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Union Cemetery - est. 1732 Located on East Main St. See it's location and get directions at Yahoo Maps. Cemetery Status: All photos donated by and copyright © of Bill Boyington. Photos uploaded but not transcribed. View Gallery Abraham Adams d. 1791 Abraham Adams d. 1849 Benjamin Adams d. 1821 Benjamin Adams d. 1852 Charles P. Adams d. 1930 Elizabeth Adams d. 1816 George W. Adams d. 1896 Jesse Adams d. 1816 John Adams d. 1750 Joseph Adams d. 1812 Louisa Adams d. 1842 Hon. Samuel Adams d. 1821 Sarah J. Adams d. 1909 Elizabeth Armstrong d. 1789 Abigail Balch d. 1849 Samuel Balch d. 1850 Caroline Boynton d. 1825 John Boynton d. 1824 Jonathan Boynton d. 1740, one of the founders of the church in Georgetown Lucy Boynton d. 1848 Moses Boynton d. 1823 Richard Boynton d. 1732, second person buried here Richard Boynton d. 1736 Ann Moody Braman d. 1840 Deborah Bridges d. 18?? John Bridges d. 1865 Job Brocklebank d. 1824, Capt. Eliphalet Spafford's co. of Minute-men. Col. Samuel Gerrish's regt. Revolutionary War Mercy Brocklebank d. 1821 William J. Brown d. 1895 George N. Buckminster d. 1891 Georgeana Buckminster d. 1858 John B. Buckminster d. 1872 Louisa Buckminster d. 1851 Lydia Peabody Buckminster d. 1885 Benjamin Burpee d. 1823 Lt. Ebenezer Burpey d. 1771 Rev. James Chandler d. 1789, first pastor of the Second Church of Rowley, side view Mary Chandler d. 1806 Capt. Eliphalet Chaplin d. 1825 Martha Chaplin d. 1857 William Chaplin d. ?? Lucy Clark d. 1832 Lucy P. Clark d. 1832 Moses P. Clark, MD d. 1874, doctor who practiced in Georgetown, Rowley and Lawrence Daniel Clarke d. 1829 Hannah Curtis Clarke d. 1871 Olive N. Clarke d. 1883 Patrick Cole, Company C, 3rd Cavalry Regiment Massachusetts, Civil War Sally Perley Cole d. 1910 Maria L. Cross d. 1825 Clarence Davis d. 1919 Lizzie Frances Adams Davis d. 1923 Valkert O. Dickey d. 1833 Artie G. Dole d. 1876 Clarissa M. Dole d. 1835 Elizebeth Saunders Dodge d. 1863 Mercy Nelson Dodge d. 1820 Phineas Dodge d. 1840 Solomon Dodge d. 1810 Dole Family Monument Cuffee Dole d. 1816, a "respectable man of colour", epitaph: White man turn not away in disgust. Thou art my brother, like me akin to earth and worms." Edmund Dole d. 1861, Cause of death: suicide Ernest G. Dole d. 1879 Greenleaf Dole d. 1829 Hannah Dole d. 1907 Hannah Scott Dole d. 1850 Lucy H. T. Dole d. 1893 Martha Custis Dole d. 1893 Mary Dole d. 1845 Maj. Paul Dole d. 1860 Rebecca Dole d. 1836 Richmond Dole d. 1876 Silas Dole d. 1828 Sophia Dole d. 1880 Sophia Ann Dole d. 1880 ??da Hall Dresser d. 1900 Benjamin Dresser d. 1947 Elizabeth Dresser d. 1864 Enoch Dresser d. 1800, deid from a fall from horse Mary E. Hall Dresser d. 1939 Abraham Elwell d. 1848 George A. Elwell d. 1848 Mary A. Elwell d. 1858 Mary E. Elwell d. 1877 Deacon William Fisk d. 1764 Sally S. Follansbee d. 1872 Martha Friend d. 1807 Josiah Goodwin d. 1906 Sarah A. Merrill Goodwin d. 1890 E. Scott Greenleaf d. 1913 Lina C. Greenleaf d. 19?? John Dole Griffith d. 1903 Martha H. Hale d. 1852 Al Crosby Hall d. 191? Ralph Eugene Hall d. 1935 Sarah Hall d. 1918 Ellenora Adams Hardy d. 1867 Lucy F. Merrill Hardy d. 1893 Deacon Newman B. Hardy d. 1877 Dudley Harriman d.1736 Elizabeth Harriman d. 1801 Elizabeth Harriman d. 1829, heelstone Huldah Harriman