Burying Grounds, Cemeteries, Gravestones & History of Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Cemeteries & History of Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Gravestones & History of Portsmouth, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire

The Old North Cemetery is on Maplewood Avenue in Portsmouth next to the train yard and across from the Portsmouth Herald building. It was established in 1753 on land purchased from John Hart and is the second oldest burying ground in the city. Many historically significant people for the state of New Hampshire and the Revolutionary War rest here including General William Whipple (a friend of George Washington and General during the Revolutionary War), Hall Jackson, Prince Whipple, and Governor John Langdon. There are currently 468 entries for this cemetery. See it's location and get directions at Yahoo Maps.

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Cemetery Status: Much better. The Portsmouth Cemetery Committee has been making tremendous progress straightening and repairing the gravestones. Support this project by visiting and contributing at http://www.portsmoutholdgraves.org. There is quite a bit of trash where the obvious drinking areas are, including on and around the grave of General William Whipple. Too many people use it as a dog bathroom, a party place, and some homeless guy sleeps in an empty crypt that itself is falling into the North Mill Pond.

Portsmouth - Old North Cemetery   View entire Gallery Aaron Adams d. 1804 Benning Adams d. 1854 Elizabeth Adams d. 1814 Nathaniel Adams d. 1768, detail photo Sarah Adams d. 1854 Amy Akerman d. 1846 Barnet Akerman d. 18?? Benjamin Akerman d. 1783 Elizabeth Akerman d. 1803 Henry Akerman d. 1806 Phebe Akerman, heelstone Samuel Akerman d. 1847 Sally Akerman d. 1805 Sarah Akerman d. 1833 Mary Allen d. 18??, photo 2 Sarah Allen d. 1856 Abigail Austin d. 1801 Mary Ayers d. 1863 Phineas Ayers d. 1821 Elizabeth Langdon Barrell d. 1823, daughter of Gov. John Langdon. Abigail Bartlett d. 1823 Margaret Hall Bartlett d. 1853 William Bartlett d. 1834 Lucy Ann Barry/Berry d. 1843 Abigail Bass d. 18?? Sarah Bass d. 1817 Sarah Bass d. 1819 Cazneau Bayley d. 1808, out of the ordinary carving of an angel. detail photo John Bazin d. 1819 John Beahan d. 1809, a native of Ireland. Dorothy Bell d. 1819 Mary Bell d. 1826 Rebecca Bell d. 182? Robert Bell d. 1873 Nancy Berry d. 1832 Joseph Bigelow d. 1783 Mary Ann Bigelow d. 1806 Hannah Billings d. 1781 Capt. Richard Billings d. 1808, a sea captain, Clerk of the Market of Portsmouth, and once a clerk to John Hancock. Capt. Abner Blaisdell d. 1832 George F. Blunt, sr. d. 1830 George Blunt, jr. d. 1831 Mary Blunt d. 1831 Abigail Bowles d. 1826 Charles Bowles d. 1831 Frances Bowles d. 1840 John Bowles Esq. d. 1837 John Wallis Bowles d. 1834 George Boyd, photo 2 d. 1787, a successful shipbuilder who's home and shipyard were once located across the street on the North Mill Pond. Wanting to avoid the Revolution, he sailed to England. He returned in 1787, bringing this gravestone with him, and needing to make use of it only two days before arriving back home. George Boyd Jr. d. 1790 Henry Cruger Boyd d. 1784 Madam Jane Boyd, heelstone, d. 1800 Phebe Boyd d. 1777 Supply Boyd, heelstone, d. 1786 Dr. Joshua Brackett, photo 2, photo 3, d. 1802 Margaret Brackett d. 1813, wife of Dr. Joshua Brackett who was once president of the NH Medical Society and one of the most esteemed physicians in Portsmouth.. Jeremiah Bragdon Jeremiah Bragdon Sr. d. 1833 Jeremiah Bragdon d. 1834 John William Bragdon d. 18?? Joseph Brewster d. 1766 William Brewster d. 18?? Ann Maria Briard d. 1846 George Briard d. 1829 Oliver Briard, Esq. d. 1844 Capt. Samuel Briard d. 1806 Sarah Briard d. aft. 1806 Sarah Briard d. 1855 John Briggs d. 1830 William Briggs d. 1811 Amos Brown d. 1849 Daniel Walter Brown d. 1817 George M. Brown d. 1824 Hannah Brown d. 1810 John Brown Lieu. Walter Brown d. 1816 Lucy Buckminster d. 1801, wife of Rev. Joseph Buckminster, minister of the North Church. Mary Buckminster d. 180? Franklin B. Burgin d. 1828 Joseph Y. Burgin, Esq. d. 1820 Charlotte Burleigh d. 1832 Elizabeth Burleigh d. 1802 Mary Campbell d. 1867 Mary E. Cannaran d. 1840 Salome Cate d. 1845 Ann Hale Chadbourn d. 1806 Mary Chadbourn d. 1826 Thomas Chadbourn d. 1825 Catherine Chamberlain d. 1804 Richard Champney, Esq. d. 1810, he participated in the raid of Fort William and Mary in Dec. 1774, the first land skirmish of the Revolutionary War. Drusilla Chase d. 1830 Mary