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In the early settlements of New England the first duty to be attended to, after the building of dwelling-houses, was the erection of a meeting-house, and, near the meeting-houses, more fre- quently than otherwise, in accordance with a custom brought by the colonists from the mother- land, was located the parish burial place, frequently under the shadow of the meeting-house; often- times however, in cases where families were living in localities comparatively isolated by their remoteness from the centres of communities and the common burial-grounds, both necessity and convenience caused them to establish what were called family burial lots near their homes. These family burial places are to be found in nearly every old town in New England; frequently upon the borders of highways, which once main thoroughfares, have in process of time, by changes
*The names and inscriptions given in this chapter were taken from the tombstones by the author, personally, and are believed to be substantially correct. The historical data has been collected from old citizens and collated from Fox's History of Old Dunstable, Nason's History of Dunstable, Mass., Belknap's and Mcclintock's Histories of New Hampshire and other available sources.
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in centres of population and the consequent change in the direction of travel, degenerated into mere by-ways. Many of them are no longer in use ; the families which established them having long since been broken up, their descendants scattered, and living afar from the old homestead; others of them have in years developed into large and beautiful modern cemeteries. It is very probable that some of our present cemeteries originated from old family burial places.
The pioneer settlers of Nashua were, for the most part, rude and unlettered men; their lives were in consonance with the times in which they lived; the dangers and perils with which they were surrounded, the hardships which they were forced to endure, and the difficulties which they had to overcome in the struggle to build homes and provide sustenance for the living, gave them little time for the expression of sentiment in the preparation of beautiful resting places for the dead.
Yet, that they were not lacking in sentiment, nor wanting in reverence and love for the memory of their departed friends is evinced by the number of monumental tablets, each bearing the inscription, "In Memento Mori," which having survived the ravages of time are still standing in the ancient burial grounds of the city.
The greater portion of these early settlers were either English or of English descent, from original ancestral immigrants to New England ; and, while they were gradually acquiring that spirit of freedom and independence which finally led them to become among the most fearless and determined of the patriots who opposed and fought against the encroachments of the mother country upon their civil rights, they preserved through their colonial life, as did their descendants for many years after them, many of the English customs of their ancestors, and among others that of locating their burial place near and adjacent to their meeting-houses. From a knowledge of this fact we are able to settle the question as to which of the cemeteries of Nashua is most ancient with some considerable definiteness.
The old records of the town throw but little light upon this question. The first meeting-house in Nashua was built of logs; its location is unknown, but it was somewhere between Salmon brook and what is now the state line. The second meeting-house was erected in 1684, and not far from the state line, near the "Old Burying Ground." It was in this last meeting-house that the Rev. Thomas Weld, the first minister in Nashua, was ordained in December, 1685; and at his death in 1702, he was buried in the " Old Burying Ground," as his monument now standing therein testifies.
The dates upon the monumental stones also bear witness to the antiquity of the "Old Burying Ground," one of them, at least, bearing the date of 1687, which is perhaps the oldest now decipherable.
"THE OLD BURYING GROUND."
The following abstract from the old records of Dunstable in New Hampshire, after the division of the old township, refer, apparently, to this cemetery : -
"At a meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Dunstable assembled at the meeting-house on Thursday the 2d day of June, 1757. Voted that the bearying Place be fenced in at the charge of the Town, Excluding those on the North side of Nashua River-also voted that Jonathan Lund Take a Deed of the Bearying Place in behalf of the town."
Apparently the matter of fencing the grounds was overlooked or neglected, for, " at a meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Dunstable, March 4 & 30, 1761," as appears by the records, after the following preamble, viz : "Whereas, as a vote was passed June 2d, 1757 to fence the Burial place in this town-and it not being don," it was "Voted that Joseph French, Esq., Jonathan Lund and Jonathan Blanchard be a comtee to git it don and that the selectmen tax the Inhabitants of the town agreeable to said Vote to pay the charge and order sd com. to draw the money for that charge out of the Town Treasury."
"At a meeting of the Inhabitants of Dunstable mett at the meeting house on tuesday the 20th day of March 1764.
