The history of Mount Feake Cemetery dates to 1856 when, according to the Walthams Sentinel, "the subject of a new cemetery came before the town". At that time "seven persons, including the selectman, were appointed on a committee to report a suitable location for a new burial ground".
The cemetery derived its name from that given to the highest hill within Walthams limits by Governor John Winthrop in 1632. The hill was named for Robert Feake who married Winthrop's daughter. The rise of the ground west of Mount Feake was called Winthrop Hill. The bay at the southwest side of the one leading toward it were given the Indian name of the river Quinobiquin, meaning crooked. The four original owners of the cemetery grounds were Oldham (1634), Dummer (1659), Harrington (1684), and Gale (1661).
The cemetery sits on about 84.78 acres. The earliest death date in 1857.
The Massachusetts Historical Commission refers to this cemetery in MACRIS as WLT.801 Mount Feake Cemetery.
The history of Mount Feake Cemetery dates to 1856 when, according to the Walthams Sentinel, "the subject of a new cemetery came before the town". At that time "seven persons, including the selectman, were appointed on a committee to report a suitable location for a new burial ground".
The cemetery derived its name from that given to the highest hill within Walthams limits by Governor John Winthrop in 1632. The hill was named for Robert Feake who married Winthrop's daughter. The rise of the ground west of Mount Feake was called Winthrop Hill. The bay at the southwest side of the one leading toward it were given the Indian name of the river Quinobiquin, meaning crooked. The four original owners of the cemetery grounds were Oldham (1634), Dummer (1659), Harrington (1684), and Gale (1661).
The cemetery sits on about 84.78 acres. The earliest death date in 1857.
The Massachusetts Historical Commission refers to this cemetery in MACRIS as WLT.801 Mount Feake Cemetery.
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