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Metcalf Rock Pasture Burial Ground View entire gallery Linebrook Parish Burying Ground View entire gallery Old Burying Ground, est. 1639 View entire gallery Dea. David Bailey d. 1769 James Bailey d. 1714/15 Sarah Bailey d. 1799 Grace Barker d. 1665/66 James Barker d. 1678 Nathaniel Bayley d. 1722 Sarah Bayley, photo 2, d. 1730 Dr. David Bennet d. 1718/19 Dr. William Bennet d. 1724 Mary Bishop d. 1801 Abigail Pickard Blackington d. 1839 Daniel Boynton d. 1891 Daniel P. Boynton d. 1850 Fannie Boynton d. 1886 John Boynton d. 1714 John Boynton, photo 2, d. 1718 Joseph Boynton d. 1717/18 Joseph Boynton d. 1730 Dorothy Bradford d. 1792 Rev. Ebenezer Bradford d. 1801, sixth minister of Rowley Elizabeth Green Bradford d. 1825 Abigail Bradstreet, photo 2, d. 1773 Angie E. Bradstreet d. 1867 Bridget Bradstreet, photo 2, d. 1718 Dorothy Northend Bradstreet d. 1752 Elizabeth Bradstreet d. 1827 Hannah Bradstreet, photo 2, d. 1737 Hannah Bradstreet d. 1739 John Bradstreet, photo 2, d. 1724 Lucy Bradstreet d. 1816 Mary Ann Bradstreet d. 1864 Capt. Moses Bradstreet, photo 2, d. 1690 Moses Bradstreet d. 1727 Moses Bradstreet, photo 2, d. 1737 Moses Bradstreet d. 1811 Moses Bradstreet d. 1829 Lt. Nathaniel Bradstreet, photo 2, d. 1752 Nathaniel Bradstreet d. 1806 Nathaniel Bradstreet d. 1844 Phoebe Bradstreet d. 1815 Sally Perley Bradstreet d. 1839 Sarah Bradstreet Sarah Bradstreet d. 1851 Thomas Bradstreet, photo 2, d. 1800 Thomas Bradstreet d. 1813 David Burpe, photo 2, d. 1728 Esther Burpe d. 1722 Hannah Burpe, photo 2, d. 1729 Jeremiah Burpe d. 1723 Johanna Burpe, photo 2, d. 1748 Mary Burpe d. 1721 Nathan Burpe, photo 2, d. 1729 Joseph Burpey d. 1776 Dea. Joseph Chaplin d. 1813 Ruth Chaplin d. 1843 John Choate d. 1718 Aron Clark d. 1743 Ebenezer Clark, photo 2, d. 1716 Dorothy Cogswell d. 1805 Lois Cogswell d. 1825 Dr. Nathan Cogswell d. 1822 Sarah Northen Cogswell d. 1773 Wade Cogswell Esq. d. 1855 Mary Cooper d. 1815 Lt. Mark Cresey d. 1816 Michael Cresey Jr. d. 1720 Tamar Cresey d. 1716 William Cresey, photo 2, d. 1717/18 Ednah J. Cushing d. 1815 Jacob Davis d. 1729 Mary Davis d. 1729 Moses Davis d. 1729 Capt. Moses Davis d. 1753 James Dickenson, photo 2, d. 1705 Lucy Dodge, photo 2, d. 1837 Phineas Dodge d. 1824 Levi Dole d. 1830 Dr. Amos Dresser d. 1741 Elizabeth Dresser, photo 2, d. 1736 David Edgerly d. 1816 Mary Ellsworth d. 1742 Nathan Frazer d. 1741 Apphia Gage d. 1804 Ednah Gage d. 1811 Lucy Gage d. 1870 Lucy M. Gage d. 1820 Mary Gage d. 1798 Mary Gage d. 1812 Mary E. Gage d. 1819 Mercy Gage, photo 2, d. 1775 Nathaniel Gage, photo 2, d. 1807 Sarah Gage d. 1713 Col. Thomas Gage d. 1788 Thomas Gage jr. d. 1822 William Gage, photo 2, d. 1730 William Gage d. 1777 a member of Capt. Payson's Militia during the Revolutionary War. William Gage d. 1820 William Gage d. 1817 Mehetabel Gibson d. 1773 Daniel Hale d. 1827 Daniel J. Hale d. 1878 Elizabeth Hale, photo 2, d. 1833 Irene Hale d. 1823 Jane Hale d. 1799 Moses Hale, photo 2, d. 1822 Ruth J. Hale