Broad Street Cemetery, Salem, Massachusetts

Inscriptions From the Burying-Grounds in Salem, Mass. Extracted from New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol 3, April 1849, p. 128 - 132 & Vol 3, July, 1849, p. 276. Not a complete listing.

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Here lyes Buried the Body of Mrs. Elizabeth BACON, Wife to Mr. Samuel BACON, Aged 59 yrs, d. 17 Jun 1753
Here lyes Buried the Body of Mrs. Anne BACON, Wife to Mr. Samuel BACON, who Departed this Life, 10 May 1761, in ye 43rd Year of her Age
Here lies Buried the Body of Mr. Samuel BACON, who Departed this Life 29 Jul 1765, in ye 56 Year of his Age
Susanna, Daw't to Mr. George & Mrs. Elizabeth BICKFORD, who died 5 Nov 1738 in ___
Here lyes Buried the Body of Mr. George BICKFORD, who Departed this Life 30 May 1760, Aged 61 yrs
Here lies Buried the Body of Mrs. Elizabeth BICKFORD, Wife to Deach John BICKFORD, who died 22 Oct 1760, Aged 61 yrs
Mary BREWER, Daughter to Mr. Thomas & Mrs. Mary BREWER, d. 18 Jan 1754, Aged 13 yrs
Here lie Interred the Bodies [sic] of Mrs. Mary CABOT, Wife to Mr. Francis CABOT, who died 18 Jun 1756, Aged 32 yrs
Hear lies the body of Gibson GLOUGH, Son to Ebene'r & Ann CLOUGH, who Departed this Life 1 Aug 1736, Aged 12 yrs
Here lies the Body of John CLOUGH, Son to Ebenezer & Ann CLOUGH, d. 13 Apr 1750, Aged 6 yrs. Also Susanna CLOUGH, Wife to William & Susanna CLOUGH, Aged 5 mons, d. 24 Nov 1750
Here lies Buried the Body of Mr. Joseph CLOUGH, who Departed this Life 13 Apr 1766, Aged 57 yrs & 8 mos
Here lyes the Body of Capt. Thomas EDEN, who Departed this Life 1 Jul 1768 in the 45th Year of his Age
William EPPES, Esq., d. 1 Oct 1756, Aged 39 yrs
Jonathan, Son to Joseph & Experience FLINT, Aged 5 weeks, d. 17 Feb 1702
Here lyes the Body of Benjamin FLINT, who died 28 Dec 1732, in ye 54th Year of his Age
Here lyes Buried ye Body of Mrs. Elizabeth FOSTER, Wife to Capt. John FOSTER, who Departed this Life 6 Mar 1752, Aged 26 yrs
Here lyes the Body of Mrs. Eliz'a GARDNER, Daughter to Capt. John GARDNER & Elizabeth his wife, she d. 20 Apr 1754 in the 21st Year of her Age
Here lies Buried the Body of Mrs. Mary GAVET, Wife to Mr. Joseph GAVET, Aged 43 yrs, d. 11 Jun 1743
Here lies the Body of Mrtha, Wife to Benjamin GOODHUE, who died 9 Sep 1769, Aged 58 yrs
Here lies ye Body of Mrs. Elizabeth HAYWARD, Wife to Mr. Josiah HAYWARD, who died 1 Jan 1767 in ye 34th Year of her Age
Here lyes ye Body of Mr. Gabriel HOLMAN, who Departed this Life 9 Jun 1756, in the 42d Year of his Age
Here lyes the Body of Mr. John HOLMAN, Son to Mr. Gabriel & Mrs. Elizabeth HOLMAN, who Departed this Life 13 Aug 7167, in the 24th Year of her Age
Here lies Interr'd the Body of Mrs. Sarah HOLMAN, the Virtuous Consort of Mr. Gabriel HOLMAN, who Departed this Life 21 Apr 1773, Aged 31 yrs
Judith, Wife to E. A. HOLYOKE, Esq., d. 19 Nov 1756, Aged 19 yrs
Here lies ye Body of Francis JOSEPH, Son to Mr. Francis & Mrs. Mary JOSEPH, d. 17 Jan 1767, Aged 4 yrs, 11 mos
Tabitha KING, Daughter to Mr. Daniel & Eliza'th KING, b. 18 Oct 1732, d. 5 Sep 1737
Here lies Interred the Remains of Elizabeth KING, Wife to Daniel KING, wdtl13 Aug 1766, Aged 60 yrs
Here lies Interr'd ye Body of Mr. Robert KITCHEN who Departed this Life 28 Oct 1712, AE 56
Here lies Interr'd the Body of Robert KITCHEN, Son to Mr. Robert & Mrs. Bethia KITCHEN, and student of Harvard College in Cambridge, Aged 17 yrs, Departed this Life 20 Sep 1716