d. 1848, at age 100 Jane Harriman d. 1736 Leonard Harriman d. 1736 Martha Harriman d. 1733 Moses Harriman d. 1849 Moses Harriman d. 1866 Olive Harriman d. 1851 Samuel Harriman d. 1803 Lt. Lewis Hatch d. 1814 Moody P. Hazen d. 1830 Eunice Hilliard d. 1836 Henry Hilliard d. 1865 Henry P. Hilliard d. 1871 Oliver T. Hilliard d. 1898 Susan A. Hilliard d. 1909 Martha Ann Holmes d. 1865 Phebe Hood d. 1884 Samuel Hood d. 1848 Solomon Hood d. 1850 W. Henry Hood d. 1846 Caroline Nelson Hoyt d. 1865 Fred L. Hoyt d. 1851 Jennie M. Hoyt d. 1907 Maria Hoyt d. 1903 Timothy Hoyt d. 1902 Caleb Jackson d. 1844, A soldier of the revolution. Charlotte D. Jackson d. 1871 Charles Jackson d. 1857 Elizabeth Jackson d. 1828 Hannah Jackson d. 1831 Hannah Jackson d. 1843 Luther H. Jackson d. 1900 Samuel Jackson d. 1843 Sarah C. Jackson d. 1853 Sarah H. Jackson d. 1851 Mary Jaques d. 1760 David Johnson d. 1836 Hannah Johnson d. 1835 Hephzibah Kilbourn d. 1737 Arthur J. Kneeland d. 1904 Edith Kneeland Margaret Ann Kneeland d. 1920 Nathaniel T. Kneeland d. 1869, stone 2, member of Co. A. 59th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry (Civil War.) Sarah Kneeland d. 1841 Maria Louisa Lincoln d. 1821 Preston Lincoln d. 1823 Rooxbe S. Lincoln d. 1856 Apphia Low d. 1839 Eliza L. Brown Low d. 1888 Joseph P. Low d. 1845 Abigail Winter Marsh d. 1858 Abigail McLaughlin d. 1895 "Little Benny" d. 1834 Benjamin McLaughlin d. 1864 Benjamin L. McLaughlin d. 1864, "Mortally wounded in battle May 30 and died June 23, 1864." Company 1st SS, 1st Co SS Regiment Massachusetts (Civil War), wounded at Cold Harbor, VA, died at David's Island, New York Harbor. Sophia P. McLawlin d. 1905 Walter McLawlin d. 1894 James R. Merrey d. 1920 Abigail Merrill d. 1784 Apphia Merrill d. 1863 Benjamin Merrill d. 1853 Eunice Merrill d. 1863 H. Eugene Merrill d. 1938 Hannah Merrill d. 1835 Hannah Merrill d. 1865 Hannah Coleman Dole Merrill d. 1900 Harriet Boardman Merrill d. 1849 Isaac N. Merrill d. 1860 John Merrill 1764 Leonard W. Merrill d. 1860 Dr. Lewis A. Merrill d. 1863 Lois Merrill d. 1788 Martha Friend Merrill d. 1863 Mary Dole Merrill d. 1895 Rev. Nathaniel Merrill d. 1839 Perley B. Merrill d. 1847 Rosana Ricker Merrill d. 1919 Sarah Merrill d. 1813 Susan Merrill d. 1844 Sylvanus Merrill d. 1884 Thomas Merrill d. 1744 Dea. Thomas Merrill d. 1820 Dea. Thomas Merrill d. 1851 Thomas Addison Merrill d. 1855 David Mighill d. 1812 Elizabeth Mighill d. 1781 Huldah Mighill d. 1772 Huldah Mighill d. 1812 Molley Mighill d. 1774 Dea. Stephen Mighill d. 1783 Lieut. Stephen Mighill d. 1819 Dr. Stephen Mighill d. 1872, a physician by trade, he died of syphilis & paralysis, in "lunatic hospital" in Boston. Aaron Nelson d. 1804 Aaron Nelson d. 1832 Abigail Nelson d. 1820 Abigail March Nelson d. 1809 Major Asa Nelson, Esq. d. 1815, Private, Capt. Eliphalet Spafford's co., in a detachment from Col. Samuel Gerrish's regt.