d. 1839 Sarah Hale d. 1732 Sarah Thurlow Hale d. 1896 Hon. Thomas Hale Esq., photo 2, d. 1730 Dr. William Hale d. 1784 Oliver Hammond d. 1758 Sarah Hammond d. 1712/13 Thomas Hammond d. 1724 Leonard Harriman d. 1691 Margaret Harriman d. 1676 Eunice Harris, photo 2, d. 1775 Eunice Harris d. 1829 Mary Harris d. 1795 Lt. John Harris, photo 2, d. 1805 John Harris d. 1808 Dea. Timothy Harris d. 1723 Timothy Harris d. 1818 Thomas Hart d. 1722 Mary Hartshorn d. 1719, wife of John Hartshorne, the area's first gravestone carver, who carved her gravestone Elizabeth Hobson, photo 2, d. 1773 Hannah Hobson d. 1757 Humphrey Hobson d. 1742 Humphrey Hobson Esq. d. 1773 Humphrey Hobson d. 1849 Jeremiah Hobson d. 1741 Mehetabel Hobson, photo 2, d. 1773 Mehetabel Hobson d. 1815 Nathaniel Hobson d. 1845 William Hobson d. 1725 William Hobson jr. d. 1727 Jane Holt d. 1818 Elisabeth Hopkinson d. 1718 Jonathan Hopkinson d. 1719 Susanna Hoskins, photo 2, d. 1775 Susan Howe d. 1865 Thomas Howe d. 185? John Francis Jamin d. 1870 Abigail Jewett d. 1794 Anne Jewett, photo 2, d. 1723 Benjamin Jewett, photo 2, d. 1715/16 David Jewett d. 1799 Eliphalet Jewett, photo 2, d. 1789 Eliphalet Jewett d. 1837 Elisabeth Jewett d. 1773 Elizabeth Jewett d. 1737 Elizabeth Jewett d. 1764 Elizabeth Jewett d. 1824 Elizabeth Dummer Jewett Elizabeth Parsons Jewett Ephraim Jewett d. 1739 Dea. Ezekiel Jewett d. 1723 Faith Jewett, photo 2, d. 1715 George Jewett d. 1776 Hannah Jewett, photo 2, d. 1799 Hannah Jewett d. 1826 Jacob Jewett d. 1774 Jane Jewett d. 1811 Rev. Jedediah Jewett d. 1774, fifth minister of Rowley Jeremiah Jewett d. 1714 Jonathan Jewett d. 1824 Joseph Jewett d. 1774 Joseph Jewett d. 1819 Lydia Jewett d. 1754 Mary Jewett, photo 2, d. 1732 Mary Jewett d. 1794 Mary Jewett d. 1796 Moses Jewett d. 1715 Capt. Moses Jewett d. 1796 Nehemiah Jewett d. 1719/20 Paul Jewett d. 1821 Paul Jewett jr. d. 1777 Rev. Paul Jewett d. 1860 Priscilla Jewett, photo 2 d. 1722 Priscilla Jewett d. 1805 Rebekah Jewett, photo 2, photo 3, d. 1729 Ruth Jewett, photo 2, d. 1750 Ruth Jewett d. 1774 Sarah Jewett, photo 2, photo 3, d. 1724 Sarah Jewett d. 1828 Solomon Jewett, photo 2 Cornet Stephen Jewett d. 1771 Thomas Jewett d. 1742 William Jewett d. 1809 Abigah Johnson d. 1756 Elizabeth Johnson d. 1740 Francis Johnson d. 1737 Hannah Johnson, photo 2, d. 1723 Hannah Johnson, photo 2, d. 1740 Isaiah Johnson d. 1736 Obadiah Johnson d. 1736 Hannah Johnson, photo 2, d. 1717 Meriah Kill d. 1710 Dorothy Kilborn d. 1793 Dr. Eliphalet Kilborn d. 1752 Joseph Kilburn, photo 2, d. 1723 Richard Kimball d. 1812

Ezekiel Laiten (Laighton, Leighton) d. 1716 Ezekiel Laiton (Laighton, Leighton) d. 1723 Abigail P. Lambert d. 1814 Alfred Lambert d. 1807 Anna Lambert d. 1806 Apphia Gage Lambert, photo 2, d. 1825 Deborah Lambert d. 1754 Elizabeth Lambert d. 1749 Hannah B. Lambert d. 1842 John Lambert Nathan Lambert d. 1831 Nathan Lambert Sarah Lambert d. 1759 Thomas Lambert Esq. d. 1755 Cornet Thomas Lambert d. 1775 Thomas Lambert, photo 2, d. 1793 Thomas Lambert d. 1825 