Sarah, wife of Aaron GAGE, d. Aug. 28, 1785 - (59)
GAGE, Dea. Aaron d. Jan. 5, 1832 - (82)
"Precious in the sight of the Lord
is the death of his saints."
GAGE, Martha, wife of Dea. Aaron GAGE, d. Jun 19, 1824 - (71)
"Jesus can make a dying bed
Feel soft as downy pillows are
While on his breast, I lean my head
And breath my life out sweetly there."
GAGE, Aaron Jr. d. Sept. 14, 1869 - (93)
"Blessed are the peacemakers, for
they shall be called the children
of God."
GAGE, Mary P., wife of Aaron GAGE Jr., d. Nov. 18, 1875 - (86)
GAGE, Martha, dau. of Dea. Aaron & Martha GAGE, d. Jan. 12, 1835 - (43)
"But the end of all things is at hand
be ye therefore sober and watch unto prayer."
GAGE, Hannah H., wife of Joseph N. GAGE, d. Mar. 27, 1836 - (32)
"Our union it was short
and has now forever flown
and I am left here on earth
to weep for thee and mourn."
GAGE, Polly, wife of Isaac GAGE, d. June 18, 1822 - (35) (dau. of Daniel & Mary Ingalls)
GARDNER, Benjamin W., son of Pharis & Polly GARDNER, d. Dec. 31, 1828 - (3)
GARDNER, Moses, son of Pharis & Polly Gardner, d. Dec. 31, 1823 - (3)
"No Youth we see
From death is free."
GARDNER, Pharis - no date
GARDNER, Polly Swett - no date
GIBSON, Margaret, dau. of Samuel & Elizabeth Gibson, d. Aug. 6, 1776 - (7 Months)
GIBSON, Rebekah, dau. of Samuel & Elizabeth GIBSON, d. June 9, 1783 - (10 months)
GIBSON, Margaret, dau. of Samuel & Elizabeth GIBSON, d. Sept. 20, 1778 - (19 months)
GIBSON, Samuel d. Nov. 5, 1820 - (86)
"Stay pasenger! the dead I speak,
You know the word conveyed,
A thousand calls like this you've heard,
But have you one obeyed."
GIBSON, Elizabeth, wife of Samuel GIBSON, d. Feb. 3, 1815 - (77)
"Friends and Physicians could not save,
My mortal body from the grave
Nor can the grave confine me here,
When Christ shall call me to appear."
GIBSON, Samuel d. Sept. 4, 1779 - (86)
GILLIS, Josiah d. Apr. 25, 1788 - (36)
GILLIS, Jane, wife of Josiah Gillis, d. July 17, 1781 - (23)
GILLIS, Thomas d. Mar. 22, 1780 - (30)
GILLIS, Rachel, dau of Hugh & Sarah Gillis, d. Oct. 24, 1788 - (25)
GILMORE, Hannah Vickers, dau. of James & Lucy GILMORE Jr., d. Feb. 22, 1793 - (1)
GILMORE, James Jr. d. Feb. 7, 1797 - (30)
GILMORE, Mrs. Rebecca, formerly the wife of Capt. Henry FIELDS, d. Oct. 29, 1825 - _______
"Surviving friends her virtues claim
Some sweet memorial of her name
And while she sleeps in death
Tis yours with pious care to tread
Her steps as far as Jesus led
Till Heaven demands your vreath."
GOLDTHWAIT, Frank R., son of Samuel & Caroline B. GOLDTHWAIT, d. Sept. 28, 1853 - (______
GOODRICH, Dr. Abel, d. Jan. 12, 1841 - (79)
GOODRICH, Mary, wife of Dr. Abel GOODRICH, d. mar. 3, 1830 - (50)
GOSS, Erected by parental affection to the memory of John Sullivan and
Henry Farmer only children of
John & Rachel Goss. The former d. Sept. 30 - age 4 yrs., the latter
d. Sept. 30, 1820 - aged 1 yr., and are both interred in one grave.
