PEABODY FAMILY BURYING GROUND
A.K.A. CEMETERY NEAR EAST SCHOOL HOUSE
MIDDLETON MASSACHUSETTS

This family cemetery has graves for Revolutionary and Civil War veterans.
Many have exhortative inscriptions.  Those & other edittings are to ellipses.
Additions from state and local vital records are enclosed in square brackets.

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Peabody Family
Burying Ground
Conveyed to
The Society for the preservation of
New England Antiquities
February third 1932
Maintained by an Endowment
Given at the Request of
George Augustus Peabody, Esqr.
late of
Danvers Massachusetts

Erected in memory of
Dea. Benjamin Peabody
who died Sept. 10, 1829.
AEt. 88. ...
[flag]

In Memory of
Mrs. Hannah
wife of
Col. Benjamin Peabody
who died
Jan. 25, 1821.
AEt. 76.

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Dea. Francis Peabody
Born ...17...
Died ... AEt. ...
... [possibly sunken]

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Abby W.
wife of
Eben Goodhue
Died Mar: 7, 1861
AEt. 77 yrs. 6 mos.

Mehitable Wilkins
Died
November 6, 1854
Aged 88 years

In Memory of
Mr. Levi Curtis,
who died
April 2, 1832
aged 44 years.

In Memory of
Mrs. Abigill,
wife of Mr. Levi Curtis,
who died
Jan. 12, 1830.
AEt. 27.

Rachel
widow of
Joseph Averill,
Died Dec. 24, 1846,
AEt. 68.

Nehemiah Wilkins
died
June 19, 1811,
AEt. 59 y's. 10 m's.

Sarah,
Wife of Nehemiah
Wilkins,
died Jan. 2, 1844,
AEt. 93 y's. 3 m's.

In Memory of
Jacob Perkins
who died
Jan. 21, 1834,
AEt. 48.

In Memory of
Mr.
Oliver Perkins,
who died
Jan. 30, 1826,
AEt. 82.
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In memory of
Mrs. Lucy,
wife of
Mr. Oliver Perkins,
who died
May 9, 1822,
AEt. 72.

In Memory of
Cynthia Perkins
who died
Aug. 24, 1830,
AEt. 25.
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In memory of
Mr. Allen Knight
who died
July 14, 1825,
AEt. 48.

Miss Alethea
P., daughter of
Mr. Allen and
Mrs. Sarah Knight,
died April 22, 1826,
AEt. 10 ys. & 6 ms.
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Jesse Perkins
Died
Feb. 27, 1843

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[Lucy Perkins]
[Nov.] 18, 1856
Aged 83
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Samuel Nichols,
Died
Sept. 25, 1817,
AEt. 68.
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Affa
wife of
Samuel Nichols,
Died
April 26, 1878,
Aged 95 years.
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In memory of
Mrs. Mary,
wife of Dea. John Nichols,
who died
Jan. 11, 1837
AEt. 82.

In memory of
Dea. John Nichols
who died
Nov. 7, 1827,
AEt. 74.
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In memory of
Mrs. Sarah,
wife of Dea. John Nichols,
who died
March 13, 1813,
AEt. 62.
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Lucy Gould
Died Nov. 27, 1876
Aged 88 ys. & 8 ms.

In memory of
Mr. Asa Gould
who died
Sept. 1, 1888,
Age 48.

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Amos Fletcher
Died
Apr. 4, 1861,
AE. 71 yrs. 8 mos.
22 days.
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Sally Fletcher
Died
Mar. 31, 1881
AE. 81 yrs. 9 mos.
12 days.
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Transcribed by Barry Gates in 2005.

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