The Metcalf Rock Burial Ground was a smallpox cemetery established in 1775. It is located about a half mile off Rte. 133 in Rowley on Longmeadow Drive. There was a so-called Pest House, designed for the care of those with small pox, nearby. All photos donated by and copyright © of Bill Boyington.
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METCALF ROCK PASTURE
BURIAL GROUND 1775
SMALL POX CEMETERY
HERE LIES BURIED LIEUT. SAMUEL BURBANK.
HE HAD A DISTINGUISHED RECORD IN
THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION AND WAS
THE ONLY ROWLEY SOLDIER AT THE
SURRENDER OF BURGOYNE AT SARATOGA.
ON HIS RETURN, DIED OF THE SMALLPOX
IN THE PEST HOUSE NEARBY IN 1781.
TEN OTHERS ARE BURIED HERE.
ROWLEY HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1988
ESSEX NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA
BURIAL GROUND 1775
SMALL POX CEMETERY
HERE LIES BURIED LIEUT. SAMUEL BURBANK.
HE HAD A DISTINGUISHED RECORD IN
THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION AND WAS
THE ONLY ROWLEY SOLDIER AT THE
SURRENDER OF BURGOYNE AT SARATOGA.
ON HIS RETURN, DIED OF THE SMALLPOX
IN THE PEST HOUSE NEARBY IN 1781.
TEN OTHERS ARE BURIED HERE.
ROWLEY HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1988
ESSEX NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA
METCALF ROCK PASTURE
BURIAL GROUND 1775
SMALL POX CEMETERY
HERE LIES BURIED LIEUT. SAMUEL BURBANK.
HE HAD A DISTINGUISHED RECORD IN
THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION AND WAS
THE ONLY ROWLEY SOLDIER AT THE
SURRENDER OF BURGOYNE AT SARATOGA.
ON HIS RETURN, DIED OF THE SMALLPOX
IN THE PEST HOUSE NEARBY IN 1781.
TEN OTHERS ARE BURIED HERE.
ROWLEY HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1988
ESSEX NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA
BURIAL GROUND 1775
SMALL POX CEMETERY
HERE LIES BURIED LIEUT. SAMUEL BURBANK.
HE HAD A DISTINGUISHED RECORD IN
THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION AND WAS
THE ONLY ROWLEY SOLDIER AT THE
SURRENDER OF BURGOYNE AT SARATOGA.
ON HIS RETURN, DIED OF THE SMALLPOX
IN THE PEST HOUSE NEARBY IN 1781.
TEN OTHERS ARE BURIED HERE.
ROWLEY HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1988
ESSEX NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA
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