Greetings From Three Old Cemeteries in Massachusetts.
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
43 Revolutionary War Soldiers and Widow Balch Buried in Bedford, MA -- Tombstone Tuesday
Before visiting the burial site of Elizabeth Fairfield, the 2nd wife of my ancestor Freeborn Balch, I did what I always do. I checked Google to see if anything was written up about the Old Burying Ground in Bedford, MA.
Wow, the small town has one of the best kept cemetery records I've ever seen. First, there is a typed listing of all those buried there, and second, there is a detailed map. How lucky could I get. All I had to do was walk through the entrance and go straight until I saw the last stone by the stone wall! Less than a minute was all it took. Fortunately, I looked around, as I often do, and saw a marker listing the 43 Revolutionary Soldiers also buried in this cemetery. The marker and the inscribed names are below.
The link for the individuals buried in the cemetery is at: http://www.bedfordma.gov/sites/bedfordma/files/file/file/old_burial_ground.pdf
The link for the corresponding map is at: http://www.bedfordma.gov/sites/bedfordma/files/file/file/old_bury_ground.pdf
Here Lyes Buried ye Body of Mrs Elizabeth Balch
Wife to Mr. Freeborn
Balch of Beverly
Who Died January
31st A.D. 1736/7 in ye 71st
Year of Her Age.
Headstone and footstone of Elizabeth Balch (above right).
Elizabeth is buried in the Old Burial Ground in Bedford, Massachusetts. She was the 2nd wife to my 7th great-grandfather.
OLD BURYING GROUND
FORTY THREE BEDFORD SOLDIERS OF THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
CAPT.
MOSES ABBOTT
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MR.
SAMUEL LANE
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MR.
MOSES ABBOTT JUN’R
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MR.
SOLOMON LANE
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MR.
ABIJAH BACON
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STEPHEN
LANE
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MR.
ELIJAH BACON
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MR.
WILLIAM MAXWELL
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JOHN
BACON
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CAMBRIDGE
MOORE*
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MR.
OLIVER BACON
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CAPT.
JOHN MOORE
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REUBEN
BACON
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MR.
EBENEZER PAGE
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THOMPSON
BACON ESQ.
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MR.
NATHANIEL PAGE
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LIEU.
ELEAZAR DAVIS
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MR.
WILLIAM PAGE
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MR.
DAVID FITCH
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MR.
MATTHEW POLLARD
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JEREMIAH
FITCH JR.
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OLIVER
POLLARD JR.
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MR.
JOHN FITCH
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CAESAR
PRESCOTT*
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DEA.
MOSES FITCH
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CAPT.
DAVID REED
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MR. JOSEPH HARTWELL
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MR.
OLIVER REED
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CAESAR
JONES*
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OLIVER
REED
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TIMOTHY
JONES ESQ.
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CAPT.
EDWARD STEARNS
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MR.
DAVID LANE
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MR.
SOLOMON STEARNS
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MR.
JAMES LANE 3RD
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CAPTAIN
JOHN WEBBER
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JOB
LANE
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CAPT.
JONATHAN WILLSON
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MR.
JOHN LANE JR.
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DEA
JAMES WRIGHT
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MR.
SAMUEL LANE
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·
FORMER SLAVES
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BEDFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY, MINUTEMEN, AND BEDFORD PUBLIC WORKS
MAY 31, 1999