Central Burying Ground
Also known as Old Burying Ground
Carlisle, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
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Carlisle, Massachusetts 01741 United StatesCoordinates: 42.52972, -71.34900 - www.carlislema.gov/Pages/CarlisleMA_Cemetery/index
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A significant piece of business after the Second District of Carlisle was established in 1780 was the purchase of land for a burying place. The April 5, 1784 District Meeting voted "that there be one-half acre of Land provided for the use of a burying-place including the spot of ground that hath been made use of for that purpose already." The land referred to belonged jointly to Timothy Wilkins' son and grandson, Timothy Wilkins Jr. and Timothy Wilkins III, who sold it to the district for 26 shillings. The small plot lay on the west side of the road to Chelmsford (today's Lowell Street), a short distance north of the meetinghouse and common. The Wilkins family, along with some neighbors, apparently had used it as a family burial plot for many years, and it has been conjectured that members of the first Wilkins generation may be buried in unmarked graves in the southwest part of the property.
The last burial in the Central Burying Ground, reported to be that of Susannah (Wheeler) Hutchinson, took place in 1875.
The cemetery sits on .44 acre. The earliest death date is ca. 1778, the latest 1875.
The Massachusetts Historical Commission refers to this cemetery in MACRIS as CAR.800 Central Burying Ground.
This cemetery is referred to as GR1 Old Burying Ground in the "Vital Records of Carlisle Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849."
A significant piece of business after the Second District of Carlisle was established in 1780 was the purchase of land for a burying place. The April 5, 1784 District Meeting voted "that there be one-half acre of Land provided for the use of a burying-place including the spot of ground that hath been made use of for that purpose already." The land referred to belonged jointly to Timothy Wilkins' son and grandson, Timothy Wilkins Jr. and Timothy Wilkins III, who sold it to the district for 26 shillings. The small plot lay on the west side of the road to Chelmsford (today's Lowell Street), a short distance north of the meetinghouse and common. The Wilkins family, along with some neighbors, apparently had used it as a family burial plot for many years, and it has been conjectured that members of the first Wilkins generation may be buried in unmarked graves in the southwest part of the property.
The last burial in the Central Burying Ground, reported to be that of Susannah (Wheeler) Hutchinson, took place in 1875.
The cemetery sits on .44 acre. The earliest death date is ca. 1778, the latest 1875.
The Massachusetts Historical Commission refers to this cemetery in MACRIS as CAR.800 Central Burying Ground.
This cemetery is referred to as GR1 Old Burying Ground in the "Vital Records of Carlisle Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849."
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- Added: 15 Apr 2006
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2173374
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