William Lambert d. 1824 Anna Lancaster d. 1793 Dorothy Lancaster d. 1752 Lydia Lancaster d. 1829 Thomas Lancaster d. 1792 John Manning d. 1736 Baby Boy Mighill d. 1761 Anna Mighill, photo 2, d. 1796 Elisabeth Mighill d. 1796 Elizabeth Mighill d. 1816 Hannah Mighill, photo 2, d. 1748 J. Mighill Jeremiah Mighill d. 1793 Jeremiah Mighill d. 1834 Mary Mighill, photo 2, d. 1824 Capt. Nathaniel Mighill d. 1761 Nathaniel Mighill d. 1773 Nathaniel Mighill Esq., photo 2, d. 1788 Nathaniel Mighill d. 1793 Priscilla Mighill d. 1776 Rachel Mighill d. 1824 Sarah Mighill, photo 2, d. 1778 Sarah Mighill d. 1799 Dea. Thomas Mighill Esq. d. 1807 Thomas Mighill, photo 2, d. 1821 Abigail Nelson d. 1716 Mary Sophia Nelson d. 1805 Thomas Nelson, photo 2, d. 1712 Bethiah Northend, photo 2, d. 1767 Elizabeth Northend d. 1787 Capt. Ezekiel Northend d. 1732 Ezekiel Northend d. 1742 John Northend d. 1736 Capt. John Northend, photo 2, d. 1768 Moses Northend d. 1736 Samuel Northend d. 1749 Jane Osborn d. 1749 Jane J. Pabodie Mary Palmer, photo 2, d. 1716 Patience Palmer d. 1730 Dea. Samuel Palmer d. 1719 David Payson d. 1734 Deborah Gage Payson d. 1833 Capt. Edward Payson d. 1797, capt. of Rowley Militia during the Revolutionary War. Rev. Edward Payson d. 1732, fourth minister of Rowley Dea. Edward Payson d. 1769 Lt. Eliot Payson d. 1774, Col. Daniel Spafford's (7th Essex Co.) regt. of Mass. militia Revolutionary War Elisabeth Payson d. 1725 Elisabeth Appleton Payson Elisabeth Phillips Payson Fannie Payson d. 1808 Hannah Payson d. 1725 Hannah Payson, photo 2, d. 1784 Jane Payson d. 1722 Martha Payson d. 1758 Mary Payson d. 1801 Moses P. Payson d. 1822 Phebe Payson d. 1765 Amasa Pearson d. 1826 Elizabeth Pearson d. 1762 Capt. John Pearson d. 1723 John Pearson d. 1736 John Pearson d. 1819 Joseph Pearson d. 1736 Joseph Pearson d. 1753 Mary Pearson d. 1728 Richard Pearson d. 1736 Sophia Pearson d. 1825 Aaron Pengry d. 1714 Capt. Francis Perley d. 1810 Hannah Perley d. 1814 Hannah Perley d. 1812 Nathaniel Perley d. 1819 Rev. George Phillips d. 1739 minister of Brook Haven, L. I., New York John Phillips d. 1795, founder of Phillips Exeter Academy John Phillips d. 1823, President of the Senate of Mass. and first Mayor of Boston Rev. Samuel Phillips d. 1696, second pastor of the Church in Rowley, b. in Boxford, England Rev. Samuel Phillips d. 1790, minister at Andover, Mass. Samuel Phillips d. 1790, one of the founders of Phillips Academy, Andover Samuel Phillips d. 1802, Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts Sarah Appleton Phillips d. 1714 William Phillips d. 1804 William Phillips d. 1827, Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts Ednah Pickard d. 1769 Elisabeth Pickard d. 1730 Francis Pickard d. 1718 Dea. Francis Pickard d. 1778 Jean Pickard d. 1715/16 Left. Jonathan Pickard d. 1735 Jonathan Pickard d. 1765 Joshua Pickard Esq. d. 1814 Mary Pickard, photo 2, d. 1748 Mary Pickard d. 1782 Capt. Samuel Pickard d. 1751 Sarah Pickard, photo 2, d. 1722 Sarah Pickard d. 1783 Susanna Pickard d. 1821 Ann