Chase d. 1819 Stephen Chase Esq. d. 1805 William Chase d. 1834 Eliza Clark d. 1828 Enoch Moody Clark d. 1815 Ichabod W. Clark d. 1825, photo 2 Jonathan Clark d. 1797 Mary Greenleaf Clark d. 1800 Samuel Clark d. 1807 Sarah Ann Clark d. 1856 Sarah Clark d. 17?? Thomas K. Clark Co. C, 26 Massachusetts Regiment, Civil War. Supply Clap Esq. d. 1811, Capt. Hezekiah Russell's (2d) co. of volunteers, 2d Hampshire Co. regiment (Revolutionary War). Alice Jane Clements d. 18?? ? Coffin d. 1849 Caroline Coffin d. 1811 Charles A. Coffin d. 1830 Francis Coffin d. 1828 Horatio Coffin d. 1859 Mary E. Coffin d. 1827 Mehitable Coffin d. 1829 John Creel d. 1829 Richard Creel d. 1839 Sarah Creel d. 1831 Ann (Creel) Croxton d. 1838 Anna Holyoke Cutts d. 1805 Anna Holyoke Cutts II d. 1830 Anna Holyoke Cutts d. 1788 Edward Holyoke Cutts d. 1805 Mary Cutts d. 1797 Samuel Cutts, photo 2, d. 1790 Sidney Cutts, photo 2, d. 1792, daughter of Samuel Cutts, who had a very notable role in the capture of Fort William and Mary. He was Paul Revere's contact in Portsmouth when he arrived to warn of the oncoming British. Daniel Cutter d. 1832 Hannah Cutter d. 1832, wife of Dr. Ammi R. Cutter who was in charge of the Medical Dept. of the Northern Army during the Revolutionary War. Capt. Samuel Dalling d. 1788 Elizabeth Dame d. 1818 William Dame d. 1807 Francis M. Day d. 1828 Ann Eliza Dennett d. 1837 Dolly Dennett d. 1849 Sarah Dennett d. 1823 Albert Dennie d. 1795 John Ditson d. 1811, of Lexington Mass. Ephraim Dockum d. 1841 Mary Dockum d. 1817 Sarah Ann Dockum d. 1833 Betsy Dore d. 1851 William H. Dore d. 1800 ?? Downing, Naval veteran of the Civil War. Ann Downing, photo 2, d. 1903 Havilah Downing, photo 2, d. 1874 Jerome Drew d. 1816 Samuel Drown d. 1797 Mary Frances Dunn d. 1834 Oscar Dunn d. 1838 Mary Ann Durgin d. 1821 Eliza Dyer d. 1864 Ezekiel Dyer d. 1832 Elizabeth Edward d. 1778 Catherine Elwyn d. 1822 Charles Henry Elwyn d. 1848 Elizabeth Langdon Elwyn d. 1830 Thomas Elwyn, Esq. d. 1816 Thomas Octavius Elwyn d. 1831 William Octavius Elwyn d. 1828 Almira Emery d. 1824 Daniel Emery d. 1835 Mary Emery, photo 2, d. 1862 Sarah Emery d. 1826 Shem Emery, photo 2, d. 1862 Ann Fernald d. 1825 Ann L. Fernald d. 1834 Elizabeth Fernald Jr. d. 1821 Elizabeth Melcher Fernald d. 1809 Harriet Fernald d. 1881 Jane Fernald d. 1831 John Fernald d. 1792 Mary Fernald d. 1812 Samuel Fernald Esq. d. 1830 Elizabeth Fitch, photo 2, d. 1765 Ezekiel Fitzgerald, photo 2, d. 1829 Margaret Fitzgerald d. 1866 Jonathan Folsom d. 1825 Mary Folsom d. 1784, beautiful portrait carving. Mary Folsom d. 1820 Nathaniel Folsom (heelstone, headstone is missing.) Proprietor of the Privateer ship "General Sullivan" and a participant in the raid of Fort William and Mary in 1775. Maj. David C. Foster d. 1823 John Foster d. 1781, beautiful winged cherub carving. Robert Nichols Foster d. 1820 Thomas Freeman d. 1827 Emeline Frost d. 1823 Sarah Frost d. 1837 John Frothingham d. 1825 Margery Frothingham d. 1817 Sarah W. Frothingham d. 1823 Mary Furber d. 1842 Samuel Furber d. 1828 Capt. Theodore Furber d. 1809 William Furber d. 1842 George Gains Esq. d. 1809 Irena Garrand d. 1875 Lydia Gibbs d. 1808 Oliver Gibbs d. 1829 William Gibbs Esq. d. 1836 Josiah Giles d. 1813 Sarah Jane Giles d. 1855 Jonathan Goddard, photo 2, d. 1807 Elizabeth Gooch d. 1875 Anna Moses Goodrich d. 1842 Irena Goodrich, photo 2, d. 1845 James D. Goodrich, photo 2, d. 1842 Margaret Goold d. 1818 Joseph Gove d. 1833 William Graves d. 1820 John Greenleaf Gray d. 1803 Charles P. Green d. 1836 Nehemiah Green d. 18?? Nehemiah Green sr. d. 1827 John Greenleaf d. 1804, keeper of the Bell Tavern. Charles Greenough d. 1845 Charles Henry Greenough d. 1845 Corporal Robert F. Greenough d. 1862, Co. H 29th Massachusetts, died at the Battle of Antietem, Civil War. Sarah Griffith d. 1780 Jane Seavy Grimshaw d. 1866 John Hale Esq. d. 1790 Mary Hale d. 1811 Samuel Hale, Esq., A.A.S. d. 1807, Harvard graduate, Major in the Louisberg Expedition, instructor at the local Latin Grammar School for almost 40 years, Judge of Common Pleas for Rockingham Co. Ann Haley d. 1823 John Haley d. 1822 William Haley d. 1813 Ammi R. Hall d. 1823, Sailor, ship “G. Pickering,” commanded by Capt. Jonathan Haraden; list of officers and crew sworn to Nov. 10, 1780; ship taken by the British while on a cruise to the West Indies." Eliza D. Hall d. 1869 Elizabeth Hall d. 1822 Mary W. Hall d. 1866 Elizabeth Halliburton d. 1820 Anna Halliburton, photo 2, d. 1802 Elizabeth Halsy d. 1882 Ann Ham d. 1825 Benjamin Ham d. 1825 Charles Ham d. 1820 Elizabeth Ham d. 1849 Elizabeth Ham d. 1882 Elizabeth W. Ham d. 1824 Henry Ham d. 1802 James Ham d. 1811 Mary Ham d. 1838 Mary Ham d. 1842 Oliver Ham d. 1836 Rebecca Ham d. 18?? Col. Samuel Ham, photo 2, d. 1825 Sarah Ham d. 1835 Timothy Ham d. 1824 Nancy Handy d. 1819, wife of Capt. Samuel C. Handy a Privateer in command of the schooner "Fox", who captured many prizes including the "Mars" and the "Minerva". 