A Very Grave Matter: Gravestones and Burying Grounds of New England Ancestors Genealogy First Settlers of New Hampshire Maine Massachusetts NH ME MA- powered by SmugMug

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The Old North Cemetery is on Maplewood Avenue in Portsmouth next to the train yard and across from the Portsmouth Herald building. It was established in 1753 on land purchased from John Hart and is the second oldest burying ground in the city. Many historically significant people for the state of New Hampshire and the Revolutionary War rest here including General William Whipple (a friend of George Washington and General during the Revolutionary War), Hall Jackson, Prince Whipple, and Governor John Langdon. There are currently 468 entries for this cemetery. See it's location and get directions at Yahoo Maps. Index of Names

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This Stone
Erected to the Memory of
Madam Abigail Peavy
the venerable Mother of
the late Honble. George Boyd Esq. decd.
who left this mortal ƒtate with chriƒtian reƒignation
on the 8th day of Sept. 1800 in the 96th year of her Age
in full faith of a bleƒƒed immortality thro' the Merits
and Mediation of our Saviour Jeƒus Chriƒt.
Her Pr??????? laƒt the eternal Father hear'd
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