HALE, Abel GOODRICH, d. Sept. 24, 1833 - (22)
HALL, Elizabeth, wife of Christopher HALL, d. July 23, 1828 - (44)
"Farewell dear friends, a short farewell
Till we shall meet again above;
In the dear graves where pleasures dwell
And trees of life bear fruit of love."
HANERY, William, d. Feb. 5, 1778 - (65)
HANERY, Elizabeth, wife of William HANERY, d. Nov. 8, 1780 - (63)
HANERY, John d. Mar. 31, 1782 - (63)
HANERY, Martha, wife of John HANERY, d. Mar. 22, 1784 - (35)
HARTSHORN, Benjamin d. July 3, 1824 - (80)
HARTSHORN, Abigail, wife of Benjamin HARTSHORN, d. May 16, 1823 - (77)
"Now we are laid deep in dust
Our flesh shall be thy cars
these withering limbs with _______
trust to rase them strong and ______"
HARTSHORN, Rusha, dau. of Benjamin & Abigail HARTSHORN, d. Mar. 30, 1787 - (3 weeks)
HARTSHORN, Jacob 1803 - 1895
HAY, Lt. Jonathon d. Aug. 1, 1821 - (43)
HAY, Azor d. Sept. 9, 1868 - (95)
HAY, Thomas b. in Reading, Feb. 14, 1724 - d. Feb. 2, 1813 - (89)
HAY, Mary, wife of Thomas Hay, b. in Salem, Aug. 31, 1733 - d. Mar. 26, 1813 - (80)
HAY, Anna, dau of Thomas & Mary Hay, d. Mar. 14, 1813 - (52)
HAY, Mary, dau. of Thomas & Mary Hay, d. May 26, 1776 - (18)
HAY, William, son of Thomas & Mary HAY, d. Dec,16, 1774 - (18)
HENDERSON, Amelia, wife of David HENDERSON, d. Sept. 11, 1848 - (30)
"How still and peaceful is the grave,
Where life's vain tumalls past;
Th' appointed house by heavens decree
Receive us all at last."
HENDERSON, Catherine R., dau. of David & Amelia HENDERSON, d. Dec. 5, 1847 - (4 months)
HENDERSON, Mary Jane, dau. of James & Fanny HENDERSON, d. Aug. 15, 1855 - (10 months)
HENDERSON, Robert, son of James & Fanny Henderson, d. Oct. 9, 1856 - (1 yr. 3 months)
"Happy children now at rest
May we meet them with the blest."
HILLS, Lucy, wife of Joseph HILLS, d. Feb. 6, 1824 - (30)
"Surviving friends, her virtues claim
Some sweet memorial of her name;
And while she sleeps in death,
Tis yours with pious care to tread
Her steps, as far as Jesus led,
Till Heaven demands your breath."
HODGMAN, Josiah d. Sept. 12, 1787 - (40)
HODGMAN, Rebekah, wife of Josiah HODGMAN, d. Oct. 17, 1785 - (39)
HODGMAN, Stephen, son of Josiah & Rebekah HODGMAN d/ Mpv/ 23. 1785 - (2)
HODGMAN, Rebekah, dau. of Josiah & Rebekah HODGMAN, d. Dec. 21, 1791 - (17)
HODGMAN, Sally, wife of George HODGMAN, d. May 24, 1890 - (84)
HODGMAN, Stephen d. May 28, 1783 - (33)
HODGMAN, Sylvanus, son of Joel & Sally HODGMAN, d. Mar. 13, 1825 - (16 mo.)
HODGMAN, Albert, son of Joel & Sally HODGMAN, d. May 31, 1824 - (12)
"By this you see no youth is free from death." (Sylvanus)
HOW, Mark d. Feb. 19, 1813 - (64)
HOW, Anna, wife of Mark HOW, d. July 15, 1826 - (70)
INGALLS, Sarah P. dau. of Dea. Daniel & Mary INGALLS, d. Feb. 5, 1825 - (34)
INGALLS, Elizabeth, dau. of Dea. Daniel & Mary INGALLS, d. Jan. 25, 1808 - (15)
INGALLS, Dea. Daniel d. Oct. 16, 1832 - (74)
INGALLS, Mary, wife of Dea. Daniel INGALLS, d. Jan. 6, 1826 - (70)
JACKSON, Margaret, dau. of Samuel & Mary Jackson, d. May 27, 1794 - (3 Months)
KIDDER, Susanna, wife of Thomas KIDDER Esqu. of Tewksbury, d. Mar 23, 1798 - (21)
KING, Robert, d. Aug. 22, 1822 - (22)
"Come all my friends though stout and strong
You must obey, when God doth call
My children gone and I must go
And leave my mourning wife below."