Voted that Jonathan Lund take care of the Beurying Place and keep the Brush well mown for two years and that he have Liberty to feed it with sheep that time."
At a meeting held at the Meeting house Sept 12th 1766 "Voted that the deed that Mr Jona Love- well gave to the Town of the Land where the Meeting House stands and the Deed that Mrs. Rebecca Blanchard gave of the Buring Place be put on Record in the Registers office and that Capt Jona Lund get the same done."
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March 6, 1769, it was " Voted that Capt Jona Lund have the use of the Burying yard to pasture his sheep on this present year He mowing the Bushes on sd Burying Yard three times the ensuing Summer."
It is located on the south side of the highway leading from Nashua to Lowell, on the west side of the Merrimack river. It is distant about four miles from the City Hall, and near Little's station. Its area is about one-half of an acre, and, while its general shape is that of a parellelogram, it is somewhat irregular in its contours. Within its limits, at the present time, there are two hundred and thirty-five graves, more or less distinctly defined. Of these about two hundred and thirteen have monuments or headstones; upon many of which the inscriptions are nearly illegible. It is enclosed with an ordinary stone wall. Beneath the sacred soil some of the most distinguished and reputable of the citizens of the old township of Dunstable are interred; some of whom, in life, resided in that portion of the old township which now constitutes Nashua, and all of whom are represented by numerous descendants now living in our midst. Here are the graves of Nashua's two first ministers of the gospel, soldiers of the Indian and French wars, of the Revolution, and War of 1812 and 1814, together with many of the early settlers, whose reputations as men of ability were colonial. The majority of the oldest graves are located in the front-central and northwest part. Many of these ancient graves are unmarked, and the names of their inmates unknown.
In the southwestern corner of the enclosure is a substantial granite monument, upon the sides of which are the following inscriptions :
"Rev. Thomas Weld. Born June 1, 1653. Settled as the first minister of Dunstable in 1685. Probably massacred by the Indians while defending the settlement June 7th, 1702. Aet. 49."
"Erected by the City cf Nashua, 1876."
"Here lieth the body of Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Thomas Weld, aged about 31 years, who died on July the 29th in the year 1687."
"Rev. Natha'l Prentice. Born Dec. , 1698. Settled as the second minister in Dunstable 1720.
Died Feb. 25, 1737. Aet. 39."
That portion of the above inscription which refers to the Rev. Mr. Weld's being massacred by the Indians is legendary, and, probably mythical, as there was no Indian war waging in 1702, nor for several years before or after that date. It should be corrected.
Mrs. Elizabeth Weld was a daughter of Hon. Edward Tyng. Her mother's native place was Dunstable, England, and our Dunstable received its name in compliment to her. It may be stated in this connection that Hon. Edward Tyng's death, which occurred Dec. 28, 1681, was the first recorded death in Dunstable; and that the first recorded birth was that of his grandson, William, son of Jonathan Tyng, born April 22, 1679. The original slatestone slab which stood at Mrs. Weld's grave, and from which the above inscription is taken, is, at this date, lying flat at the base of the monument on the south side.
In the central part of the grounds stands a small rude slab of slatestone bearing the following inscription :
"Memento Mori. Here lies the body of Mr. Thomas Lund who departed this life Sept. 5, 1724, in the 42nd year of his age. This man with seven more that lies in this grave was slew all in a day by the Indiens."
The eight bodies interred in this grave were of those who were ambushed and slain by the Indians near Naticook brook.
The number of settlers engaged in the affair is uncertain. Judge Penhallow gives it as fifteen ; Fox, whose account is, perhaps, as careful and particular as any, puts the number as ten; as do also Nason and Mcclintock respectively.
The names of seven of the party are given by the Boston News Letter as follows: Lieut. Ebenezer French, Thomas Lund, Oliver Farwell and Ebenezer Cummings, of Dunstable, Daniel Baldwin and John Burbank, of Woburn, and Mr. Johnson, of Plainfield.
It is certain that Josiah Farwell was also one of the party, and the only one, perhaps, who escaped death.
