d: 1736 - Silence Whitmarsh
d: 1710 - Elizabeth Cotton
Old North Weymouth Cemetery - Weymouth, MA
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Weymouth, MA is the 2nd oldest city in the country where Plymouth, MA is the first.
Founded in 1622 and incorporated in 1635, it was the sight of some of the first
skirmishes with the already weakened native American and the "new" colonists.
The most powerful and influential Sachems of the day once reigned the area such
as Massasoit and his son Metacomet. Myles Standish came to town in April of
1623 to wage a battle that is considered by many the first major act of deceit and
violence against the Massachusetts Indians, the native peoples, that marked the
end of their reign. Records indicate that the great Indian Leaders, Wituwamut and
Pecksuot were slain here by Myles Standish and his men. Years later, King Philips
War raged though the town in the height of the battle.
The township in those days was a bustling hub of travellers from Boston to
Plymouth. Shipbuilding, farming and trades in iron wares and shoes kept
Weymouth on the map for centuries to come. The Old North Weymouth Cemetery
is the present day site of the Abigail Adams Birthplace. Amongst the notables
buried there are Thomas Watson, founder of the Fore River Shipyard and
assistant to Alexander Graham Bell. The former Fore River Shipyard is just a
couple miles to the North.
Founded in 1622 and incorporated in 1635, it was the sight of some of the first
skirmishes with the already weakened native American and the "new" colonists.
The most powerful and influential Sachems of the day once reigned the area such
as Massasoit and his son Metacomet. Myles Standish came to town in April of
1623 to wage a battle that is considered by many the first major act of deceit and
violence against the Massachusetts Indians, the native peoples, that marked the
end of their reign. Records indicate that the great Indian Leaders, Wituwamut and
Pecksuot were slain here by Myles Standish and his men. Years later, King Philips
War raged though the town in the height of the battle.
The township in those days was a bustling hub of travellers from Boston to
Plymouth. Shipbuilding, farming and trades in iron wares and shoes kept
Weymouth on the map for centuries to come. The Old North Weymouth Cemetery
is the present day site of the Abigail Adams Birthplace. Amongst the notables
buried there are Thomas Watson, founder of the Fore River Shipyard and
assistant to Alexander Graham Bell. The former Fore River Shipyard is just a
couple miles to the North.
d: 1820 - Samuel Bedlam
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d: 1698 - Thankful Humphery
d: 1934 - Thomas Watson
d: 1623 - Local lore says that
Wituwamut and Pecksuot are
supposedly interred here.
Wituwamut and Pecksuot are
supposedly interred here.
d: 1686 - Edward Bate