KING, L. Jane, d. July 22, 1822 - (14 months)
KING, Robert F., d. May 16, 1822 - (2)
KITTERIDGE, Daniel Jr, d. Mar. 6, 1826 - (21)
KITTERIDGE, Adah, dau of Daniel & Esther KITTERIDGE, d. Aug. 21, 1821 - (5)
KITTERIDGE, Esther, wife of Daniel KITTERIDGE, d. Aug. 6, 1827 - (51)
LUNEY, James, son of John & Ann LUNEY, d. Aug. 15, 1852 - (8 months)
"Ere sin could blight or sorrow fade
Death came with friendly care
The opening bud to heaven conveyed
And bade it blossom there."
LUCAS, Erastus A. son of Levi & Loisa LUCAS, d. Jan. 19, 1825 - (8 months)
"A parents tender sigh nor tear
Can ne'er recall the spirit here
Yet may a boon more west be given
Hope tess us we shall meet in heaven."
LONGA, Abigail, wife of William Longa, d. June 26, 1786 - (25)
LONGA, Betsey, dau. of William & Abigial LONGA, d. Jan. 27, 1784 - (9 months)
LONGA, William A., b. 1875 - d. 1952
LONGA, Lizzie M. b. 1866 - 1956
LONGA, Mames W., b. 1838 - 1908
LONGA, Eugenia (McMILLEN) wife of James W. LONGA, b. 1843 - d.1916
LONGA, Jacob H., b. 1870 - d. 1955
LONGA, Charles H. b. 1808 - d. 1867
LONGA, Rebecca T., wife of Charles H. LONGA, b. 1815 - d. 1839
LONGA, Susan, wife of Charles H. Longa, (second wife) 1815 - 1895
LONGA, Tyler T., 1841 - 1897
LONGA, Charles H., 1831 - 1833
LONGA, Susan R., 1833 - 1857
LONGA, George B., 1845 - 1862
LONGA, Charles C., 1848 - 1849
LONGA, Pearl R., 1851 - 1854
MANNING, Abel Goodrich, son of Dr. Peter MANNING & Elizabeth MANNING, d. Feb. 3, ____ (16 months)
"So fades the lovely blooming flower
Frail smiling solace of an hour
So soon our transient comforts fly
And pleasures only bloom to die."
MANNING, Elizabeth, wife of Dr. Peter MANNING, d. Sept. 20, 1833 - (40)
"Blessed are the dead, who die in the Lord."
MARTIN, Lucy M., dau. of Silas D. & Hannah B. MARTIN, d. June 8, 1819 - (8 months)
MAY, Zebulon d. Dec. 18, 1791 - (28)
"Behold my friends, as you pass by
As you are, so once was I
As I am, so you shall be
Prepare for death and follow me."
McCALLEY, Alexander, b. in Ireland 1707, m. Mary PINKERTON; came to America in 17__. A soldier
of Colonial Wars, d at Merrmack, Oct 11, 1788 - (81)
"Blessed are the dead which are in the Lord
for they rest from their labours
and their works do follow them."
McCALLEY, Mary wife of Alexander McCALLEY, d. Jan. 20, 1791 - (78)
"This day is salvation come to this house
For the son of man is come to seek
And to save that which was lost."
Luke XIX 9. 10
McCALLEY, Lt. Alexander, d. June 21, 1829 - (78)
"Stop blooming friend, as you pass by
As you are now, so once was I
As I am now, so you shall be
Prepare for death and follow me."
McCALLEY, Esther, wife of Lt. Alexander McCALLEY, d. Oct. 26, 1827 - (70)
"Friends nor Physicians could not save
My mortal body from the grave
Nor can the grave confine us here
When Christ shall call us to appear."
