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Ipswich Cemeteries
Old North Burying Ground, 1634: Award winning website "A Very Grave Matter" contains a partial listing, to date, of over 300 individuals buried in this historic cemetery in Ipswich. Click on each name to view a photograph of every head stone taken so far. Surnames of those interred here include Appleton, Lord, Burnham, Pearson and Treadwell, to name only a few. * Two of the first to be buried were the wife and child of John Winthrop, Jr., son of the governor of Massachusetts. Since the earliest grave markers were made of wood, none remain. The black marble Safford family stone memorializes descendants of Massasoit, chief of the Wampanoag Tribe and friend of the first Plymouth settlers.
Highland Cemetery, High Street: Part of the USGenWeb Special Projects Initiative, the Tombstone Project is a work in progress. Although this cemetery transcription work is not yet complete, it is slated to be done and online in the coming months. Check back often. Immigrant’s Highland Annex Cemetery. Based on burial records, this cemetery was used for the burial of immigrants to the town, from about 1913 until about 1939.
Old Burying Ground Cemetery, Essex, MA: Prior to 1680, some parishioners were buried in the High Street Cemetery. This web site contains inscriptions and photo's of old headstones and the history of the cemetery.
Old Linebrook Cemetery: Located on Linebrook Road, this cemetery dates back to the mid 1700's. Old South Cemetery: Located on Route 1A, this cemetery's first stones are from the mid 1700's. Locust Grove Cemetery : Located on Old Town Farm Road, this cemetery was opened in the 1700's.
Cowles Memorial Veteran Cemetery : Located off Old Town Farm Road, this cemetery was laid out to honor veterans of World War I.
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