The names of the seven who were buried in this grave with Thomas Lund are unknown; but, if the records of other memorial stones near by and in a line with that of the eight, are true, it is
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certain that of the seven named in the Boston News Letter, two, at least, were buried in other and separate graves.
Upon that one of these other stones nearest to the grave of the eight is the following inscription : "Here lies the body of Oliver Farwell, who died Sept. 5, 1724, aged 33."
To the right, and next adjacent to Oliver Farwell's, stands a stone upon which is inscribed :
"Here lies the body of Ebenezer Cummings who died Sept. 5, 1724. Aet. 29." It will be noticed that both Farwell and Cummings are mentioned in the News Letter's list. Next to Cummings' grave, and on its right, is another memorial stone with this inscription :
"Benjamin Carter, who departed this life Sept. 5th 1724. Aged 23."
Carter's name does not appear in the above list, but is mentioned as a member of this party by Nason. Of Josiah Farwell, who has been mentioned as the only one who escaped death in the massacre, it is recorded that he was a member of Lovewell's expedition in the following year, 1725, and that he "died of exhaustion after the fight at Pigwacket Pond." Thus it would appear that, with the eight mentioned as buried in one grave, and the four whose names are last above mentioned, -and whose membership in the ambushed party would seem to be well established, the party consisted of, at least, twelve men, a result which gives color of truth to Judge Pennhallow's statement that there were really two conflicts with the Indians on Sept. 5, 1724, occurring between Naticook brook and the Nashua river, and that the whole number of whites engaged was fifteen.
" Here lies interred the Remains of Col. Zaccheus Lovewell, who departed this life April 12, 1772, in the 72 year of his age."
Colonel Lovewell was a brother of Capt. John Lovewell who was slain by the Indians at the famous fight at Pigwacket Pond, May 8, 1725. He was a colonel of a regiment in the French War of 1759, succeeding Colonel Blanchard in command, and was present at the taking of Ticonderoga and Crown Point .* He is the only member of the original Lovewell family buried in this cemetery, so far as monumental records show.
"In Memory of Col. Ebenezer Bancroft who died Sept. 22, 1827. Aet. 90. He was an officer in the French war, and in the American Revolution and was in the battle of Bunker Hill."
The Bancrofts lived in what is now Tyngsborough. Col. Ebenezer Bancroft enlisted at the age of sixteen in the company commanded by Capt. John Goffe, Col. Joseph Blanchard's regiment in the French War. He was an ensign and served through the war. In 1769 and 1771 he was one of the selectmen. Soon after the fight at Lexington he entered the Continental army as a captain in Col. Ebenezer Bridge's regiment and was present in the battle of Bunker Hill, where he was wounded. He was made a lieutenant-colonel in 1780. In 1777 he was chosen representative to the general court. At his death he was buried with military honors. He was a son of Lieut. Timothy Bancroft.
"In Memory of Mrs. Susannah, wife of Col. Ebenezer Bancroft, who died Oct. 4, 1823. Aet. 80."
"In Memory of Maj. John Lund, who died March II, 1822. Aet. 74. One who took an active part in the liberty of his country and defended well in the battle of Bunker Hill."
He was a sergeant in Capt. William Walker's company, which formed a part of Col. Reed's regiment at the battle of Bunker Hill. In July, 1776, he was first lieutenant of a company raised by Capt. William Barron for an expedition to Canada. He was a Dunstable man.
" Hannah, wife of Maj. John Lund, died May 4, 1847. Aet. 96."
" Sacred to the memory of Ensign Benjamin Smith, who died Aug. 16, 1805, in the 4Ist year of his age."
His name appears in Fox's list of Revolutionary soldiers. He was from that part of Dunstable now in New Hampshire. His company and regiment are unknown. He was one of the committee chosen "to assist the town's delegates to the constitutional convention."
"Here lies Interred the Remains of Ensign Samuel Howard, who departed this life February 7th, 1769. Aged 84 years and 10 months."
Probably a soldier in the French War. In 1774 he was the owner of a large tract of land near Howard's brook .- [Nason].
" Here lies the Body of Lieut. Timothy Bancroft, who departed this life Nov. 21st, 1772, in the 63 year of his age."