McCALLEY, James, son of Daniel G. & Mary McCALLEY, d. Apr. 29, 1820 - (8 months)
McCALLEY, Daniel, son of Daniel & Mary McCALLEY, d. June 3, 1821 - (2 months, 14 days)
McCLENCHE, John, d. Nov. 30, 1794 - (88)
McCLENCHE, Elisabeth, wife of John McCLENCHE, d. July 27, 1807 - (100)
McCLENCHE, Betsey, dau. of Joseph & Margaret McCLENCHE, d. June 16, 1819 - (25)
McCONIHUE, Sarah, wife of John McCONIHUE, d. Nov. 28, 1836 - (91)
McGAW, Jacob, d. June 30, 1810 - (73)
McGAW, Margaret, wife of Jacob McGAW, d. July 11, 1800 - (55)
McGILVERY, David W., son of David & Fanny McGILVERY, d. Aug. 19, 1819 - (5)
McGILVERY, Fanny, dau. of David & Fanny McGILVERY, d. Sept. 27, 1821 - (6)
McGILVERY, David, d. Dec. 30, 1828 - (41)
McGILVERY, Fanny, wife of David McGILVERY, d. Jan. 16, 1846 - (58)
McGILVERY, Harriet R., dau. of Simeon & Rachel McGILVERY, d. Feb. 4, 1832 - (2)
McGILVERY, Ann, dau. of John & Margaret McGILVERY, d. Jan. 20, 1790 - (19)
"Fresh in ye morn ye summer rose
Hangs withered ere its noon
We fearce enjoy ye balmy gift
But mourn ye pleasure gone."
McGILVERY, a son (not named) of John & Margaret McGILVERY, d. Sept. 20, 1786 - (
McGILVERY, William, son of John McGILVERY, who died at sea, Jan 9, 1783 - (29) in a voyage
from the West Indies.
McGILVERY, John d. Dec. 24, 1795 - (60) (a native of Scotland)
McGILVERY, Margaret, wife of John McGILVERY, d. Dec. 29, 1839 - (88)
McGILVERY, John, son of John & Mary McGILVERY, d. Mar. 15, 1815 - (15)
McGILVERY, Elizabeth Burns, dau. of John & Mary McGILVERY, d. Mar. 14, 1812 - (13)
Erected by their mother and at her expence.
McINNES, Hugh, d. Nov. 18, 1771 - (70)
McMILLEN, Asa, d. July 10, 1882 - (82)
McMILLEN, Hannah, wife of Asa McMILLEN, d. Dec. 21, 1861 - (52)
"We loved them on earth
We will not forget them in death."
McMILLEN, Hannah Maria, dau. of Asa & Hannah McMILLEN, d. Apr. 9, 1858 - (23)
McMILLEN, Hortensia, 1843 - 1929
McMILLEN, Ora F., 1854 - 1932
MILLER, Gilman d. May 5, 1814 - (10)
MILLER, Ensign William, d. Jan. 14, 1818 - (55)
MILLER, Lucy, wife of Ensign William MILLER, d. Oct. 5, 1811 - (45)
MITCHELL, Helen M. dau of Charles K. & Harriet W. MITCHELL, d Dec. 27, 1845 - (
NICHOLS, Perrygrene d. Mar. 30, 1853 - (78)
NICHOLS, Mary N., wife of Perrygrene NICHOLS, d. Dec. 17, 1851 - (76)
NICHOLS, Joseph d. Dec. 9, 1840 - (85)
NICHOLS, Elizabeth, wife of Joseph NICHOLS, d. Sept. 5, 1848 - (78)
NOURSE, Benjamin, son of Francis & Annis (AIKEN) NOURSE, d. Nov. 17, 1814 - (4)
NOURSE, Ruth, wife of Benjamin NOURSE Esqr., d. Mar. 4, 1815 - (57)
ODELL, John d. Nov. 5, 1844 - (83)
ODELL, Edee, wife of John ODELL, d. Sept. 7, 1842 - (77)
PARKER, Ebenezer d. Apr. 18, 1804 - (56)
"Companion dear, though I am gone,
And left you here on earth to mourn,
Yet trust in God, and he will be,
A kind companion unto thee."