Robert KITCHEN, b. 1 Oct 1735, d. 20 Dec 1736
Mary KITCHEN, b. 2 Oct 1731, d. 28 Oct 1738
Here lies Interr'd the Body of Mr.s Freck KITCHEN, Wife to Edward KITCHEN, Esq., & Daughter to the Honorable Josiah WOLCOTT, Esq., who Departed this Life 17 Jan 1746/7, Aged 34 yrs
Here lies Buried the Body of Edward KITCHEN, Esq.,who Departed this Life 17 Aug 1766, Aged 66 yrs
Mary LAMBERT, Aged 3 yrs & 7 mos, d. 4 Sep 1702
Ebenezer LAMBERT, Aged 1 yr & 10 mos, d. 21 Sep 1702
Here lyes ye Body of Martha LEE, Daughter to Thomas & Mrs. Deborah LEE, Aged 20 yrs, who died 20 Oct 1721
Here Lye the Bodies of Timothy L LINDALL, Esq., Aged 82 yrs, d. 25 Oct 1760
Bethia, his wife, Aged 31 yrs, d. 20 Jun 1720
Mary, Wife to Timothy LINDALL, Aged 80 yrs, d. 8 Feb 1767
Here lies Buried the Body of Mrs. Elizabeth MACKEY, Wife to Capt. Daniel MACKEY, d. 20 Jul 1701, Aged 36 yrs
Here lies Interr'd ye Body of Mrs. Mehetable MARSTON, Wife to Benjamin MARSTON, Esq., & Daughter to ye late Rev'd. Mr. Henry GIBBS of Watertown, who Departed this Life 21 Aug 1727, in ye 22d Year of her Age
Here lies Interr'd the Body of Mrs. Patience MARSTON, Relict of Mr. Benjamin MARSTON, late of Salem, Merch't Dec'd. She Departed this Life 22 May 1731, Aged 55 yrs, 9 dys
Here lies ye Body of Winslow MARSTON, Son to Col. Benjamin MARSTON, Esq., & Mrs. Elizabeth his wife, d. 6 Sep 1755, Aged 6 yrs
In Memory of John MARSTON, 2nd son of Benj'a MARSTON, Esq. & Mrs. Elizabeth MARSTON, d. 22 Apr 1761, aged 21 yrs
Here lie reposited in hope of a ressurrection to an Immortal Life, the Remains of Madam Elizabeth MARSTON, the wife of the hon'ble Benjamin MARSTON, Esq., once of this place, & daughter of the hon'ble Isaac WINSLOW, Esq., of Marshfield, d. 20 Sep 1761, in her 53d yr.
Here lies the Body of David NEEAL, Son to Mr. David & Mrs. Hannah NEEAL, Aged 1 yr & 10 mos, d. 1 Aug 1754
Here lyes the Body of John NORMAN, who died 6 May 1713, in ye 77th Year of his Age
Here lyes ye Body of Mary NORMAN, who died 24 Oct 1713, Aged 68
Here lyeth buried ye body of Leut. John PICKERING, d. 5 May 1694, in ye 57th Year of his Age
Here lies Buried ye Body of Mrs. Sarah PICKERING, widow of Mr. John PICKERING, d. 27 Dec 1714
Here's interr'd ye body of Mr. John PICKERING, who died 9 Jan 1732, ae 64
Elizabeth, Wife to Sam'l PICKMAN, Esq., d. 16 Dec 1761, Aged 47
Samuel PORTER, Son to ye Rev. Mr. Aaron PORTER & Susannah his wife, d. 16 Oct 1728, Aged 7 yrs
Here lyes inter'd ye remains of Mr. Thomas ROBIE, b. at Boston, Educated at Harvard College, of which for severall years he was a Fellow. Practised Physick in this town where he died 28 Aug 1729, in the 41st Year of his Age
Also William ROBIE, ye son of Thomas & Mehitable ROBIE, who died 22 Nov 1730, in ye 6th Year of his Age
Here lyes Buried the Body of Mr. Nathaniel ROPES, who Departed this Life 22 Oct 1752, AE 60
Here lyeth ye body of Daniel WELD, Aged 11 mos, d. __ March 1701
Here lyeth buried ye Body of Dr. Edward WELD, Aged 36 yrs, d. 3 Oct 1702
Here lyes ye Body of Bethyah WELD, d. 24 Oct 1719, in ye 70th Year of her Age
Here lyes ye Body of Elizabeth WEST, Wife to Henry WEST, Aged 50 yrs, d. 26 Aug 1691
Here lyes Buried ye Body of Mrs. Esther WEST, Wife to Mr. Samuel WEST, who Departed this Life, 14 Feb 1743/4, Aged 41 yrs, 7 mos, 9 dys


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