*Belknap's History of N. H., p. 315.
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He is said to have lived in that part of Old Dunstable which is now Tyngsborough, in a house which is still standing on the river road. He had two sons; Col. Ebenezer and Dea. Jonathan Bancroft, who are buried in this cemetery .- [Fox].
"Here lies ye Body of Mrs. Elizabeth Bancroft, ye wife of Lieut. Timothy Bancroft, who Dec'd Sept. 23d, A. D. 1754 in ye 39th year of her age."
Mrs. Bancroft was a sister of Lieut. Josiah Farwell, who was slain in the Pigwacket fight.
"Erected in memory of Capt. Benjamin French, whose remains are here interred, who departed this life Dec. 15, A. D. 1779 in the 74th year of his age."
He was a son of Joseph French, Sr., and a grandson of Samuel French, one of the first settlers of Dunstable, coming from Billerica.
In January, 1775, he was chosen as one of a committee of inspection "to see that the result of the late Continental congress be carried into practice." This was the congress that met at Philadelphia in September, 1774, and published a Declaration of Rights. In 1776, he was elected a delegate to the county congress and also a member of the committee of safety. April 17, 1778, he was chosen a delegate to the Constitutional convention at Exeter. In March, 1782, he was elected representative to the general court.
"Here lies the body of Mrs. Mary French, wife of Capt. Benjamin French, who departed this life Dec. 17, 1774, aged 44 years 7 mos. and 8 days."
" Here lies the body of Col. Joseph French who departed this life March 21st 1776 in the 63 year of his age."
A brother of Capt. Benjamin French. Was proprietor's clerk at one time, and undoubtedly a man of influence, as, in a list of the inhabitants of the First parish in 1772, his name appears under the title of Esquire, a title which then meant something more than mere form.
"Ensign Benjamin Whitney. Died May 19, 1802. Aet. 49."
He was a Nashua man and a member of Capt. William Walker's company, Colonel Reed's regiment, and participated in the battle of Bunker Hill.
"Here lyes interred ye body of Josiah Willard, Captain of Fort Dummer, formerly of Lancaster, Lunenburg, and Winchester, and colonel of regiment of foot, who died here December ye 8th Anno Domini 1750 in the 38 year of his age." Fort Dummer is now Hinsdale, N. H.
"Lieut. Samuel Pollard who died Oct. 16 1800 in the 58 year of his age." He was probably one of the family of Pollards who were among the early settlers of Dunstable; some of the family being located on the easterly side of the Merrimack river as early as 1712.
" Here lyes Buried the Body of the Hon. Joseph Blanchard, Esq., who departed this life April 7th, 1758, aged 55 years."
He was a son of Capt. Joseph Blanchard and grandson of Dea. John Blanchard, an early settler in Dunstable. Colonel Joseph lived in Nashua, his house was three hundred rods north of the state line .- [Fox, 150].
He served in the French War as colonel of a regiment raised by New Hampshire for an expedi- tion against Crown Point. In 1741 he was counsellor of state by appointment from the king, and from 1749, until his death, he was a judge of the superior court of judicature of the state.
"Memento Mori. Here lyes ye Body of Madam Rebecca Blanchard, Relict of Joseph Blanchard, Esq. Aet. 63, who died April 17th, 1774." Mrs. Blanchard was a Hubbard (Hobart).
"Capt. Mathew Chambers, an officer of the Revolution, died Jan. 30, 1809. Aet. 73."
"Remember Death. In Memory of Lieut. Oliver Woods, who departed this life Feb. 22, 1799, in the 68 year of his age."
He was a soldier in Capt. William Walker's company, raised in Cambridge soon after the fight at Lexington. The company consisted of sixty-six men, of whom forty, including Captain Walker, were from Dunstable.
"Here lyes Buried yr Body of Mr. Thomas Adams, who departed this life Feb. 18th, 1746, in ye 7Ist year of his age."
"Here lyes the Body of Mrs Juda Adams, who departed this life the 15th of April, 1755, aged 74."
