Colonel Samuel Pierce, 1739-1815 no. 23781 Colonel Samuel Pierce, A Colonel of the revolution, who lived in the Pierce House on Oakton Avenue. Samuel was a builder by trade. He enlarged the Lemuel Clap House in 1765. Colonel Samuel, as he was familiarly called,...
Rachel Blake 1741-1825 no. 223782 Miss Rachel Blake was the last Blake to live in the Blake House. Upon her death in 1825, the house was sold to Caleb Williams. Rachel Blake was born in 1741, one of five children of John Blake, cordwainer, and Abigail (Preston)...
Receiving Tomb Dorchester Old North Burying Ground no. 23783 Tomb 315 Receiving Tomb, formerly Mr. Swett’s Tomb. Child of Zebedee Cook’s, November 23, 1826, 7 m. (Placed in the tomb when it belonged to Mr. Swett) The Receiving Tomb was used to store bodies until the...
Richard Mather, 1596-1669, Puritan minister of the Dorchester church from 1636 to 1669 no. 441 no. tomb 23775 Mather tomb at left in photo Tomb 46. Rev. Richard Mather D.O.M.: Sacer...
Moseley John, 1612-1661 no. 23772 Inscription: JOHN MOSELEY, came from Lancashire England, and settled in Dorchester, in 1630. He died Oct. 27, 1661. CICILY MOSELEY his wife died Dec. 3, 1661. Cicily Hulme Moseley, 1613-1661 FindaGrave.com John Moseley, 55, died on...