PARKER, Kezia, wife of Ebenezer PARKER, d. Feb. 24, 1816 - (68)
PEABODY, Charles A., son of Mathew A. & Sarah C. PEABODY, d. Dec. 7, 1846 - (2 months)
PIERCE, Williard d. Sept. 24, 1825 - (79)
PIERCE, Olive, wife of Willard PIERCE, d. Nov. 12, 1810 - (66)
PRATT, Rebecca W. WRIGHT, wife of Reuben H. PRATT, d. Jan. 10, 1895 - (80)
PRATT, Reuben H. b. Oct 7, 1802 - d. Jan. 8, 1870
"Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God."
PRATT, Infant son of Reuben & Rebecca PRATT, d. Feb. 22, 1856
PRATT, Catherine, dau. of Reuben & Rebecca PRATT, d. Oct. 4, 1877 - (72)
"She hath done what she could."
PRATT, Thomas W. d. Feb. 12, 1849 - (81)
"They shall be mine saith the Lord of hosts
in that day when I make up my jewels."
PRATT, Catherine, wife of Thomas W. PRATT, d. Mar. 22, 1858 - (94)
PROCTOR, Abigail, dau. of Reuben & Minde PROCTOR, d. Sept. 13, 1782 - (14 months)
PROCTOR, Here lie the body of ye Twin mate to Reuben and Dau. of Reuben & Minde PROCTOR,
d. Dec. 1, 1773 - (4 months)
PROCTOR, Isaac, son of Reuben & Minde PROCTOR, d. Dec. 20, 1785 - (6 months)
PROCTOR, Uriah, son of Reuben & Minde PROCTOR, d. June 18, 1789 - (5)
ROBINSON, Mrs. Betsey, late Consort of Mr. Preserved Robinson and dau. of Jothom Gilles Esqr. She
d. at Merideth, N.H. Sept. 21, 1814 - (22)
"Grieve not my friends, for my departed breath
The way to life leads thro' the gates of death
An active faith will waft you to that shore,
Where time and pain and death shall be no more."
ROBINSON, Mrs. Betsey - 1874 ??
REMINGTON, Susannah, wife of Albert REMINGTON, d. May 7, 1823 - (21)
"Beneath this stone I turn to dust
But I hereafter shall arise
And he in whom I put my trust
Will bare me upward to the skies."
REMINGTON, Elizabeth, wife of Jesse REMINGTON, d. Sept. 23, 1820 - (18)
"Grant me my Saviour an abode
An humble station near my God
Where i may hallelujahs wave
And spend eternity in praise."
RETTERBUSH, Lucy, wife of Christopher RETTERBUSH, d. Feb 24, 1812 - (34)
RETTERBUSH, Christopher d. June 1, 1841 - (87)
"Death thou has conquerred me
And by thy dart I'm slain
But Christ has conquerred thee
And I shall rise again."
RETTERBUSH, Mary, wife of Christopher RETTERBUSH, d. Oct. 1, 1834 - (78)
SPAULDING, Rebecca d. Nov. 27, 1844 - (63)
SPAULDING, Ephrain, son of Samuel & Sarah SPAULDING, d. June 7, 1790 - (8)
SPAULDING, Samuel Woods d. Apr. 11, 1815 - (17)
SPAULDING, Jeanna, age 15 years died the same day as Samuel Woods SPAULDING,
both children of Mr. Asa & Joanna SPAULDING, his wife
"Friends nor Phsicians could not save
Our mortal bodies from the grave
Nor can the grave confine us here
When Christ shall call us to appear."
SPAULDING, Asa d. Apr. 9, 1815 - (46)
"Surviving friends come take thought
How soon the grave must be you lot
Make sure of Christ, while life remains
And death will be eternal gain."