"Here lyes Buried ye Body of Phinehas Adams, ye son of Mr: Thomas and Mrs. Juda Adams, who Dec't Dec. 4th, 1747, aged 23 y'rs 7 mos. 28 days."
The Adams' resided in the south part of Old Dunstable.
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"Here lies the body of William Pickman Abbott who dec'd Sept. 14, 1809, aged 3 years and I mo."
"Here lies the body of Mrs. Mary Alls who departed this life Mar. 28, 1771, in the 71 of her age."
"Memento Mori. Here lies Timothy Bancroft Junr who departed this life Aug. 12, 1754, in the 21st year of his age. This erected by E. B. in 1774."
"In memory of Mrs. Hannah, wife of Ebenezer Bancroft, Esq., who died Feb. 13, 1783. Aet. 78 years."
"Julia Bancroft, died Feb. 13, 1783. Aet. 78 years."
"Mary Bancroft, Died Aug. 14, 1880. Aet. 79 yrs. 6 mos."
"In memory of Timothy Bancroft son of Deacon Jonathan and Mrs. Martha Bancroft, who died Sept. 17, 1785, aged 2 years."
"Martha, daughter of Maj. Jona. and Sarah Bancroft, died Sept. 6, 1751. Aet. 33."
"In Memory of Ebenezer Bancroft, Esq., who died May 6, 1758. Aet. 80."
He was a son of Ebenezer and Susannah Bancroft.
"In Memory of Mrs. Hannah, wife of Ebenezer Bancroft, Esq., who died Oct. 13, 1770. Aged 94 years I mo. and 15 days."
"In Memory of Dea. Jonathan Bancroft, who died July 11, 1815, in the 65th year of his age."
"Martha, daughter of Maj. Jonathan Bancroft and Mrs. Sarah his wife, died March 19, 1817. Aet. 9 mos."
"S. Elizabeth, dau. of Ebenezer & Jane R. Bancroft. Died Feb. 27, 1860. Aet. 2 y'rs."
"In Memory of Mrs. Hannahe, daughter of Eben Bancroft, Esq. and Mrs. Hannah his wife, who died March 20, 1830. Aet. 24."
"Joseph G., son of Ebenezer & Hannah Bancroft. Died Oct. 27, 1849. Aet. 28."
One { "Jonathan Bancroft, died Sept. 24, 1838. Aet. 64 yrs. 7 mos."
stone. "Sarah his wife. Died Dec. 1, 1862. Aet. 87 years & 2 mos."
The Bancrofts interred in this cemetery are descendants of Lieut. Timothy Bancroft, one of the early settlers of Old Dunstable. For memoranda concerning him see prior page in this chapter.
"Erected in memory of the Hon. Jonathan Blanchard, who departed this life July ye 16th, 1788. Aet. 51. Son of the Hon. Joseph Blanchard."
"In Memory of Mrs. Rebeccah Blanchard, wife of the Hon. Jonathan Blanchard, who died Aug. 20, 1811 in the 72 year of her age."
Jonathan Blanchard was a son of Col. Joseph Blanchard, and a great grandson of Dea. John Blanchard, whom Fox mentions as one of the founders of the church in Dunstable in 1649, and who came to New England in the ship Jonathan in 1639. In 1775 he, Jonathan, was a delegate to the Revolutionary convention at Exeter ; and in 1776, a representative to the general court. In 1777, he was attorney general for the state. In 1778, a member of the committee of safety for the state, and in 1784 was appointed judge of probate for Hillsborough county, an office which he held, probably, up to his death.
"Here lyes the Body of Mr. Eleazer Blanchard, who departed this life the 19th day of March, 1753, in the 22d year of his life."
"Eleazer Blanchard, son of Mr. Joseph and Abiah Blanchard, aged I year. Died April 20, 1718.
"Here lies the body of Caleb Blanchard the son of the Hon. Joseph Blanchard "-the rest of the inscription is illegible.
" Here lyes ye Body of Mrs. Abiah Blanchard, the relict of Capt. Joseph Blanchard, who Deceased the 8th of December, 1746, aged 70."
