Bradford Burial Ground Given to the town by John Haseltine in 1665 as a place to "set their meetinghouse and for a burying place." Burial site of all the early inhabitants of Bradfor including four of the first five ministers - Z. Symmes, T. Symmes, J. Parsons and J. Allen. Also site of the first (1671 - 1704) and second (1706 - 1751) meetinghouses; town pound (1684) and first schoolhouse (1713). Nearby were the first houses of the settlement (1649) and the first (1668) and second (1704) parsonage houses. This stone placed in 1982 in observance of the 300th anniversary of the First Church of Christ, Bradford. - A Very Grave Matter: Gravestones and Burying Grounds of New England Ancestors Genealogy First Settlers of New Hampshire Maine Massachusetts NH ME MA

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Bradford Burial Ground

Given to the town by John Haseltine in 1665 as a place to "set their meetinghouse and for a burying place."

Burial site of all the early inhabitants of Bradfor including four of the first five ministers - Z. Symmes, T. Symmes, J. Parsons and J. Allen. Also site of the first (1671 - 1704) and second (1706 - 1751) meetinghouses; town pound (1684) and first schoolhouse (1713). Nearby were the first houses of the settlement (1649) and the first (1668) and second (1704) parsonage houses.

This stone placed in 1982 in observance of the 300th anniversary of the First Church of Christ, Bradford.