287 ships were taken by him in a little over one year from 1812-1813. Before sailing, he drew up a will leaving all his prize money and the charge of his affairs to his wife. Elizabeth Harrold d. 1803 Sukey Harrold d. 1822 Abigail Hart d. 1831 Benjamin Hart d. 1832 Charlotte Hart d. 1837 Elisha C. Hart d. 1800 Elizabeth Hart, photo 2, d. 1761 Elizabeth Hart d. 1805 Elizabeth M. Hart d. 1855 Elizabeth P. Hart d. 1882 Esther M. Hart d. 1805 George Hart, Esq. d. 1807 Col. John Hart, photo 2, d. 1777, sold the land to the town for this burying ground for 150 pounds, Commander of the NH Regiment at Louisberg. Marcy Collings Hart, Heelstone, d. 1790 Sarah Hart, photo 2, Heelstone, d. 1757 Richard Hart, Esq. d. 1820 William Hart d. 1811 William Hart, photo 2, photo 3, d. 1812, maker of mathematical instruments used in oceanic navigation. Alex Henderson d. 1783 James Henderson, photo 2, d. 1818 Andrew J. Hill d. 1844 George Hill d. 1820 James Hill d. 1811 Jane Hill d. 1773 Mary L. Hill d. 1823 Sarah Hill d. 1834 Anna Hartwell Hoar d. 1805, from Littleton, MS. and buried with her infant daughter. Corporal Harlan P. Hodgdon, 10th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry (where he was made a Corporal from a Private), the 28 Co., 2 Battalion Veteran Res. Corps., and the 15 Veteran Res. Corps in the Civil War. Abigail Holbrook d. 1831 Martha Holbrook d. 1846 Samuel Holbrook d. 1836, served aboard the Ranger under John Paul Jones (founder of the American Navy). Theodora Horney d. 1808, once lived on State St with her husband Capt. Gilbert. Seth Huntress, Co. B, 4th NH infantry, Civil War. Abraham Isaac d. 1803, originally from Prussia and were the first Jewish residents of Portsmouth. He once had a home and shop on State Street across from the Rockingham Hotel. Elizabeth Jackman, photo 2, photo 3, d. 1805 Clement Jackson, photo 2, photo 3, photo 4, d. 1782, local physician to whom many other later doctors apprenticed. Hall Jackson Esq. MD, photo 2, photo 3, d. 1797, esteemed physician, noted for his care of the wounded during the Battle of Bunker Hill, started the first practice of innoculations in the area, introducted the use of Digitalis in America to cure edema. Joseph Jackson AM, photo 2, d. 1790, son of Rev. Joseph Jackson of Brookline, MA, died while training to be a doctor at 23. Mary Jackson d. 1805 Nathaniel Jackson d. 18?? Samuel Jackson d. 1774 Theodore Jackson d. 1784 Capt. Christopher Jeffares d. 1825 Lydia Johnson d. 1837 Harriet Deverson Jones d. 1829 Mary H. Jones, photo 2, d. 1807 Benjamin Joy d. 1836 Margaret Kennard d. 1817 Capt. Nathaniel Kennard d. 1823 Abigail Ladd, d. 1808, wife of Capt. Eliphalet Ladd, and privateer who owned many ships including the "Exeter", "Cleopatra" and "Columbia" Lydia Ladd d. 1811 Mary L. Ladd d. 1836 Aaron Lakeman d. 1803 Elizabeth Sherburne Langdon d. 1813, wife of Gov. John Langdon. Governor John Langdon, top photo, d. 1819, son of a farmer, representative to the general court at the start of the Revolutionary War and with Gen. John Sullivan and 400 others, initiated the first land skirmish of the war when thy captured Fort William and Mary at Newcastle and removed the powder and military stores for use at the Battle of Bunker Hill. Delegate to the Continental congress, agent of the Continental navy with a number of ships-of-war built under his direction including the Raleigh, the Ranger, and the America. Speaker of the assembly of New Hampshire, he made a stirring address that so roused the people's patriotism that a brigade was raised under General Stark which defeated the Hessians at Bennington in which he participated as a Colonel. He was captain of a volunteer company in the army of General Gates that captured General Burgoyne at Saratoga. He was Continental agent of New Hampshire and president of the state convention. He was governor of New Hampshire; U.S. senator, and president pro tempore of the senate He announced the electoral votes for the first president of the United States, and had the honor of first informing General Washington of his election. In 1801 he was offered the position of secretary