Pingre (Pingrey) d. 1740 Mary Plats, photo 2, d. 1726 Samuel Plats, photo 2, d. 1726 Samuel Plumer d. 1817 Sylvia Plumer d. 1815 Abigail Prime Mary Prime d. 1722 Mary Nelson Prime d. 1815 Samuel Prime d. 1717/18 Thomas Prime d. 1793 Emily L. Richards d. 1868 Humphrey Richards d. 1783 Jane Richards, photo 2, d. 1793 Moses Richards d. 1808 Rev. Ezekiel Rogers, photo 2, d. 1660, first minister of Rowley, b. in Wethersfield, Essex Co. England Henry Rylee d. 1710 Daniel Saunders d. 1870 Ezekiel Sawyer, photo 2, d. 1766 Capt. John Scott d. 1828 Susanna Scott, photo 2, d. 1719 Dorothy Flint Shepard d. 1668 Rev. Samuel Shepard d. 1668, third minister of Rowley Infant boy Smith d. 1836 David Smith d. 1801 Edward Smith d. 1795 Elizabeth Smith d. 1784 Elizabeth Smith d. 1828 Isaac Smith d. 1816 Isaac Smith d. 1832 Joseph Stacy d. 1809 Andrew Stickney d. 1727 Edner (Ednah) Northend Stickney d. 1722 Josiah Stickney d. 1825 Josiah Stickney jr., photo 2, d. 1798 Martha Stickney d. 1815 William Stickney, side 2, d. 1665 Anna Syle, photo 2, d. 1715 Elizabeth Taylor d. 1796 Jonathan Taylor d. 1825 David Tenny d. 1747 Apphia Todd d. 1818 Ednah Todd, photo 2, d. 1810 Elisabeth Todd d. 1725 Elizabeth Todd d. 1776 Elizabeth Todd d. 1813 George Todd Esq. d. 1801 Hannah Todd d. 1774 James Todd d. 1734 Lt. James Todd d. 1808 Jonathan Todd d. 1775 Jonathan Todd d. 1801 Lucy Todd d. 1801 Lydia Todd d. 1720 Mary Todd d. 1749 Priscilla Todd d. 1725 William Todd d. 1815 Sophia Torrey d. 1797 Ellen Trumble d. 1648/49 John Trumble d. 1657 Mehitable Webster d. 1815 Anna White, photo 2, d. 1821 Daniel Wicom d. 1700 Lydia Wicom d. 1722 Sarah Wicom, photo 2, d. 1705 Abigail Williams d. 1866 Eunice Williams d. 1859 Julia H. Williams d. 1856 William Williams d. 1868 Jeremiah Wood d. 1737 Moses Wood d. 1736 Hannah Woodberry d. 1722 Dorothy Woodman Hannah Woodman, photo 2, d. 1741/42 Joshua Woodman d. 1745

More History in Rowley Agawam Diner Route 1 Constructed in 1954, the diner is a prefabricated structure built by the Fodero Dining Car Company in Bloomfield, New Jersey. It's the only prefabricated diner in Massachusetts and one of only four Fodero-built diners in that State. The Diner still operates as a full service restaurant. Bradstreet Farm located to the east of Main Street Private residence. A King Grant property and believed to be one of the oldest continuously family-operated farms in America. The Town of Ipswich granted the land to Humphrey Bradstreet in 1635 and in 1785 it was annexed to Rowley. The other original King Grant property, the Cross-Hammond-Harris-Savage farm, also continues to exist in Town. These farms still remain in the same families that received the original King Grant. Chaplin-Clarke House 109 Haverhill St Private residence. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.Built in 1671, is Rowley’s oldest dwelling. This building has a central chimney built on a stone foundation. There is a slight overhang on both the first and second stories on the east end, but none in front. The building also has a lean-to, a very early addition, and the house is the only one in Rowley that has both an overhang and a lean-to. Richard Clarke and one of his children died of smallpox in 1730, and their unmarked graves lie west of the house by the stonewall. Jewel Mill / Glenn Mills Historic Districs Route 1 The Jewel Mill was once known as the Pearson Mill and was the first Fulling Mill in America built ca. 1643. Open during the summer months. Mighill - Perley House Private residence. See the owner's website on the home's restoration. Built in 1737 by Capt. Nathaniel Mighill. The "Country's Wonder," a ship of about 100 tons was built in front of the house in 1814. Old Nancy The Revolutionary War cannon, “Old Nancy,” is one of the town’s most prized possessions. Rowley soldiers took the cannon from the British ship “Nancy,” captured off Gloucester. Left by Revolutionary War major Eben Boynton to his two sons, one a Rowley resident and the other a New Rowley (Georgetown) resident, the cannon has spent time in both Towns. Both Towns claim to have Old Nancy in their possession. Old Nancy makes appearances at special events and exhibits in Rowley. Old Stone Arch Bridge Built in 1643, by Richard Homes, millwright and early settler, this stone arch bridge spanned a section of the Mill River, and is still in use today. Platts-Bradstreet House 223 Main St. Built in 1677 by Samuel Platts, it's now a museum owned by the Rowley Historical Society. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Platts family owned the house until 1771, when the Bradstreet family took ownership, which they maintained until 1906. Tours by appointment only. Pulpit Rock off Route 133 and Leslie Road. A sign directs you to the site, but there is no marker. Said to have been the site of a 1770 sermon conducted by the Reverend George Whitfield and attended by 2,000 people. Rowley Central Historic District Downtown area, Main St., Central St. Wethersfield St., Bradford St. Summer St. 150 properties in and around the town center. The district is generally bounded by Main Street on the southeast, Central Street on the east, Wethersfield Street on the north, Bradford Street on the west, and Summer Street on the southwest. The district includes the Rowley Common (the original training field known as “The Training Place”) and numerous sites of activities dating from the 17th century, including the 1639 Burial Ground and the site of the First Parish House. The district also includes downtown churches and business establishments as well as many significant 17th, 18th, and 19th century homes surrounding the Common. Rowley Historic Society PO Box 41 Rowley, MA 01969 Thomas Lambert House 142 Main St. Private residence. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Across from the Town Hall, the house was constructed by the Hon. Thomas Lambert in 1699, the Lambert family owned the home for nearly 300 years. If you know of an historic place to visit in Rowley, please submit it to jenn@gravematter.com Find more museums in Massachusetts