SPAULDING, John Langdon, son of Asa & Joanna SPAULDING, d. Sept. 8, 1811 - (1)
SPAULDING, Ephraim, son of Asa & Joanna SPAULDING, d. Sept. 5, 1799 - (4)
SPAULDING, Naby, dau. of Oliver & Abigail SPAULDING, d. July 26, 1795 - (6)
"Like as the vernal flower
This child did once appear
But death like on untimely first
Laid it in silence here."
SPAULDING, Sally, wife of Oliver SPAULDING, d. Apr. 21, 1860 - (79)
"The Lord is my Shepard."
SPAULDING, Lucy, wife of Oliver SPAULDING, d. May 5, 1823 - (56)
SPAULDING, , Abigail, wife of Oliver SPAULDING, d. Mar. 17, 1793 - (32)
"A loving wife, a parent dear
A faithful friend, she did appear
Benevolent, Sedate and kind
This person you would ever find
Her mortal part her deposited rests
Until it rise in glory and immortality."
SPAULDING, Also in memory of an infant child of the above mentioned persons,
(Oliver & Abigail Spaulding) who was b. 27, 1793 and d. the day following.
SPAULDING, Oliver d. Aug. 21, 1841 - (79)
SPAULDING, Sarah, dau. of Samuel & Sarah SPAULDING, , d. Feb. 8, 1774 (16)
SPAULDING, Samuel d. Sept. 11, 1797 - (73)
SPAULDING, Sarah, wife of Samuel SPAULDING, d. Apr. 10, 1815 - (87)
SANDERSON, Orin E. 1859 - 1933
SANDERSON, Clara M. LONGA, wife of Orin E. SANDERSON, 1868 - 1942
SANDERSON, Infant dau. of Orin & Clara SANDERSON, 1875 - 1875
SANDERSON, Judson T., son of Orin & Clara SANDERSON, 1887 - 1875
SHEDD, Dennis d. Apr. 30, 1821 - (38)
SHEDD, Elizabeth, wife of Dennis SHEDD, d. Sept. 10, 1864 - (81)
SHEDD, Caroline, dau. of Dennis & Elizabeth SHEDD, d. Jan. 2, 1878 - (70)
b. Sept. 30, 1808
"Asleep in Jesus Blessed sleep
From which none ever wake to weep."
SHEDD, Mrs. Elizabeth, relect of Capt. Benjamin SHEDD of Billerica, d. Sept. 6, 1796
STEVENS, Pollyd. Apr. 18, 1818 - (21)
STEVENS, Dorothy, dau. of Lt. David & Judith STEVENS, d. May 26, 1816 - (22)
STEVENS, Betsey, wife of John STEVENS, d. Apr. 8, 1809 - (19)
"Friends and Physicians could not save
My mortal body from the grave,
Nor can the grave confine me here,
When Christ shall call me to appear."
STEVENS, Solomon, son of Lt. David & Judith STEVENS, d. Apr. 15, 1815 - (27)
STEVENS, Abiel d. June 9, 1807 - (87)
STEVENS, Dorothy, the amiable consort of Mr. Abiel STEVENS, who departed this life,
Mar. 19, 1796 - (67)
She was willing to die, appeared contented
She lived beloved and died lamented."
STEVENS, David d. Dec. 23, 1819 - (64)
STEVENS, Judith, wife of Lt. David STEVENS, d. Sept. 5, 1820 - (61)
SWALLOW, Larnard, son of Mrs. Loive F. SWALLOW. d. Feb. 11, 1801 - (2)
TARBELL, Cornelious, son of Cornelious & Elizabeth TARBELL, d. Dec. 11, 1803 - (8?)
TARBELL, Elizabeth, wife of Cornelious TARBELL, d. June 7, 1797 - (77)
TARBELL, Mary, wife of Dea. Cornelious TARBELL, (late of Danvers) d. Feb. 4, 1783
TARBELL, Ensign Cornelious, son of Cornelious & Elizabeth TARBELL, d. Nov 30, 1789,
Erected by Daniel INGALLS.
THOMPSON, James d. Dec. 24, 1852 - (64)
THOMPSON, Priscilla W., wife of James THOMPSON, d. Apr. 10, 1845 - (44)
TOOTHAKER, Allen d. June 12, 1775 - (28) Erected by Timothy TAYLOR.