of the navy by President Jefferson, but he declined, as he did the nomination for Vice-President of the United States. Elizabeth Lapish d. 1805 George S. Lawry d. 1832 Sarah Lawry d. 1830 John E. Leblanc d. 1811 James Stoodley Lewis, photo 2, detail of portrait, d. 1783, heelstone Jeremiah Libby, Esq. d. 1824 Major Edward Jennings Long, photo 2, commanded Long's Command of Artillery, New Hampshire Militia, War of 1812., Grand Master of St. John's Masonic Lodge. Elisabeth Low d. 1808 Joseph Stevens Low d. 1806 Mary Pearne Low d. 1806 Augustus Lowe d. 1815 Joseph Lowe d. 1823 Madam Elizabeth Lowell d. 1805, wife of Rev. John Lowell who was the first minister of the First Religious Society Church of Newburyport. She was also married to Rev. Joseph Whipple of Hampton. Ann Elizabeth Lynn d. 1863 Ann Eline Lynn d. 1878 John Mann d. 1829 Sarah Ann Mann d. 1836 Samuel Mansfield d. 1816 Emily Manson d. 1821 Theodore Manson d. 1822 Catherine March d. 1837 John March d. 1813 Margaret March d. 1810 Mary H. March Nathaniel J. March d. 1827 Sarah March d. 1834 Sarah March d. 1845 John H. Marden, photo 2, Company G, 10th Infantry Regiment New Hampshire, Civil War Margaret T. Marden d. 1848 George Thomas Martin d. 1834 Sarah Martin d. 1820 Elizabeth McHard d. 17?? Andrew McIntire Clarissa McIntire, heelstone, d. 1791 Katarine McIntire, heelstone Nathaniel Melcher d. 1808 Woodbury Melcher d. 1805 Abraham Meloon d. 1852 Paulina Meloon d. 1848 Clementine Mendum d. 1820 Capt. John Mendum, photo 2, d. 1806 John Mendum d. 1850 Samuel Mendum d. 1844 Susannah Mendum d. 1820 Mehitable Merriam d. 1848 Walter Merriam d. 1809 Benjamin Merrill, photo 2, d. 1816 Esther Meserve d. 1799

View Larger Map John Moffat, Esq., d. 18??, builder of the Moffat-Ladd House, now museum located on Market St. He was a merchant and invested in merchant ships. His daughter married Gen. William Whipple who later lived in the home. Elizabeth R. P. Monroe d. 1837 Henry Monroe d. 1849 Mary Ann Moore d. 1821, photo 2 William Archibald Moore d. 1829 Sarah Morse d. 1878 Elizabeth Moses d. 1835 John Moses d. 1816 Sarah Moses d. 183? William Moses d. 1805 Sgt. Charles W. Moulton, Co. K, 3rd NH Infantry, Civil War. George Ham Moulton d. 184? Sarah Emery Moulton d. 1826 Esther Mullinaux d. 1858, daughter of Prince Whipple, a former slave and Revolutionary War veteran. Sarah Ann Neal d. 1806 Sarah Neil d. 1821, wife of Thomas Neil, a merchant, and daughter of Capt. Hector McNeil William Neil jr. d. 1820, drowned at sea. John Nelson d. 1818, a member of the NH Mechanic Association. Anna Norton John Odiorne d. 1825 Jotham Odiorne d. 1751, he once technically owned New Hampshire when he and a group of others purchased the title to the state from John Tufton Mason. Susannah Oliver, photo 2, d. 1868 George Osborne d. 18?? Charles Edward Osgood d. 1833 Thomas Packer, photo 2, d. 1793 Abbigail Palfrey d. 1819 ?? S. Palmer d. 1834 Mary C. Palmer d. 1830 Mary S. Palmer d. 1839 Sarah E. Palmer d. 1833 Eliza A. Parke d. 1866 Jane Parke d. 1824 Joanna Chauncy Parry d. 1800, daughter of Hon. Charles Chauncy, Esq., & granddaughter of Rev. Dr. Chauncy of Boston. Louisa Ann Parry d. 1863 Richmond Parry d. 1828 Samuel Parry d. 1861 Jonathan Payson, Esq. d. 1826 Ann Pearne d. 1788 Mary Odiorne Pearse d. 1817 Peter P. Pearse d. 1812 Oliver Pearse d. 1848, drowned at Cape May. Sarah H. Peabody Pearse d. 1818 Stephen Pearse d. 1861 Madam Abigail Peavy, heelstone, d. 1800, mother of George Boyd sr. Domenick Peduzzi d. 1840, a native of Village di Imaglini, Italy. Margaret Peduzzi d. 1839 Jane Peduzzi Edward J. Peirce d. 1818 Andrew Jackson Penhallow, photo 2, d. 1890 Caroline A. Mason Penhallow, photo 2, Eliza Penhallow, photo 2, Harriet Penhallow, photo 2, d. 1861 Hon. Hunking Penhallow, photo 2, d. 1826, NH State Senator, once saved Portsmouth's early town records from fire. Mary Ann Josepha Penhallow, photo 2, Joseph Pepper d. 1849 Elizabeth Perkins d. 1822 Jeremy Perkins d. 1836 Nancy Perkins d. 1854 Sarah Perkins d. 184? U.N. Perry, US Navy, Civil War. Abigail Sheafe Pickering d. 1805, heelstone Hon. John Pickering d. 1805, heelstone, he was a delegate at the NH Constitution Convention, a Federalist Judge who was impeached by the Senate and removed from office. His views at the time conflicted with the new Jeffersonian government. Mary Jane Place d. 1836 Nancy Jones Place d. 1814 Sarah Place d. 1793 William Plummer, photo 2, d. 1798 Horace Morse Putnam d. 1832 Harriot Putnam d. 1832, wife of Rev. Israel Putnam who was pastor of the North Church (the