East End Burying Ground in East Falmouth, Massachusetts

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Get directions Hatchville and Sandwich Road
East Falmouth, Massachusetts, USA

Coordinates: 41.60594, -70.56829
Cemetery ID: 2281806

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The left hand two thirds of the cemetery are maintained by the Town of Falmouth. The right hand side of this cemetery is maintained by Falmouth Jewish Congregation . There are newer burials on the right hand side but this is not the Jewish Cemetery.The Falmouth Jewish Congregation Cemetery is across the street and is separate.

Inscriptions from the white bronze monument to the left of the Meeting House explain the history of this cemetery.

1st panel dated 1796-1902

East Falmouth Congregational Church

Built in 1797;

turned around and spire put on in 1842

2nd panel

In Memory of

Ezekial

Robinson

Who gave

The land for the church

and

Free Burying Ground

in 1796.

3rd panel

In Memory of

Sheubel

Lawrence,Jr.

Who gave

The Society in 1841,

$10,000.00,

The income of which

to be used to

maintain preaching.

4th panel

Falmouth Jewish

Congregation

accepted from

East End Meeting House

Society

November 23, 1992