Graves and Cemeteries - # - Images of New England by Wayne Marshall Chase

Historic Graves and Cemeteries in New England

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First Church Cemetery in North Andover Massachusetts

The Chester Village Cemetery in Chester New Hampshire - This graveyard, one of the oldest in the state, was purchased by Col. John Blunt for 70 pounds in 1751. Signed stones by the finest stone sculptors in New England are found here. Among these craftsmen are: Stephen and Abel Webster, John Marble, John Wright and Timothy Eastman. Revolutionary heroes rest here as well as two governors of the state, Samuel and John Bell, William Richardson, Chief Justice of the N.H. Supreme Court, Isaac Blasdel the clockmaker, and others.

The Chester Village Cemetery in Chester New Hampshire

The grave of Samuel Moody in York, Maine, which at the time of his burial was York, Massachusetts. Moody was the first Headmaster of Dummer Academy in Byfield Massachusetts. The stone reads: "Integer vitae scelerisque purus Here lies the remains Of SAMUEL MOODY, Esq Preceptor of Dummer Academy He left no child to mourn his sudden death (for he died a Bachellor) Yet his numerous Pupils in the U.S. will ever retain a lively sense of the Sociability, Industry, Integrity & Piety he possessed in an uncommon degree" as well as the disinterested, Zealous, faithful & useful manner his discharged the duties of the Academy for 30 years. he died at Exeter 17 Dec 1795 AE 70"

Pine Grove Cemetery was established in 1654 and is located on Winnacunnet Road in Hampton NH.

One of the beautiful early eighteenth century Lamson Carvers grave stones at the Old Burying Yard, York Village, Maine

Prince Whipple (1750-1796) was a slave who fought during the American Revolutionary War with his owner General William Whipple of the New Hampshire militia,

The grave of Hannah Merrill at the Walnut Hill Cemetery in West Newbury Massachusetts

The grave of Hannah Merrill at the Walnut Hill Cemetery in West Newbury Massachusetts

The grave of Hannah Merrill at the Walnut Hill Cemetery in West Newbury Massachusetts

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