Jennison of Watertown, Massachusetts -- Tombstone Tuesday

The Old Burying Place, the small cemetery in the center of Watertown, Massachusetts was the first cemetery I visited in 2015. Samuel Jennison, my 7th great-grandfather is buried here. If you have old Watertown roots, your ancestors might be here as well. Jane Devlin typed a list of all Epitaphs Collected by William Thaddeus Harris, L. L. B. in 1869. You may see the names on her website HERE.

Here lyes Buried

Y^e Body of M^r.

Samuel Jenison

Who Departed this

Life Decem^br 2^nd, 1730
Aged 57 Years.

Samuel Jenison / Jennison was my 7th great-grandfather

Rev. William Jennison (above) was the son of Samuel.

Here lyes Interr^d y^e Body

of y^e Rev^d M^r. William Jennison; Formerly Pastor

of ye 2^d Ch'h of Christ in Salem

(but late of Watertown) Who

Died April y^e 1^st 1750 in y^e

45^th Year of His Age.

Samuel and his son William were buried in the center of the small cemetery.

Jane (__) Jenison Brooks, Lincoln Cemetery, Lincoln, Massachusetts -- Tombstone Tuesday

Below is my 7th great-grandaunt's tombstone. She married first to Peter Jenison (see last week's post), and after his death, she married Joseph Brooks. She, her 2nd husband and child were buried together in this cemetery.

Here Lies Buried

The Body of

Mr^s Jane Brooks

Consort of

Joseph Brooks

Who Dec^d Nov^r

The 16 A D

1753 in The 70

Year of Her Age.

Here Lyes Interred

The Body of Mr.

Joseph Brooks of Lincoln

Who Departed This Life

Sept 17 1759 in Y^e

78 Years of His Age.

(Joseph Brooks was my first cousin 9 times removed.)

Here Lies Buried

Y^e Body of

Joseph Brooks Jun^r

Only Son of M^r

Joseph and Mr^s Jane

Brooks Who Dec^d

Septm^br Y^e 7^th

Anno Dom 1749

in y^e 24^th Year

of His Age.

Brooks plot above.
When you turn around, you'll see this lovely field.

While driving around, I came across a memorial to five British soldiers, shown below. Since the cemetery is in Lincoln, the town where Paul Revere was captured by the British soldiers (then released). I shouldn't have been surprised to see it because other markers for British soldiers are in Concord as well.

Summer 2014

May 2, 2015

Five 

British Soldiers
Slain April 19, 1775

Were Buried Here.

Erected by the

Town of Lincoln

1884.

 Precinct

Burial Ground

____

"This acre given by

Ephraim Flint is Lincoln's

oldest cemetery, established

in 1748 by the second

Precinct of Concord as a

burial ground.

This preceeded the

incorporation of Lincoln

as a separate Town by

6 years."

Peter Jenison / Jennison buried in Wayland, Massachusetts -- Tombstone Tuesday

 

Here Lyes the

Body of

Mr. Peter

Jenison; Who

Dec^ed January Y^e

17^th, 1723 Aged

41 Years & 3 M^o. 

His foot-stone is one of the nicest I've seen. Most times, I see just the initials, and never the scroll work.

Peter Jenison was my 7th great-granduncle.

Four Jenisons are buried above. Because of the sun, I couldn't take very good photos. Another trip might be in the works. This cemetery isn't far from where I live, and I recently discovered why I couldn't locate his burial site. It's because I had his named spelled Jennison and not Jenison, but his name was spelled both ways according to the sources I used. His wife is buried in another town, and may be seen HERE.

I called the Wayland Cemetery Department for help on where he might be buried. The photo below, from their webpage gave me an idea where he might not be buried, so I needed help. They didn't know exactly, but gave me two ideas. Once there, we tried the small "Old Section" first, and my husband found him immediately. Peter Jenison is listed in FindAGrave, with a cemetery stone photo, however, no lot number or exact indication of where he was buried.