(Revolutionary War.) Dea. Asa Nelson d. 1855 Betty Nelson d. 1777 Edward U. Nelson, Company 17th, Unattached Infantry Regiment Massachusetts (Civil War.) Elizabeth Nelson d. 1826 Elizabeth Gage Nelson d. 1863 Hannah Nelson d. 1732, "Grand-daughter of Capt. Samuel Brocklebank of Rowley, who was slain by the Indians at Sudbury, April 21, 1676 and the first person buried in this place." Hannah Perley Nelson d. 1885 Harriet Nelson d. 1820 Joseph Nelson d. 1743 Joseph Nelson d. 1856 Maria A. Nelson d. 1873 Maria Harriet Nelson d. 1848 Martha J. Nelson d. 1860 Mary Nelson d. 1753 Mary Nelson d. 1829 Mehitabel Nelson d. 1842, age 94. Mercy Nelson d. 1825 Father Mighill Nelson d. 1856 Moses Nelson d. 1863 Olive Nelson d. 1836 Phebe Brocklebank Nelson d. 1864 Ruth Perley Nelson d. 1881 Samuel Nelson d. 1742 Sarah Nelson d. 1826 Sarah Nelson d. 1828 Solomon Nelson d. 1781 Solomon Nelson d. 1821 Dea. Solomon Nelson d. 1842 Sophia Nelson d. 1833 Mary B. Nichols d. 1929 Hannah M. Niles d. 1896 William Niles d. 1892, Co. H 32 Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers (Civil War.) William E. Straw Niles d. 1831 Elizabeth Noyes d. 1831, "She was a respectable woman." Polly Noyes d. 1835 Abigail Palmer d. 1805 John Palmer d. 1833 Hannah Parsons d. 1864 Jonathan Parsons d. 1864 Francis Dana Peabody d. 1891, Company M, 4th Heavy Artillery Regiment Massachusetts (Civil War.) David Mighill Perley d. 1829 Elizabeth Perley d. 1830 Elizabeth Averill Perley d. 1908 H. Lizzie Perley d. 1889 Hannah Newell Perley d. 1855 Huldah Woodman Perley d. 1862 Rev. Humphrey C. Perley d. 1838, Front of stone Rev. Oliver W. Perley d. 1864 Sally Perley d. 1846 Susie A. Perley d. 1863 William P. Perley d. 1847 William P. Perley d. 1888 Martha Ann Pettengell d. 1832 Benjamin S. Pickett d. 1856 John B. Pickett d. 1894, he and wife Mahalah both died of pneumonia, 2 days apart. Mahalah Pickett d. 1891 Amos Pillsbury d. 1858 Rebecca Pilsbury d. 1866 Annar Perkins Pingree d. 1853 Asa Pingree d. 1834 Clemens Pingry d. 1769 Daniel Pingree d. 1866 Dorothy Robinson Dodd Pingry d. 1771 Elizabeth Pingre d. 1747 Elizabeth Pingry d. 1781 Elizabeth Pingrey d. 1818 Elizabeth Bixby Pingree d. 1862 Job Pengry d. 1736, victim of the throat distemper epidemic that also occurred in the surrounding towns at this time, particularly Haverhill. Job Pingry d. 1785, died at age 96. John Pingry d. 1778 Ensign John Pingry d. 1796 Solomon Pingry d. 1773 Colman Platts d. 1853 Dea. John Platts d. 1856, buried here with 2 of his 4 wives. Louisa S. Platts d. 1855 Mary Platts d. 1816 Sarah Platts d. 1818 Bethiah Plummer d. 1790 Ruth Plumer d. 1736 Solomon Plumer d. 1766 Ensign Thomas Plumer d. 1762 Thomas Plumer d. 1770 Abigail Carleton Poor d. 1850 Daniel Poor d. 1840 David Poor d. 1817 Martha Poor d. 1830 Mary Foster Poor d. 1850 Myra Poor d. 1832 Esther Proctor d. 1848 Nathan Rogers d. 1813 Abigail P. Savory d. 18?? Benjamin Savory d. 1850 Charles Lincoln Savory d. 1840 Eleazor Savory d. 1874 Judith Savory d. 1830 Joseph R. Scates d. 1879 Abigail Searl d. 1769 William Searl d. 1798 Sarah Shatswell d. 1833 Melinda Angeline Smith d. 1938 W. G. Smith, Company C, 19th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts, received a disability discharge (Civil War.) Bettey Spafford d. 1784 Daniel K. Spafford d. 1795 Eliphalet Spafford d. 1776 Jonathan Spafford d. 1772 Capt. John Spafford d. 1735 Judith Spafford d. 1779 Lucy Spafford d. 1766 Polly Spafford d. 1790 Samuel Spafford d. 1743 Abel Spofford d. 1868 Dea. Abner Spofford d. 1777, a millwright who died from a fall in his mill. He was commissioned captain of the local milita in 1743. Alfred Spofford d. 1851 Dr. Amos Spofford d. 1805, a local physician and farmer, also