Indian Cemetery, Old - West Brookfield MA
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N 42° 14.241 W 072° 08.729
18T E 735532 N 4680075
The Old Indian Cemetery was established in 1710 and was an active burial ground until 1849.
Waymark Code: WM17BBV
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 01/19/2023
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The cemetery was established in 1710 and was an active burial ground until 1849. The cemetery "is the resting place of 16 French and Indian War soldiers, 11 Revolutionary War soldiers, and 6 men who were killed in 1710 by Indians and became known as the Haymakers. It is also the resting place for Jedediah Foster, his wife and daughter, and Diederick Leertouwer."
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Old Indian Cemetery was established prior to 1710, at the time when citizens were returning to West Brookfield as the ferocity of King Philip’s War began to subside. Although the name implies otherwise, there are no Indians interred in the cemetery.
The one-acre Old Indian Cemetery has remained the same size since its inception. It was West Brookfield’s principal burying ground until 1850 when the town acquired the private cemetery which is now known as Pine Grove. Burials, according to the Old Indian Cemetery gravestones, diminished during the late 1810s, slowing to five after 1825, with the most recent gravestone, that of David Crowell, bearing the date Dec. 13, 1852.
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