. History of the town of Hingham, Massachusetts . blankets, — that they were of personswho died of small-pox in flingham soon after the war of theRevolution ; but as the Indians had neither blankets nor tar to usebefore the locality was inhabited by Englishmen, the reliabilityof the tradition is In neither instance, however, dothese statements detract from the antiquity of this cemetery, forthere were families bearing the surnames Bacon, Chubbuck, Dun-bar, Jacob, Russell, Tower, Whiton, Wilder, etc., residing hereseveral years before 1681, when the new meeting-house waserected ; a
. History of the town of Hingham, Massachusetts . blankets, — that they were of personswho died of small-pox in flingham soon after the war of theRevolution ; but as the Indians had neither blankets nor tar to usebefore the locality was inhabited by Englishmen, the reliabilityof the tradition is In neither instance, however, dothese statements detract from the antiquity of this cemetery, forthere were families bearing the surnames Bacon, Chubbuck, Dun-bar, Jacob, Russell, Tower, Whiton, Wilder, etc., residing hereseveral years before 1681, when the new meeting-house waserected ; and without doubt these families found it more con-venient to have a burial-ground in their locality than to put upwith the inconvenience of conveying their dead a distance ofthree or four miles. The oldest stone in this yard from whichany information can be gained was designed and is inscribed asfollows: — HERE LIETH BURIED Ye BODY OF JANE RUSSELL WIFE TO GEORGE RUSSELL AGED AB™sht 83 YEars DIED FEBRUARY Y 23, 1688 364 History of ENTRANCE TO HIGH STREET CEMETERY. Other inscriptions prior to 1700 are : — HERE LYETH YE BODY OF M™ MARY IACOB Y WIFE OF CAPT IOHN IACOB SHE DIED OCTr 2 1691. HERE LYETH Ye Body of Capt JOHN JACOB Aged About 63 Dyed September y* 19, 1693. HERE LYETH BURIED Y BODY of GEORGE RUSSELL AGED 99 YEARS Died ye 26th of MAY 1694. MARY IACOB Y DAVGTER of IOSEPH IACOB AGED 8 YE8 6 M° 6 Dayes DYED MARCH Y 22169*. HERE LYETH BVRIED Ye BODY of SAMUEL IACOB AGED NERE 24 YEARS DYED OCTOBER y<= 29 1695. RACHEL CUSHING AGED 2 YEARE DIED SEPEM yc 9. 1699. MARY CUSHING AGED 9 YEARs DIED AVGVST ye 8 1699. Burial-grounds. 365 From 1797 to 1855 this cemetery was controlled and supportedby the Parish, and, singular as it may now appear, the recordsshow that from 1806 to 1811, inclusive—certain income was re-ceived from letting the same annually to the highest bidder for asheep and calf pasture. Land was purchased and annexed to theoriginal site in 180
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