"Deacon James Baldwin, born in Woburn, Mass., 1773, died Nov. 25th, 1827. Aged 54."
"Pricilla Keyes, wife of Deacon Jas. Baldwin, born in Westford, Mass., 1772, died Aug. II, 1849, aged 77."
"Here lies the Body of Jonathan Butterfield, the son of Capt. Jonathan Butterfield & Susan his wife, who departed this life July 3rd, 1759, in the IIth year of his life."
"Here lyes Buried the Body of Mr. Ebenezer Cummings, who Dec'd Sept. ye 5, 1724, in the 29th year of his age." He was one of the party who were slain in the Naticook massacre ; (see preceding page in this chapter.) Probably a son of John Cummings, Sr., an early settler.
"Here lyes the Body of Deacon Thomas Cummings : aged 64 years 3 mos & 17 days. Dec'd Jan. 20, 1792."
"Here lies ye Body of Oliver Colburn ye son of Capt. Oliver Colburn & Lucy his wife, who died July 5, 1752."
" Here lies ye Body of Mary Colburn ye daughter of Oliver Colburn & Lucy his wife, who died March ye 11th A. D. 1746, in the 6th year of her age."
"Rachel Colburn, daughter of Mr. Thomas and Mrs. Mary Colburn. Dec'd Jan. 8, 1723, aged I year 3 mos. & 19 days."
"Here lies ye Body of Edward Colburn, son of Mr. Thomas & Mrs. Mary Colburn, who died April IS, 1723, aged 18 years, 7 mos. & 2 days."
" Here lyes ye Body of Hannah Colburn, Daugt. of Mr. Thomas and Mrs. Mary Colburn. Aged 14 years. Died March 8, 1717 .- 18."
"Memento Mori. Here lies the Body of Deacon Thomas Colburn, who departed this life Nov. 2d. 1770 in the 96th year of his age."
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"Here Lyes the Body of Mrs. Mary Colburn, wife of Deacon Thomas Colburn, who died Sept. 7th, A. D. 1739." Dea. Thomas Colburn (says Fox) probably came from Chelmsford. He was an early settler in Dunstable. Many of his descendants are now living in Nashua and vicinity.
"Here Lyes the Body of Mr. Benjamin Carter, who Dec'd Sept. the 5th, 1724 in the 25 year of his age."
He was one of the victims of the Naticook Brook massacre, mentioned previously in this chapter.
"Here lies the Body of Mrs. Elener Cox, daughter of Mr. William Cox and Miss Esther his wife, who departed this life April 13, A. D. 1767 in the 24th year of his age."
"Jas. Campbell born in Windham, Aug. 10, 1805, died Feb. 1, 1886."
"Sara W., his wife, born in London, Aug. 8-1805, died July 11, 1886."
The Campbells sleep under a white marble monument of modern design.
"In memory of Mrs. Benjamin Cutler. Obt. Feb. 21, 1829. Aet. 61."
"In Memory of Dr. Nathan Cutler. Obt. Feb. 22, 1830. Aet. 91."
Fox says that during the Revolutionary War and for many years before he was the only physician in town. [See chap. on Physicians].
{ "Nathan Cutler, Esq., died July 19, 1862. Aet. 65 years 8 mos.
\"Sarah E. his wife, died June 20, 1875. Aet. 70 yrs."
The last two inscriptions above are upon one headstone.
"Chas. E. Cutler. Died Mar. 5, 1886. Aet. 49 years and 4 mos."
"Nathan L. Cutler. Born Mar. 28, 1831, Died April 29, 1883."
"Benj. W. Cutler : born Nov. 16, 1820. Died Dec. 21, 1880."
"Joseph W. Cutler. died Oct. 8, 1867. Aet. 38."
( "Isaac Cutler died April 23, 1865. Aet. 71."
{ "Hannah, his wife, died Dec. 27, 1863. Aet. 74 years."
"Hannah L., daughter of Isaac & Hannah Cutler, died Nov. 17, 1858. Aet. 30 years 11 months."
"Frances, daughter of Jeremiah and Hannah Davis, died July 30, 1838, aged 2 years & 3 months."
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