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"

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

Daniel and Johanna Sullivan St. Patrick's Cemetery Fall River, MA

Mistress Katharine Upham (1721-1774) Brookfield Cemetery Brookfield, MA

In Memory of CHARLES PRATT MARSTON An Infant Son of John Marston Esqr. and Mrs. Elizath. Marston of Boston. He died Octr. 20th 1775 aged 9 Months. While British Forces held his native Town.

Mrs. Susanna Houghton (1781-1818) Old Burying Ground Berlin, MA

Lt. Edward Wallace Wellington (1840-1880) 25th Massachusetts Infantry 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry US Civil War

William Henry Dexter was born in Charlton, MA on January 11, 1823 to John Bradford and Lucinda (McIntire) Dexter. His wife, Eliza Adeline Foss, was born in Winthrop, ME on August 3, 1824. Her parents were Phineas and Dorothy (Junkins) Foss. The couple was married around 1850 according to the Census records. They had one child, a daughter named Carrie E. She died of dysentery in 1852 at the age of four months. Mr. Dexter was a flour and grain merchant for the first half of his

The gravestone of Reverend Joseph Mors Rev. Joseph Mors was born in Medfield, MA on May 25, 1671 to Joseph and Priscilla (Colburn) Morse. He attended Harvard, graduating in 1695. Around 1701 Joseph married Amity Harris of Providence, RI, and they had seven children. In 1707 Rev. Mors began ministering to the residents of the former “praying town” of Ponkapoag who were still living in the area (many had been relocated, killed, or enslaved after King Phillip’s War). Rev. Mors w

Sarah was born in Sudbury, MA on October 31, 1718 to Jonathan and Sarah Smith, the oldest of the their three children whose births are recorded in the town. She married Nathaniel Rice, also of Sudbury, on November 24, 1737. They had one child, a daughter named Sarah, on September 3, 1738. Sarah the mother died on January 4, 1740/1. Her daughter died three weeks later. They lie side by side in the Revolutionary War Cemetery in Sudbury, MA.

Major Moses Dresser (1755-1813) of Charlton, MA. Mason, and veteran of the American Revolution.

Peter Willard (c. 1754-1819) Patriot of Color Revolutionary War Veteran

Private Daniel P. Peters 55th Massachusetts Company C US Civil War

A Modern "Portrait" of Col. Bigelow Timothy Bigelow was born on Pakachoag Hill in Worcester, MA (now Auburn) on August 2, 1739 to Daniel and Elizabeth (Whitney) Bigelow. He was the fifth of their six children. Timothy grew up on the family farm. Timothy was a blacksmith. In 1762 he eloped to marry Anna Andrews, a wealthy (for the area) orphan who was raised by her maternal grandparents. After their marriage they lived in a house built by her father in Lincoln Square, opposite

Detail of Rev. Chandler's gravestone Rev. Chandler was born in Andover, MA to Thomas and Mary (Stevens) Chandler on December 23, 1723. He was the youngest of their twelve children. In 1743 he graduated from Harvard and sought to become a minister. In 1747 after some back and forth with the town over compensation Rev. Chandler was chosen to be a Pastor in Billerica, MA, and work with the aged Reverend Samuel Ruggles. Shortly after he married Mary White of Haverhill. He took ov

"A zealous friend of temperance, an ardent anti-slavery, man, he let his principles be known on every suitable occasion. He was very fond of the study of astronomy, and owned a large telescope with which he took frequent observations.”