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The Old Burying Ground was established in 1690. It is located near Lexington center at the corner of Massachusetts Ave. and Harrington St. All photos donated by and copyright © of Bill Boyington.

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gravematter > Here Lyes ye Body
of Mr THOMAS
WAYT Aged 83
Years Who Decd
Jany ye 3d 1722

gravematter > Mr THOMAS
WAYT (footstone)

gravematter > ERECTED
In memory of
Miss REBECCA,
daughter of Mr. Thomas
and Mrs. Rebecca Tufts
who died
Sept 13. 1826.
Æt. 29.

Teach us to bless the forming power
That gave us a kindred saint so fair;
Now called to bloom in Heavenly bowers
And shine a brighter angel there.

gravematter > In memory of
Mr.
THOMAS TUFTS,
who died
June 10, 1830
Æt. 64.

Forgive blest shade the tributary fear,
That mourns the evil from a world like this:
Forgive the wish that would have kept thee here
And stay'd thy progress to the realms of bliss.

gravematter > In memory of
REBECCA,
wife of Thomas Tufts
who died Feb. 23, 1858
Aged 81 yrs.

gravematter > Here Lyes Buried
the Body of
Mrs Lydia Bowman
wife to Lieut Francis
Bowman Who Decd
Decembr ye 10 1719 in ye
19 Year of Her Age

gravematter > Here lyes ye Remains of FRANCIS
BOWMAN Esqr a useful member of ye
Church & Commonwealth, was
honored with a Miltary Commission
for ye Peace in which Post he Studied
to administer Justice inpartially
& premote Peace and Entered
to Rest Dec. 23, 1744 Ætatis 83

gravematter > Here lyes the Body of
Mrs. RUTH BOWMAN Wife
to FRANCIS BOWMAN Esqr
& Daughtr of ye Revd. Mr.
SAMUEL ANGIER of
Watertown She Departed this
Life July 25th 1754 in ye 71st
Year of Her Age.

gravematter > Memento mori.

IN Memory of
ISAAC BOWMAN Esqr.
who departed this
Life July 18th 1785
In the 93d year
of his age.

Here Lyes ye Body
of Mr THOMAS
WAYT Aged 83
Years Who Decd
Jany ye 3d 1722

> Here Lyes ye Body
of Mr THOMAS
WAYT Aged 83
Years Who Decd
Jany ye 3d 1722

Here Lyes ye Body
of Mr THOMAS
WAYT Aged 83
Years Who Decd
Jany ye 3d 1722

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