Nemasket Hill Cemetery
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41°54′16″N 70°54′08″W / 41.90440°N 70.90220°W
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| Established | 1662 |
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| Country | United States |
Nemasket Hill Cemetery is a cemetery located in Middleborough, Massachusetts. It was set aside as a burial ground in 1662, and is the oldest in Middleborough. The oldest engraved headstone here (and within the town of Middleborough) is that of Elizabeth Vaughan, who died on June 24, 1693.[1]
The cemetery conducts a "Stroll thru History" annually, in May.[2]
The Nemasket Hill Cemetery Association holds Annual Meetings on the third Saturday in April at the Middleborough Public Library. The meeting are open to the public.[2]
The cemetery has been in continuous operation since it was established. The cemetery was incorporated on March 24, 1885.[1] The Nemasket Cemetery Circle was a group that was active in the early part of the 1900s and they raised funds that financed various cemetery improvement projects. In 1919, a bridge was erected from North Street over the Nemasket River and connected to wooden stairs that ascended the hill to access the cemetery. The bridge is no longer present, but the stairs remain. During the 1920s, a Chapel was built. In 2009, the cemetery added a columbarium.
Notable burials
- Mary Tomson[3] - daughter of Mayflower passenger Francis Cooke
- John Tomson[4] - husband of Mary and known for the "Tomson long gun"
- Samuel Fuller[4] - the first minister in the Church in Middleborough and son of Mayflower passenger Samuel Fuller
- Huldah Newell aka Minnie Warren - sister in law of General Tom Thumb
References
- ^ a b Weston, Thomas (1906). History of the town of Middleboro, Massachusetts. Middleborough, MA: Houghton, Mifflin. p. 634.
- ^ a b Nemasket Hill Cemetery. "Friends of Middleborough Cemeteries". Retrieved 5 May 2013.
- ^ Tomson, Mary. "FindaGrave.com". Retrieved 5 May 2013.
- ^ a b Tomson, John. "FindaGrave.com". Retrieved 5 May 2013. Cite error: The named reference "FindaGrave.com" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).