Join us at Pine Hill Cemetery in Westfield, MA on Wednesday August 2nd, 2023! *all info above and photos below are provided by our local event cohost Bev with the Rehoboth Cemetery Commission* The land was formed by a glacier when it melted and deposited the mound of earth. A farmer would have to move his plow down the road to access the land to farm it. The land the cemetery is situated on is not suitable for farming. There is no marked stone for young Daniel. He is said to be buried near his son Ephraim Wheaton.Īnother possible early burial is that of Daniel Ormsbee, son of Thomas, who died in 1689. Robert Died in 1696, though there is no marked stone for him. It has been reported through family histories that Robert Wheaton is buried here. The earliest proven burial is that of John Ormsbee who died in 1716. The table stone was repaired and preserved in 2013 by Jonathan Appell. Simeon Martin has a table stone which is said to have the longest epitaph in America. Our most famous stone is that of Simeon Martin. There are many elders and ministers from the Baptist Churches buried in this Cemetery. In 1732 a Baptist Church was formed in Rehoboth. It should be noted that the Martin family belonged to the Baptist Church in Swansea up until 1733. ![]() Samuel separates his land from the Cemetery in a deed in 1755. Ephraim gave it to his son Benjamin who sold it to his brother Samuel. The land for the cemetery was first owned by John Martin of Swansea. This event is cohosted by Rehoboth Cemetery Commission Join us at Burial Place Hill in Rehoboth, MA on Friday August 4th, 2023! *info above and images below are courtesy of our local event cohost John Kelly & Windham Preservation Inc!* There will be chairs, shade and a bathroom available! Lunch: Windham Preservation Inc, will provide lunch at the Windham Inn, which is about 1/2 mile from the cemetery. – Our mission is to preserve Windham’s historic built history and planned spaces. Please see the following URLs for additional details.į/SavingOurInn/?ref=page_internal There are a total of about 10 volunteers, both WPI members and non-members, who meet every other week to work at the cemetery. The work they are doing in the cemetery is a side project that they are also dedicated to, as the cemetery is just outside the Windham historic district , but is still part of the historic fabric of the neighborhood. is a 503c non-profit organization founded to save the historic Windham Inn from demolition and to restore it. If you are planning to attend, please reach out to John Kelly at Cemetery This event is cohosted by Windham Preservation, Inc., a nonprofit organization and owners of Historic Windham Inn ![]() Join us at Windham Cemetery in Windham, CT on Saturday August 5th, 2023!Īll 48StateTour! events are free & open to the public
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