Old Burying Ground
Also known as First Congregational Churchyard
Wakefield, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
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Wakefield, Massachusetts 01880 United StatesCoordinates: 42.50695, -71.07398 - www.wakefield.ma.us/cemetery-division
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In 1846 the burial ground was recognized as being too small for the growing town and a number of citizens formed the Lakeside Cemetery as a private cemetery further north and west on Lake Quannapowitt.
There are approximately 600 headstones. The earliest death date is 1681, the latest 1926.
The Massachusetts Historical Commission refers to this cemetery in MACRIS as WAK.801 Old Burial Ground.
This cemetery is referred to as GR1 Old Cemetery, formerly Town Burying Ground in the "Vital Records of Wakefield Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849."
In 1846 the burial ground was recognized as being too small for the growing town and a number of citizens formed the Lakeside Cemetery as a private cemetery further north and west on Lake Quannapowitt.
There are approximately 600 headstones. The earliest death date is 1681, the latest 1926.
The Massachusetts Historical Commission refers to this cemetery in MACRIS as WAK.801 Old Burial Ground.
This cemetery is referred to as GR1 Old Cemetery, formerly Town Burying Ground in the "Vital Records of Wakefield Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849."
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- Added: 1 Jan 2000
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 91376
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