VICKERS, Mrs. Hannah d. June 9, 1794 - (57)
VICKERS, Hannah, wife of Ensign Benjamin VICKERS, d. Dec. 30, 1796 - (60)
VICKERS, Ensign Benjamin d. Mar. 10, 1808 - (76)
VICKERS, Children of Ensign Benjamin & Hannah VICKERS
1. Elifeus, d. Nov. 14, 1778 - (7)
2. Benjamin Jr., d. Nov. 30, 1789 - (27)
3. Mary, d. Dec. 25, 1790 - (26)
4. Rachel, d. Apr. 22, 1791 - (19)
5. Hannah, d. Nov. 12, 1792 - (32)
6. Dorcas, d. July 6, 1793 - (24)
7. Rebecca, d. Apr. 3, 1797 - (22)
WHEELER, Sibbel, wife of Jonathon WHEELER, d. Nov. 28, 1793 - (23)
"Friends and Physicians could not save
My mortal body from the grave
Nor can the grave confine me here
When Christ shall call me to appear."
WHEELER, Rebecca, wife of Jonathon Wheeler, d. Oct. 12, 1841 - (67)
WHEELER, William B. d. May 12, 1839 - (34)
WHEELER, Rebecca F. dau. of Jonathon & Rebecca WHEELER, d. Sept. 18, 1821 - (15)
WHITING, Willard, son of Leanard Whiting Esqr. & Ann his wife d. July 30, 1782 - (9)
WHITING, Benjamin, son of Leanard & Ann Whiting, d. Aug. 5, 1782 - (5)
WILKINS, Jane, dau. of Joshua & Nancy WILKINS, d. Dec. 6, 1825 - (2)
WILKINS, Alexander 1779 - 1849
WILKINS, Lydia GAGE, wife of Alexander WILKINS, b. 1782 - d. Jan. 21, 1858
"For our light afflictions which but for a moment worketh for us
a far mor exceeding and eternal weight of Glory."
WILKINS, L. Augustus d. July 2, 1881 - (47)
WILKINS, Hannah B., wife of John WILKINS, d. Oct. 24, 1855 - (52)
WILKINS, John d. Mar. 30, 1847 - (47)
WILKINS, Alma A., dau. of John& Hannah WILKINS, d. Oct. 16, 1850 -(9)
WILKINS, Martha H., wife of Addison A. WILKINS, d. Apr. 25, 1851 - (20)
WILKINS, Frances F., dau of John & Hannah WILKINS, d. Oct. 2, 1855 - (11)
WILLIAMS, Anna, widow of Rev. Abraham Williams, Late Pastor of the Church in S??, Mass.,
d. Aug. 22, 1810 - (82)
"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God."
WILSON, Jonathon d. June 8, 1814 - (77)
WILSON, Mercy, wife of Jonathon WILSON, d. Feb. 24, 1831 - (87)
WILSON, Jonathon Jr., d. May 24, 1824 - (49)
WILSON, Abigail, wife of Jonathon WILSON Jr., d. June 2, 1822 - (45)
"I'm not ashomed to own my Lord
Or to defend his cause
Maintain the honour of his word
The glory of his cross."
WILSON, Reuben, son of Jonathon & Abigail WILSON, d. Nov. 13, 1810 - (2)
Isiah, son of Jonathon & Abigail WILSON, d. Nov. 12, 1810 - (4)
"Sleep on sweet youths, your troubles ore,
Your souls have reached the peaceful shore
Forever there to rest -- God called you home
He thought it best."
WILSON, Jacob, son of Jonathon & Abigail WILSON, d. May 25, 1820 - (16)
"Now in the heat of youthful blood,
Remember your Creator God;
Behold, the months come hast'ning on,
When you shall say, "My joys are gone."
WEST, Enoch d. July 22, 1803 - (58)
WOODS, William, son of Dea. Ebenezer & Mary WOODS, killed by lightening, July 22, 18??
"Surviving Friends come take a thatough
How soon the grave will be your lot
Make sure of Christ while life remains
And death will be eternal gain."