Point of Graves

Established in 1671 on land deeded to the town by Capt. John Pickering. Located on Mechanic Street next to the Prescott Park planting beds and overlooking the Piscataqua River. No gravestones survived previous to 1682 because Capt. Pickering's cattle was allowed to continue grazing among the gravestones after the burying ground was established.

It contains some of the finest examples of early gravestone artistry by many Massachusetts sculptors including Bostonians William Mumford, a Quaker; Nathaniel Emmes; John Homer; and the carver known only by his initials “JN” (possibly the silversmith John Noyes). Other carvers include brothers Caleb and Nathaniel Lamson and possibly their father and mentor, Joseph, of Charlestown; James Foster of Dorchester; and John Hartshorne and Joseph Mullicken of Haverhill.

Each of these signs. part of the City-wide historic marker program, explains the historical significance of each cemetery:

Point of Graves Left Marker and Right Marker

Buried here are:

Benjamin Allcock d. 1730

Hannah Ayers (Ayrs) d. 1718

Sarah Ayers d. 1827

Mary Blagdon d. 1735

William Button d. 1693, an extremely unique and elaboratly carved puritan-era gravestone.

Mary Cameron d. 1720

John Clark d. 1694

John Dennett, Esq. d. 1709

Elizabeth Elatson d. 1794, died a few weeks after suffering in a fire that consumed her son-in-law Rev. Nathaniel Rogers' house.

Elizabeth Frost d. 1696

Capt. Jethro Furber d. 1738

Margaret Gardner d. 1723

Mehitable Gerrish d. 1715

John Hoddy d. 1684

Anna Huntress d. 1847, age 98.

Capt. Joshua Lang Huntress d. 1802, master at arms on the Ranger commanded by John Paul Jones. (Revolutionary War)

Mary Ingraham d. 1720

John Jackson d. 1690/1

Mary Jackson d. 1763

Anne Jaffrey d. 1682

Richard Jose d. 1707

Mary Hoddy Keais d. 1711

Mehitable Langdon d. 1762

Elizabeth Lear d. 1774

Sarah Loud d. 1738

Sarah Macphaedris/Macpheadris d. 1719

Mary March d. 1759

Nathaniel Marshall, Esq. d. 1812

Obadiah Marshall d. 1746

Jane Meserve d. 1747, wife of Col. Nathaniel Meserve who once had a home and shipyard near the bridge on what is now Maplewood Ave., that produced the ship "America" and many others. He also was a Colonel in the French and Indian War and at the Seige of Louisberg, where he saved the cause from disaster by constructing sledges to pull the cannon through the wilderness.

John Moulton d. 1719

Lucey Moulton d. 1733

Nathaniel Nelson d. 1846

Nehemiah Partridge d. 1709

William Partridge d. 1718, a shipwright and early Lieutenant Governor.

Elizabeth Peirce d. 1717

Elizabeth Peirce d. 1732

Thomas Phipps d. 1712

Elizabeth Pike d. 1719/20

John Plaisted d. 1712

Sarah Redford d. 1695

Elizabeth Rogers d. 1794

John Rogers d. 1719

Sarah Sargent d. 1771

Eleanor Shackford d. 1804

John Shackford d. 1778

Abraham Shaw d. 1817

Elizabeth Shaw d. 1825

John Simes d. 1725

Joseph Small d. 1720

Elizabeth Eliot Vaughan d. 1750

Lt. Governor George Vaughan d. 1724, Justice of Common Pleas and Governor of New Hampshire.

Lt. Col. William Vaughan d. 1746, first suggested and led troops in the Seige of Louisbourg. (French & Indian War.

William Vaughan d. 1719

Elizabeth Waterhouse d. 1736

Samuel Waterhouse d. 1744/45

Lyddia Webber d. 1721

Richard Webber d. 1720