Old Village Cemetery - A Very Grave Matter: Gravestones and Burying Grounds of New England Ancestors Genealogy First Settlers of New Hampshire Maine Massachusetts NH ME MA

The Old Village Cemetery was established in 1640. It is located behind St. Paul's Episcopal Church at the corner of Common St. and Village Ave. All photos donated by and copyright © of Bill Boyington.

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gravematter > THE BURIAL PLACE
THIS PORTION SET APART IN 1636,
ENLARGED IN 1638. IT WAS
THE ONLY BURIAL PLACE FOR
NEARLY A CENTURY. HERE
WERE BURIED ALLIN, ADAMS,
BELCHER, DEXTER AND HAVEN
MINISTERS OF THE CHURCH
AND ALLEYNE, LUSHER, DWIGHT
AND FISHER WITH OTHER
FOUNDERS OF THE TOWN.

gravematter > St. Paul's Episcopal Church.

gravematter > Front:
RIGHT REVERAND
ALEXANDER V. GRISWOLD
D.D.
BISHOP OF THE
EASTERN DIOCESE

Right side:
RECTOR OF
ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH
BRISTOL, R.I.
1804 TO 1829.
RECTOR OF
ST. PETER'S CHURCH
SALEM, MASS.
1825 TO 1835.

gravematter > Griswold tomb (left panel):
BORN
APRIL 22, 1776,
CONSECRATED BISHOP
MAY 29, 1811,
DIED
FEB. 15, 1843.

gravematter > Bishop Griswold monument - front and left panels.

gravematter > Bishop Griswold's tomb (back panel):
AMELIA GRISWOLD,
WIFE OF
ALEXANDER V. GRISWOLD,
BORN APRIL 6, 1782,
DIED MARCH 15, 1862.
______

GEORGE GRISWOLD,
SON OF
ALEXANDER & AMELIA GRISWOLD,
DIED APRIL 15, 1842,
AGED 12 YEARS.

gravematter > IN
MEMORY OF
REV.
SAMUEL BRAZER BABCOCK, D.D.
RECTOR OF
ST. PAUL'S CHURCH DEDHAM
FROM A.D. 1832 TO A.D. 1873.
BORN SEPT. 14, 1807,
DIED OCT. 25, 1873.

HE MADE FULL PROOF OF HIS MINSTRY
HE NOW RESTS FROM HIS LABORS:
AND HIS WORKS DO FOLLOW HIM.

gravematter > (Front, east side)
REV. JOHN ALLIN
First Pastor of Dedham.
Born in 1596.
Entered the Ministry in England.
Came over in 1637.
The same year joined the company
at Dedham.
Ordained Pastor April 24, 1639..
Died August 27, 1671.
A man of signal worth
Of uneffected piety,
And great sweetness of disposition.
Prudent, meek, patient and serene.
He faithfully fed his flock .
And by his writings and counsels
Obtained a wide-spread reputation ,
And rendered eminent service
To the N.E. Colonies.

Erected in 1854 by residents
within the old territorial Parish.

(North side)
Successors to Mr. ALLIN
gone to their rest before the
erection of this monument:

REV. WILLIAMS ADAMS
b. May 27, 1650, Grad. H.C. 1671.
Ord. Dec. 3, 1673; died Aug. 17, 1685.

REV. JOSEPH BELCHER
b. 1671. Grad H.C. 1690.
Ord. Nov. 29, 1693; died Apr. 27, 1723.

REV. SAMUEL DEXTER
b. at Malden Oct. 25, 1700. Grad H.C. 1720
Ord. May 6, 1724; died Jan. 24, 1755.

REV. JASON HAVEN
b. at Framingham, March 2, 1754
Grad. H.C. 1754. Ord. Feb. 5, 1756
died May 17, 1803.

REV. JOSHUA BATES
b. at Cohasset 20 March 1776.
Grad H.C. 1800. Ord. 16 March 1803
left for the presidency of Middlebury
College, Vt. 20 Feb. 1818; d. Jan. 1854.

(South side)
Church gathered Nov. 8, 1638.

gravematter > HERE LYES ye BODY OF
HANNAH DYAR WIFE
TO BENJAMIN DYAR
OF BOSTON AGED
18 YEARS DYED
SEPT ye 15 1678

THE BURIAL PLACE
THIS PORTION SET APART IN 1636,
ENLARGED IN 1638. IT WAS
THE ONLY BURIAL PLACE FOR
NEARLY A CENTURY. HERE
WERE BURIED ALLIN, ADAMS,
BELCHER, DEXTER AND HAVEN
MINISTERS OF THE CHURCH
AND ALLEYNE, LUSHER, DWIGHT
AND FISHER WITH OTHER
FOUNDERS OF THE TOWN.