steeple of which defines the Portsmouth skyline). Julia Ann Putnam d. 1833 Sarah Reed d. 1821 Capt. Edmund Roberts d. 1787 Eveline Roberts d. 1844 George W. Robinson d. 1820 Emily Olevia Ross d. 1853 Nehemiah Rowell d. 1779 Ann Emily Jane Rugg d. 1832 Ivah N. Rugg d. 1878 Olive Ann Rugg d. 1875 Frances Rundlet Eleazer Russell, Esq. , was a Naval Officer for England before the Revolution and for New Hampshire afterwards. He was also Collector of Impost for NH, Joint Sherriff of the Province of NH, and a representative of Portsmouth to the Assembly. Martha Russell d. 1798 Elizabeth Salter d. 1805 Elizabeth J. Truesdell Salter d. 1836 Capt. Richard Salter, Esq. d. 1812 Charlotte H. Saunders d. 1823 Charles H. Saunders d. 1828, died of "dropsy on the brain". Capt. Richard Saunders d. 1827 Elizabeth Scratt d. 1810 Harriet A. Scriggins d. 1846 Lydia Scriggins d. 1842 Capt. William Seavey d. 1845 Pamella Randall Sellers d. 1840, wife of Capt. James Sellers, commander of the ship "Cato" and Revolutionary War veteran who died in Bristol, England. Elizabeth S. Senter d. 1835 Thankful Shapley d. 1806 William Shattuck d. 1827 Abigail Sheafe d. 1843 Charles Sheafe d. 1816 Francis Sheafe d. 1816 Hannah Seavey Sheafe, heelstone, d. 1773, photo 2 Horatio Sheafe d. 1798 Jacob Sheafe, Esq., heelstone, d. 1791, born at Newcastle, he was a local merchant who owned shares in several ships including the Hero, Amphitrite, and the Portsmouth. He was appointed Commissary of the NH forces at the capture of Louisburgh and a representative of Portsmouth for 7 years. He was also a friend and neighbor to Daniel Webster. James Sheafe d. 1845 John Hale Sheafe d. 1840 Mary Sheafe, heelstone, d. 1784 Mary Sheafe d. 1785, heelstone Mary Sheafe d. 1817 Mary C. Sheafe d. 1797 Nathaniel Sheafe d. 1802 Oliver Sheafe, Stone 2 d. 1825 Sarah Sheafe d. 1798 Samuel Sheafe d. 1857 Sarah Sheafe d. 1799 Thomas Sheafe d. 1861 , Stone 2, merchant and owner of Sheafe's Wharf, now located in Prescott Park. It were his ships that brought the Yellow Fever epidemic of 1798 into port, killing one person for every sixty, including three of his own children. Thomas Sheafe Jr. d. 1798 Rachel Tombs Shores d. 1818 John Shute Jr. d. 1854 Mary Shute d. 1837 Martha Simonds d. 1808 Elder Daniel A. Smith d. 1827 ? Somerby d. 18?? Charles T. Somerby d. 1818 Angelia Louisa Southerin d. 1833 John E. Southerin d. 1829 William Johnson Southerin d. 1829 Alfred P. Spalding d. 1844, lost at sea. Edward Jenner Spalding d. 1812 Elizabeth Coues Spalding, photo 2, d. 1838 Elizabeth P. Spalding d. 1878 Dr. Lyman Spaulding, photo 2, d. 1821, helped establish Dartmouth Medical School, president and professor of anatomy of the College of physicians and surgeons of the western district of the state of New York, was active in introducing into the United States the practice of vaccination as a preventive of the small-pox. Daniel T.H. Spinney d. 1836 Izette S. Spinney d. 1893 Mary Waterhouse Spinney d. 1816 Mary W. Spinney, beautiful rising/setting sun motif. Phebe Spinney d. 1828 Thomas Spinney d. 1818, a captain who advertised water excursions for ladies and gentlemen up and down the Piscataqua River. Mary Traill Sprague d. 1824 Candace Spring, photo 2, d. 1807, wife of Pomp. Pomp Spring d. 1807, born a slave, he later became a successful businessman and leader of the local African-American community. Mary Stafford d. 1863 Elizabeth W.T. Staples d. 1797 James Staples d. 1850 John Staples d. 1839 Margaret Staples d. 1823 Sarah Frances Stevens d. 1819 Daniel S. Stickney d. 1837 Mary Ann Stickney d. 1837 Mehitable Stickney, photo 2, d. 1857 Samuel Stickney, photo 2, d. 1859 Edward Stiles d. 1805 Jane Stiles d. 1805 Jane Mary Ann Stiles d. 1826 Joseph Stiles d. 1827 Sarah Jane Stiles d. 1855 William Stinson d. 1842 Elizabeth Stoodley d. 1757, daughter of James Stoodly. Her's is a beautiful portrait gravestone, one of only two in this cemetery. James Stoodly Esq., photo 2, heelstone, d. 1779, once owner of Stoodley's Tavern, which was the main gathering place for local revolutionaries where they were warned by a visit from Paul Revere in December of 1774 to warn that the British were coming. The Tavern was also the local stage coach stop, Masonic hall and sometimes the site of slave auctions. James Stoodley himself was also an officer in the First NH Militia Regiment and after Paul Revere's visit was given an order to gather men to take over nearby Fort William and Mary (now Fort Constitution) in New Castle. 