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Reverend Ebenezer Bridge 1714-1792 Chelmsford, MA

Reverend Samuel Ruggles 1681-1749 Billerica, MA

Samuel Mason 1761-1776 Son of Col. David Mason Lexington, MA

Deacon Simon Hunt 1704-1790 Concord, MA

Deacon Ephraim Brown 1710-1788 Concord, MA

Mr. Job Brooks 1698-1788 Concord, MA

Deacon Thomas Barrett 1707-1779 Concord, MA

Captain John Clark 1700-1773 Waltham, MA

Ebenezer Bicknell 1727-1771 Weymouth, MA

Stephen Bicknell 1755-1771 Weymouth, MA

Nathaniel Curtis 1756-1778 Plymouth, MA

Miss Elizabeth Morton 1770-1790 Plymouth, MA

Gravestones from the 18th century can offer more than just names and dates; they can provide a visual window into the past much like paintings and engravings do.

Rev. Clark was born in Cambridge, MA to Rev. Jonas and Elizabeth Clark. Rev. Jonas Clark was the Ruling Elder of the Puritan Church in Massachusetts Bay. Rev. Thomas Clark He graduated from Harvard in 1670 and moved to Chelmsford soon after to assist Reverend John Fiske. During King Philip’s War he served as a chaplain of the local army for seven weeks and was paid 6 Pounds for his services. In 1677/8 he was asked to become the Minister in Chelmsford. He was ordained in 1679.

Colonel Seth Bannister (1739-1819) Veteran of the American Revolution Mason

Ralph and Mary Bowker South Hopedale Cemetery Hopedale, MA

Mr. Edward Johnson (1785-1827) "Of joys departed, / Never to return how painful the remembrance.”

Mr. Jonathan Lawrence (1706-1773) “As time doth fly, our death draws nigh"

Captain Joseph Edward Kimball 1st Massachusetts Infantry 37th US Colored Regiment 116th US Colored Regiment US Civil War

This is the grave of Edward Carter (1697-1742) in Boston’s Granary Burying Ground. He was a silk dyer and scourer who ran a shop on Cambridge Street near Lynne Street in the West End of Boston. The epitaph takes up the majority of his gravestone and is put higher than his name. Quiet is a bit ironic, since this is one of the loudest and most visited parts of Boston. “Farewell Vain World I have Enough Of The And Now I’m Careles what thou Say of me What Fault thou See in me Tak