South Sherborn Cemetery
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South Sherborn Cemetery

Also known as New South Cemetery

Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA

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The New South Cemetery is one of three Sherborn cemeteries founded in the 1790's, the others being Plain and West Cemeteries. Land offered by Joseph Daniels for a burying ground was accepted by the town in 1790. Mrs. Hannah Ware who died with her infant was the first to be placed in the New South Cemetery. Old families whose names appear through the cemetery include the Lelands, Barbers, Bullards, Brecks, Gouldings, Clarks and Holbrooks. This cemeteries main period of use appears to be 1790-1870, although a few 1910s-1940s dates appear on the markers. Beginning in 1852, townspeople were buried in the Pine Hill Cemetery.



There are approximately 200-250 headstones. The earliest death date is 1790, the latest c. 1940s.



The Massachusetts Historical Commission refers to this cemetery in MACRIS as SHR.806 New South Cemetery.



This cemetery is referred to as GR6 South Sherborn Cemetery in the "Vital Records of Sherborn Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849."





The New South Cemetery is one of three Sherborn cemeteries founded in the 1790's, the others being Plain and West Cemeteries. Land offered by Joseph Daniels for a burying ground was accepted by the town in 1790. Mrs. Hannah Ware who died with her infant was the first to be placed in the New South Cemetery. Old families whose names appear through the cemetery include the Lelands, Barbers, Bullards, Brecks, Gouldings, Clarks and Holbrooks. This cemeteries main period of use appears to be 1790-1870, although a few 1910s-1940s dates appear on the markers. Beginning in 1852, townspeople were buried in the Pine Hill Cemetery.



There are approximately 200-250 headstones. The earliest death date is 1790, the latest c. 1940s.



The Massachusetts Historical Commission refers to this cemetery in MACRIS as SHR.806 New South Cemetery.



This cemetery is referred to as GR6 South Sherborn Cemetery in the "Vital Records of Sherborn Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849."





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