Upton's first Burying Ground - Upton MA
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nomadwillie
N 42° 09.640 W 071° 35.835
19T E 285435 N 4670880
The earliest stone has been identified as 1749. There about 119 stones that have been inventoried.
Waymark Code: WM144C3
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 04/12/2021
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2. Right from Upton on Mendon St. at 1 m. (R) is a fine specimen of Glacial Boulder. Opposite is a wide grassy lane leading uphill, the first road from Upton to Milford. The bordering stone walls and tall elms give the old road a quiet charm. A walk of several hundred yards on the lane leads to Upton's first Burying Ground. This one-acre enclosed plot with huge pine trees contains the grave of Elisha Fish, Upton's first long-term minister (1751-95). On the stone is a figure in ministerial garb and curled peruke. Here also is the Site of Upton's First Meeting House (L). It was never completed, but served for 12 years without a pulpit or pews, for five years without windows.
American-Guide-Series - Massachusetts: a Guide to its Places and People, p. 609
The earliest stone has been identified as 1749. There about 119 stones that have been inventoried. Right across from the cemetery is Friendly Fire Paintball field. Area seem pretty rocky, must of been a problem digging the graves. The last burial in this cemetery was around 1890.
Book: Massachusetts
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 609
Year Originally Published: 1937
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