400 men responded and easily took the fort from its 5 watchmen in the first armed conflict of the Revolutionary War. Daniel Storey d. 1815 Sophia Ruth Streeter d. 1816 Catherine Stringer d. 1868 Joseph W. Stringer d. 1862 John E. Southerin d. 1829 Edward J. Teague Frank Teague George N. Teague d. 1842 Martha E. Teague d. 1844 Mary A. Teague Eliza Tetherly d. 1820 George Tetherly d. 1820 George Tetherly d. 1872 George Tetherly, Jr. d. 1843 John Henry Tetherly d. 1834 John P. Tetherly d. 1820 Oliver Tetherly d. 1863 John B. Thompson d. 1810 Margaret Thompson, photo 2, d. 180?, wife of Capt. Thomas Thompson Mary Thompson d. 1813 Thomas Thompson, Captain of the Continental Naval Frigate "Raleigh" which was built under his supervision. This ship and 12 others built at the time were the beginnings of the American Navy and it is now featured on the NH state seal. He was also the first president of the Portsmouth Marine Society and neighbor to Gov. John Langdon. Back of stone Jacob Tilton d. 1776, keeper of the Bell Tavern. His son Johnny tried to fly with the chickens out the loft window as a child and the landing caused brain damage. In his diminished capacity he was deemed an "idiot", lived at the Alms House, and favored wearing a hat adorned with chicken feathers. Andrew Tombs, Esq., a British officer who died while serving the crown. Mary Traill d. 1791 Capt. Henry Treadick d. 1816 Anna Treadwell d. 1866 Robert Odiorne Treadwell d. 1806 Olive M. Trickey d. 1866, wife of a sea captain. Martha Tucker d. 1840 Mehitable Tucker d. 1816 Olive Ann Tucker d. 1821 William Tucker d. 1849 Eunice Tuttel Tullock d. 1827, wife of a sea captain. Elizabeth Page Turell, I d. 1816, I, II, and III daughters of Charles Turell who was publisher of the Portsmouth Oracle newspaper. Elizabeth Page Turell, II d. 1821 Elizabeth Page Turell, III d. 1828 Priscilla Hazard Tuttell d. 1806 William Vaughan, jr. d. 1816 Margaret Veazey d. 17?? Abigail Walden, photo 2, d. 1824 Anna Treadwell Walden d. 1806, photo 2 Elizabeth Walden d. 1843 Sophia Walden, photo 2, d. 1842 Sylvester Walden d. 1816 John S. Walker d. 1852 Lavina Walker d. 1821 Nancy Walker d. 1798, one of three children who died within four days of each other. Samuel Walker d. 1798, one of three children who died within four days of each other. Temperance Walker d. 1798 , one of three children who died within four days of each other. Agnes Warner d. 1809 Mary Ann Warner d. 1797 Benjamin Warren d. 1832 Elizabeth Warren d. 1811 Elizabeth Warren d. 1874 Anna Maria Foster Wetherbee d. 1854 Elizabeth Wentworth d. 1769 Mary Wentworth d. 1843 Mary Codman Wheelright d. 1833 Robert C. Whidden d. 1815 Catherine Whipple d. 1823, wife of William Whipple and buried with the family of Gov. John Langdon. Hannah Whipple d. 1811 Joseph Whipple Esq. d. 1816, Collector of Customs in Portsmouth and brother to General William Whipple. He was instructed to retrieve a runaway slave named Ona that was owned by George Washington, but chose to let her alone rather than stir up problems with local anti-slavery supporters. She lived in the area the rest of her life and is buried in Greenland. Mary Whipple d. 1783 Prince Whipple, photo 2, d. 1796, he was kidnapped by a slave trading captain who was supposed to bring them to America for his education, sold as a slave to General William Whipple, fought in the Revolutionary War along side him and was one of twenty slaves from Portsmouth who petitioned the state legislature for freedom in 1779. General William Whipple, photo 2, photo 3 d. 1785, Signer of the Declaration of Independance, a friend to George Washington, Brigadier General of the NH Militia during the Revolutionary War. Hon. Richard Wibird, photo 2, d. 1765, appointed one of his Majesty's Council and collector of customs for the port of Portsmouth in 1730, and counsellor in 1739, and in 1756, received the appointment of Judge of the Probate he once technically owned New Hampshire when he and a group of others purchased the title to the state from John Tufton Mason. Thomas Wibird, photo 2, d. 1745 Levi Woodbury Wiggin d. 1850 Samuel P. Wiggin d. 1853 Eunice Woodward d. 180?, wife of a sea captain. George Wortman d. 1848, at New Orleans. Elizabeth Wyatt d. 1811 Edward Yard d. 1806, of Grenada. Comfort Marshall Yeaton d. 1788, wife of Capt. Hopely Yeaton who received the first commission issued by Pres. Washington to an officer afloat. He was master of a ship employed as a Revenue Cutter, the service which later became the US Coast Guard. He also served as Lieutenant in the Continental Navy aboard frigates "Raleigh" and "Deane".

