Cape Cod History Blog (Capecodonline.com) Quaker Burial Ground By Robin Smith-Johnson, Published May 11, 2012
In 1694, the town of Sandwich gave to "their neighbors called Quakers, half an acre of ground for a burial place on the hill above the Canoe Swamp and between the 'Ways' at Spring Hill." According to capecodquakers.org, Sandwich has the oldest continuous meeting in America. The first meeting took place on April 13, 1657 at the home of William and Priscilla Allen at Spring Hill, East Sandwich. These early Quakers were persecuted and even jailed for holding illegal meetings. When Edward Perry, an early Quaker, died in 1695, there was no stone to mark his grave. It was the practice at the time to bury Quakers in unmarked graves. Perry was one of the first settlers of the town of Bourne and the first known clerk of the Meeting. He was often called "Edward, the Quaker". Added by Perry Baker Hall, his 7th great-grandson.
He settled in Scorton on the eastside of Sandwich and was a leading member of the first Quaker establishment on the continent.
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Edward's parents:
Edmund Perry b. 1588- 1636
Mother Sarah Betts.b. 1592- 1659
I believe he had another son named Samuel
In 1694, the town of Sandwich gave to "their neighbors called Quakers, half an acre of ground for a burial place on the hill above the Canoe Swamp and between the 'Ways' at Spring Hill." According to capecodquakers.org, Sandwich has the oldest continuous meeting in America. The first meeting took place on April 13, 1657 at the home of William and Priscilla Allen at Spring Hill, East Sandwich. These early Quakers were persecuted and even jailed for holding illegal meetings. When Edward Perry, an early Quaker, died in 1695, there was no stone to mark his grave. It was the practice at the time to bury Quakers in unmarked graves. Perry was one of the first settlers of the town of Bourne and the first known clerk of the Meeting. He was often called "Edward, the Quaker". Added by Perry Baker Hall, his 7th great-grandson.
He settled in Scorton on the eastside of Sandwich and was a leading member of the first Quaker establishment on the continent.
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Edward's parents:
Edmund Perry b. 1588- 1636
Mother Sarah Betts.b. 1592- 1659
I believe he had another son named Samuel
Cape Cod History Blog (Capecodonline.com) Quaker Burial Ground By Robin Smith-Johnson, Published May 11, 2012
In 1694, the town of Sandwich gave to "their neighbors called Quakers, half an acre of ground for a burial place on the hill above the Canoe Swamp and between the 'Ways' at Spring Hill." According to capecodquakers.org, Sandwich has the oldest continuous meeting in America. The first meeting took place on April 13, 1657 at the home of William and Priscilla Allen at Spring Hill, East Sandwich. These early Quakers were persecuted and even jailed for holding illegal meetings. When Edward Perry, an early Quaker, died in 1695, there was no stone to mark his grave. It was the practice at the time to bury Quakers in unmarked graves. Perry was one of the first settlers of the town of Bourne and the first known clerk of the Meeting. He was often called "Edward, the Quaker". Added by Perry Baker Hall, his 7th great-grandson.
He settled in Scorton on the eastside of Sandwich and was a leading member of the first Quaker establishment on the continent.
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Edward's parents:
Edmund Perry b. 1588- 1636
Mother Sarah Betts.b. 1592- 1659
I believe he had another son named Samuel
In 1694, the town of Sandwich gave to "their neighbors called Quakers, half an acre of ground for a burial place on the hill above the Canoe Swamp and between the 'Ways' at Spring Hill." According to capecodquakers.org, Sandwich has the oldest continuous meeting in America. The first meeting took place on April 13, 1657 at the home of William and Priscilla Allen at Spring Hill, East Sandwich. These early Quakers were persecuted and even jailed for holding illegal meetings. When Edward Perry, an early Quaker, died in 1695, there was no stone to mark his grave. It was the practice at the time to bury Quakers in unmarked graves. Perry was one of the first settlers of the town of Bourne and the first known clerk of the Meeting. He was often called "Edward, the Quaker". Added by Perry Baker Hall, his 7th great-grandson.
He settled in Scorton on the eastside of Sandwich and was a leading member of the first Quaker establishment on the continent.
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Edward's parents:
Edmund Perry b. 1588- 1636
Mother Sarah Betts.b. 1592- 1659
I believe he had another son named Samuel
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