Farm Cemetery
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Farm Cemetery

Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA

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Founded in 1688, the Farm Cemetery is the second oldest cemetery - a reminder that the southeastern portion of Sherborn was the first area of English settlement. It was initially a Morse Family burial ground. William Bigelow, an early 19th century Sherborn historian noted that "A number of the ancient graves are covered in their whole length with rough stones, which is said to distinguish those which contain the remains of persons who died of the small pox."



In 1887, H.L. Morse, Administrator of the Lemuel L. Morse Estate, made a gift to the town of the Farm cemetery.



In 1905 John P. Brainard noted that "many (stones) were simple field stones, used as markers and without and inscription - much space in the center and right of the ground is without headstones, though the contour of the surface would indicate many graves."



There are approximately 50 headstones. The earliest death date is 1688, with few dated in the 1940s and 1950s.



The Massachusetts Historical Commission refers to this cemetery in MACRIS as SHR.801 Farm Cemetery.



This cemetery is referred to as GR8 Farm Cemetery in the "Vital Records of Sherborn Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849."









Founded in 1688, the Farm Cemetery is the second oldest cemetery - a reminder that the southeastern portion of Sherborn was the first area of English settlement. It was initially a Morse Family burial ground. William Bigelow, an early 19th century Sherborn historian noted that "A number of the ancient graves are covered in their whole length with rough stones, which is said to distinguish those which contain the remains of persons who died of the small pox."



In 1887, H.L. Morse, Administrator of the Lemuel L. Morse Estate, made a gift to the town of the Farm cemetery.



In 1905 John P. Brainard noted that "many (stones) were simple field stones, used as markers and without and inscription - much space in the center and right of the ground is without headstones, though the contour of the surface would indicate many graves."



There are approximately 50 headstones. The earliest death date is 1688, with few dated in the 1940s and 1950s.



The Massachusetts Historical Commission refers to this cemetery in MACRIS as SHR.801 Farm Cemetery.



This cemetery is referred to as GR8 Farm Cemetery in the "Vital Records of Sherborn Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849."









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