More History in Portsmouth to Visit Historic Sites Around Portsmouth Gallery Benedict House Also known as Thomas W. Penhallow House 30 Middle St. a Jonathan Folsom building. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. Black Heritage Trail walking tour through the downtown area Stops all over downtown at locations important to the early Portsmouth Black cultural history, extending back to the 1600's when the first slaves were brought here. For all the stops, visit SeacoastNH.com Daniel Pinkham House The Hill (corner of Deer & High St.s) Federal style. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. Built in 1815. Daniel Webster House Hancock Street Exterior viewing only. Daniel Webster lived in 3 different homes in Portsmouth. This is the last survivor, and is now part of the Strawbery Banke Museum. Fort Washington Peirce's Island built in 1775 under orders of Major General John Sullivan, overall commander of the Portsmouth harbor defenses, to command the Piscataqua River at "the Narrows" and to provide crossfire with Fort Sullivan directly across the river on Seavey's Island. Franklin Block 75 Congress St. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. General Porter House Also known as Matthew Livermore House 32--34 Livermore St. Georgian style. Private residence. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. Once home to General John Fitz-Porter, a Civil War hero. George Rogers House 76 Northwest St. Private residence. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Hart-Rice House The Hill (corner of Deer & High St.s) Georgian style. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. Built in 1756 by Samuel Hart. Haven--White House Also known as Joseph Haven House 229 Pleasant St. Federal style. Private residence. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Henry Sherburne House Also known as Richard Shortridge House The Hill (corner of Deer & High St.s) Georgian style. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. Isles of Shoals Some islands located in Maine, some in New Hampshire 10 miles off the coast of Kittery/Portsmouth/Rye. Tours to and around the island are available in Portsmouth, Rye, & Newburyport. Starting as a fishing community in the 16th century, and later a resort community popular during the Victorian era, it's most famous residents are Samuel Haley, the Smuttynose Murder victims and writer Celia Thaxter. More information and history. Jabez Fitch House The Hill (corner of Deer & High St.s) Built in 1725 by members of the North Church for their new minister. James Neal House 74 Deer St. Federal style. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Jeremiah Hart House The Hill (corner of Deer & High St.s) Georgian style. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. Built in 1800. John Hart House The Hill (corner of Deer & High St.s) Georgian style. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. Gov. John Langdon Mansion 143 Pleasant St. Built 1784. John Langdon rose from modest origins to become a merchant, shipbuilder, Revolutionary leader, signer of the United States Constitution, and three-term governor of New Hampshire. His opulent home is now a museum and a beautiful example of New England architecture. Open: June 1 through October 15 Friday through Sunday. Tours at 11 a.m., noon, 1 p.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. John Paul Jones House Also known as Purcell--Jones--Langdon House 43 Middle and State Sts. Built 1758. Once home to John Paul Jones, father of the American Navy, now a museum and home to the Portsmouth Historical Society. Open June 1 - mid-October, 10-4 pm, Sun 12-4. Closed Tues & Wed. More on John Paul Jones. Gov. John Wentworth House Also known as John Fisher House 346 Pleasant St. Georgian style. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. Once home to the second and last Royal governor of New Hampshire, 1767-1775 who fled the colonies in 1775 with the passing of the Townsend Acts. Joshua Wentworth House 119 Hanover St. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. Larkin--Rice House 180 Middle St. Private residence. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. Liberty Pole Marcy St., Prescott Park Erected in 1913 to mark the spot where on January 9, 1766, the "Sons of Liberty" of Portsmouth placed the first "No Stamp Flag" raised in the American Colonies. MacPheadris--Warner House Also known as The Warner House Chapel and Daniel Sts. Built 1716. Georgian style home is the earliest brick urban mansion in New England. It features the oldest colonial wall painting still in place in the United States. Now a museum, open June 1 to October 31. Moffatt--Ladd House Also known as William Whipple House 154 Market St. Built in 1763 by Capt. John Moffatt for his son Samuel, this was once home to William Whipple, general during the Revolutionary War and signer of the Declaration of Independence. Open June 15 through October 15, Monday through Saturday :  11:00 a.m.--5:00 p.m. (last tour is at 4:30 p.m.) Sunday :  1:00 p.m.--5:00 p.m. (last tour is at 4:30 p.m.) Group tours by appointment. School tours by appointment. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. New Hampshire Bank Building Also known as Portsmouth Savings Bank; First National Bank Building 22--26 Market Sq. Architect: Eliphalet Ladd. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. North Church Market Square First organized in 1671, the present structure was rebuilt in 1855. Some notable worshippers during its long history: General William Whipple, signer of the Declaration of Independence, John Langdon, signer of the U.S. Constitution, Daniel Webster, John Paul Jones, and President George Washington. Nutter--Rymes House 48 School St. Federal style, James Nutter architect. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. Originally built in 1810. The house has what was an arched carriage way dividing it and was designed by architect James Nutter. It's now home to the Blue Mermaid Island Grill. Phoebe Hart House The Hill (corner of Deer & High St.s) Federal style. