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The Old Hill Burying Ground was established in 1673. It is located in Concord center at Monument Square. All photos donated by and copyright © of Bill Boyington.

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gravematter > OLD HILL BURYING GROUND

GRAVES OF:
COL. JAMES BARRETT
JOHN BEATTON
CAPT. DAVID BROWN
REUBEN BROWN
COL. JOHN BUTTRICK
HUGH CARGILL
DR. JOHN CUMING
REV. WILLIAM EMERSON
JOHN JACK
JOSEPH MERIAM (1677)
HON. JAMES MINOTT
PETER WRIGHT
HON. EPHRAIM WOOD

gravematter > On this Hill
the Settlers of Concord
built their Meeting House
near which they were buried
On the southerm slope of the ridge
were their dwellings during
the first winter
Below it they laid out
their first road and
on the summit stood the
Liberty Pole of the Revolution

gravematter > Powder House 1810
on top of the hill
in the cemetery

gravematter > JOSEPH MERIAM
AGED 47 YEARS
DIED THE 20
OF APRIL
1677

gravematter > HERE LYES BURIED
THE BODY OF ROBERT MERIAM
AGED ?2 YEARS DIED
FEBRUARY 15 1681

gravematter > HERE LYES ye BODY
OF CAPT TIMOTHY
WHELER AGED
ABOUT 86 YEARS
DIED THE 30 OF
JULY 1687

THE MEMORY OF ye JUST IS BLESSED.

gravematter > HERE LYES ye BODY OF
MARY MERIAM WIFE
TO ROBERT MERIAM
AGED 72 YEARS
DIED THE 22 OF
JULY 1693

gravematter > MARGERY PALET
DAUGHTER OF
THOMAS &
FELES PALET
AGED 3 YEARS
4 MO AND 10
DAYES DIED
IN APRIL 1710

gravematter > Her Lys The
Body of Jon
Smedly ????

HERE LYES BURIED
THE BODY OF ROBERT MERIAM
AGED ?2 YEARS DIED
FEBRUARY 15 1681

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