one of the original members of the Massachusetts Medical Society. Amos Spofford d. 1821, died from a fall from his horse. Benjamin Spofford d. 1836 Col. Daniel Spofford d. 1803, Colonel of the 7th Regiment of militia in Essex County, marched to Cambridge in 1775 ; Representative of the town, 1776; member of the convention that formed the constitution, 1780; Church Deacon and an architect who built several churches. Edward Colman Spofford d. 1814 Elizabeth Spofford d. 1777 Eliphalet Spofford d. 1830 Eunice Spofford d. 18?? Hannah Spofford d. 1831 Irene Spofford d. 1826 Irene Spofford d. 1849 Irene M. Spofford d. 1865 Joseph Spofford d. 1825 Lewis Tenney Spofford d. 1815 Mary Spofford d. 1803 Mary Merrill Spofford d. 1869 Mary Nelson Spofford d. 1817 Mehitable Spofford d. 1880 Mighill Spofford d. 1835 Moody Spofford, Esq. d. 1828, a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War; deacon; justice of peace; representative; architect - Windsor, VT, Andover, Haverhill, and Rock bridges; churches in Andover, Groveland, and others. Moses Spofford d. 1830 Dr. Moses Spofford, M.M.S.S. d. 1832, a local physician for nearly 40 years. Peabody Spofford d. 1826 Sarah Spofford d. 1823 Sarah Palmer Spofford d. 1873 William Spofford d. 1824 Amos J. Tenney Esq. d. 1777 David Tenney d. 1793 David Barnard Tenney d. 1829 Elizabeth Tenney d. 1843 George S. Tenney d. 1830 Jonathan Thoston d. 1738 Daniel Thurston d. 1792 Hannah Thurston d. 1791 Judith Thurston d. 1788 Mehitable Thurston d. 1789 Dea. Richard Thurston d. 1782 Stephen Thurston d. 1762 Charlotte E. Tidd d. 1894 Clara B. Tidd d. 1918 Cyrus Tidd d. 1873, farmer and photographer. Harriet B. Tidd d. 1843 Jennie Hoyt Tidd d. 1941 Joseph H. Tidd d. 1918, killed in World War I. Ruthy Mighill Tidd d. 1857 Samuel C. Tidd d. 1857 Abby A. Tyler d. 1886 George Melvin Tyler d. 1869 Maria Tyler d. 1833 Gideon P. Wells d. 1853 Susannah Wells d. 1868 John E. West d. 1909 Capt. Cutler Weston d. 1834, at Cape Mesurade Africa. Capt. Fitch Weston d. 1844 Harriet Dow Weston d. 1899 Lavina Spofford Weston d. 1894 Mehitabel Weston d. 1827 Capt. Orin Weston d. 1871 Phebe Weston d. 1849 Samuel Weston d. 1791 Samuel Weston d. 1829 Lydia White d. 1857 Apphia Nelson Winter d. 1894 Ariel K. Winter d. 1847 Benjamin Winter d. 1865 David M. Winter d. 1871 Elizabeth Webster Winter d. 1866 Francis E. Winter d. 1862, "Fell in the cause of his Country at Fredericksburg, Va." Rev. Jonathan S. Winter d. 1837, pastor of the Congregational Church in Ossippee as well as other various places. Prudence S. Winter d. 1861 Samuel W. Winter d. 1849 Silena D. Winter d. 1892

More History in Georgetown Brocklebank Museum/Georgetown Historical Society 108 East Main Street Phone: (978) 352-8372 info@georgetownhistoricalsociety.com The Brocklebank-Nelson-Beecher house is a First Period structure believed to have been built in the late 1600s. It was owned by Capt. Samuel Brocklebank, Rev. Charles Beecher (brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe), among others and was a used as a tavern by several of them. Open Sundays from 2-5 p.m. from July through Columbus Day in October. ://www.georgetownhistoricalsociety.com/ Find more museums in Massachusetts If you know of an historic place to visit in Georgetown, please submit it to jenn@gravematter.com