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. Built in in 1812. The Pearl of Portsmouth Also known as Freewill Baptist Church--Peoples Baptist Church--New Hope Church 45 Pearl St. Italianate church that was the first Black church in Portsmouth. Martin Luther King spoke here in 1952 and his future wife, Coretta Scott was a solo in the choir. More about the Pearl. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. Portsmouth Athenaeum 9 Market Sq. A non-profit membership library and museum, incorporated in 1817. Open to the public Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday from 1-4 p.m. Portsmouth Cottage Hospital Junkins Ave., S side of South Mill Pond Colonial Revival. Architects Robert Coit, Harry B. Ball. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. Portsmouth Garrisons Portsmouth Parade Historic District Along Deer and High Sts. Federal style. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. Portsmouth Plains Powder House Islington St. built in 1811 Portsmouth Public Library Also known as Portsmouth Academy 8 Islington St. Architect James Nutter. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. Prescott Park Marcy St. Once Portsmouth's red light district, this street was lined with brothels until the Prescott Sisters came along. They razed all but one of the brothels and built this beautiful riverside park. Richard Jackson House Northwest St. Built 1660. Colonial home, now a museum. Open: June through October, First Saturday of the month. Tours at 11 a.m., noon, 1 p.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. Rockingham Hotel 401 State St. Colonial Revival. Once owned by brewer/politician Frank Jones. Now condos and the Library Restaurant on the first floor. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. Rundlet--May House 364 Middle St Built 1807. Federal style. Now a museum, open: June through October, First Saturday of the month. Tours at 11 a.m., noon, 1 p.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. Samuel Beck House The Hill (corner of Deer & High St.s) Federal style. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. Built ca. 1760. Samuel Gerrish House The Hill (corner of Deer & High St.s) Built in 1822 by architect James Nutter. Shapley Town House Also known as Reuben Shapley House 454--456 Court St. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. Now part of the Strawbery Banke Museum. Sheafe Warehouse Prescott Park Built in 1705 for Thomas Sheafe, a local shipping merchant. It's now home to the Folk Art Museum. Simeon P. Smith House The Hill (corner of Deer & High St.s) Federal style. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. South End Historic District Marcy st., Rte. 1B to New Castle and all cross streets This historic neighborhood is chock full of antique homes. Makes a great walk. Start at Prescott Park and make your way south towards New Castle. South Meetinghouse Marcy St. and Meeting House Hill Italianate, Greek Revival style, completed in 1866. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. South Parish Also known as South Unitarian Universalist Church 292 State St. Early Republic style. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. Built 1824-26 possibly by Jonathan Folsom. St. John's Church Also known as Queen's Chapel 105 Chapel St. Built in 1736. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. Features the oldest operative pipe organ in the United States, a marble baptismal font which was a prize of war captured from the French at Senegal and presented to the church in 1761, a Book of Common Prayer published by John Baskett, London, England, 1739, and an early churchyard. Strawberry Banke Museum Bounded by Court and Marcy Sts. and both sides of Hancock and Washington Sts. The earliest settlement in Portsmouth, this once nearly destroyed neighborhood is now a large museum featuring over 30 historic homes and buildings. Self-Guiding Season, May 1 through October 31 : Open seven days a week. Monday through Saturday 10am to 5pm. Sunday, Noon to 5pm. Guided Tour Season, November through April : Weekends, Christmas and Thanksgiving weeks. Saturdays, 10am-2pm. Sundays, noon-2pm. On the hour. Along with many events throughout the year. Sugar Warehouse The Hill (corner of Deer & High St.s) Used to store sugar from which rum was made, the warehouse was originally built for commercial purposes in 1780. Tobias Lear House Mechanic and Gardner Sts. Birthplace of Tobias Lear, secretary to George Washington and home to the Lear family. Open Wednesdays in summer 1-4pm and by appointment. More information. USS ALBACORE, Portsmouth Maritime Museum 600 Market St. Tour a real life submarine. Built in Portsmouth, the USS Albacore served as the prototype for today's modern submarine fleet. Open Memorial Day-Columbus Day, 9:30am-5pm daily; Winter, 9:30am-4pm, closed Tues. & Wed. Wentworth--Coolidge Mansion Also known as Benning Wentworth Mansion 375 Little Harbor Road Built ca. 1750. Once the home of NH's first royal governor. Open mid-May through Labor Day, Wednesdays through Saturdays from 10:00am till 3:00pm (last tour at 2:00pm), and Sundays from 1:00pm till 5:00pm (last tour at 3:45pm). Listed on National Register of Historic Places. Wentworth--Gardner House 140 Mechanic St. Built c.1760 for Thomas Wentworth, brother of John Wentworth, the last royal governor of New Hampshire by his father Mark Hunking Wentworth, a prominent Portsmouth merchant. Open Tuesdays through Sundays 1-4pm June - mid-October. Listed on National Register of Historic Places.More about the house. Whidden-Ward House The Hill (corner of Deer & High St.s) Georgian style. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. Built in 1720. Visit SeacoastNH.com for more Portsmouth history If you know of an historic place to visit in Portsmouth, please submit it to jenn@gravematter.com Find more museums in New Hampshire