Ashby First Parish Burial Ground
Also known as Center Cemetery , Old Burial Ground
Ashby, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
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Ashby, Massachusetts 01431 United StatesCoordinates: 42.67824, -71.81940 - www.ci.ashby.ma.us/
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In the northwest corner is the marker of a black Revolutionary War veteran, Prince Estabrook, who is reported to have been wounded at the Battle of Lexington. He was originally buried outside the burial ground wall but re-interred inside the wall in the recent past.
This burial ground is listed in the State Register of Historic Places as part of the Ashby Historic District (a local historic district) which includes the Common and surrounding resources.
(The above is an excerpt from the Ashby Reconnaissance Report - June 2006)
The Massachusetts Historical Commission refers to this cemetery in MACRIS as ASY.800 Ashby First Parish Church Burial Ground.
The earliest death date in the cemetery is 1773, the latest 1907.
In the northwest corner is the marker of a black Revolutionary War veteran, Prince Estabrook, who is reported to have been wounded at the Battle of Lexington. He was originally buried outside the burial ground wall but re-interred inside the wall in the recent past.
This burial ground is listed in the State Register of Historic Places as part of the Ashby Historic District (a local historic district) which includes the Common and surrounding resources.
(The above is an excerpt from the Ashby Reconnaissance Report - June 2006)
The Massachusetts Historical Commission refers to this cemetery in MACRIS as ASY.800 Ashby First Parish Church Burial Ground.
The earliest death date in the cemetery is 1773, the latest 1907.
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- Added: 27 Feb 2008
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2251338
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