ANCIENT NORTH BEVERLY CEMETERY
BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS

The cemetery is located on Conant Street, between Dodge (US-1A) & Cabot (MA-97),
in North Beverly, just down the street from the Second Congregational Church.
Most of the graves are for early members of that church.

Many of the piles of broken stone fragments do not belong to the same stone.
Many of the remaining gravestones have pictures, reminscences, and exhortations.
Those and other editings are to ellipses ("...").
Areas of location are approximate, and from memory.

[Left, First Area]

Here Lyes the Body of
Hannah the Wife of
the Rev. John Chipman
who Died Iune 24.
1769 AEtat 61
...

Huic tumulo mandantun reliquae
Reverendi et admodum venerablis
JOHANNIS CHIPMAN AM.
Academiae Harvardinae alumni,
Et fecundae Ecclefiae Beverlacenfis,
Per annos quinquaginta novem et ultra;
Paftoris fidelis,
Vin mente folida et eruditione utili confpicui;
Literarum facrarum peritia praecipue infignis;
Verbum praedicando gravis et pungentis;
Jefu religionis amore penetrati,
Et praecepta ejus exemplo fuo alios docentis;
Ecclefiae praefidendo vigilantis et integri;
Toti gregi benevolentis et aequi;
Bonos omnium fectarum ex animo complexi,
Officius mutuis focialibusq fungendo eximii;
Domui fuae omnis virtutis chriftiana exemplaris;
Profperis minime inflati;
In adverfis patientifsimi;
Qui longaevitate laturatus,
Firmifsima fpe beatae immortalitatis,
Animam efflavit,
XXIII d[i]e Martii,
Anno falutis humanae MDCCLXXV.
AEtatisq fuae LXXXV.
.
IOHANNIS CHIPMAN AM.
MDCCLXXV.

Here Lyes the Body of
Rebekah the Wife of
the Rev. John Chipman
who died Iuly 4, 1751
AEtat 50.
...

[Near and Middle and Far Right, First Area]

Here Lyes Buried          Here Lyes Buried
the Body of M'r.          the Body of M'rs.
NATHANIEL RAYMOND         REBECKAH RAYMOND
Who departed from         Wife of NATHANIEL
Life Janu'ry y'e 8, 1749  RAYMOND Who
Aged 78 Years             Departed this life
& 10 Months.              Decem'br y'e 2, 1760
                          Aged 89 Years
                          & 11 Months.
.
M'rs. REBECKAH            M'r. NATHANIEL
RAYMOND                   RAYMOND

In Memory of
M'rs. JOANNA DODGE
Wife of M'r.
ISRAEL DODGE
Who departed this
Life Oct'r 21'st 1764 in y'e
20'th Year of Her Age.

In Memory of
Mifs Molly Dodge
Daug'r of M'r Caleb
& M'rs Hannah Dodge
who died Oct'r 25'th
1773 In the 13'th year
of her age.
.
Mifs Molly Dodge

In Memory of
Mr. Ifrael Woodburry Physician
Who died Feb'y
14'th 1797
in the 63'rd year
of his age.
...
.
Ifrael Woodburry

N. W. C.
M. A. C.

[Near Right, Second Area]

MARTHA
Consort of John Low, Efq.
of Lyman [Maine] died with a short Ill-
ness on a visit to this Place,
Sept. 26, 1805 in her 60'th year.
...
.
Martha Low
1805.

Mr. S. Baker
.
THIS
MONUMENT
is erected
In Memory of
Mr. SIMEON BAKER
who died
June 12, 1800.
AEt. 43.
...

[Far Right, Second Area]

In Memory of
Mr. Nathaniel Raymond
who departed this Life
June 11'th 1789;
Aged 79 years.
.
Mr. Nat. Raymond

Here Lyes Buried the
Body of
LYDIA, the wife of
M'r. ROBERT DODGE
who Died April y'e 6'th 1759
in the 68'th Year
of her Age.
.
M'rs. LYDIA
DODGE

Here Lyes Buried the
Body of
M'r. ROBERT DODGE
who Died Jan'ry y'e 1'st 1764
in the 78'th Year
of his Age.
.
M'r. ROBERT
DODGE

[stones piled]
... [three fragments]

Here [Lyes Buried the B]ody of
M'r. Isaa[c?] Dodge
who died Octo'r 19,
1769.
Aged 60.

[Far Right, Third Area]

In Memory of
CAP'T. CALEB DODGE
who departed this
Life March 6'th 1798
in the 84'th year of
his age.
.
Cap't. Caleb Dodge

In Memory of
Mrs. HANNAH DODGE
wife of
Cap't. CALEB DODGE
who departed this life
Sep't. 27'th 1795 In
the 80'th year of her
age.
.
Mrs. Hannah
Dodge

[Left, Larger Fourth Area]

Here Lyes Buried
the Body of
Mr. GIDEON REA
Aged 50 years and
10 months who died
Feb'y. 19, 1749.

Cap't John
Dodge

[Near Right, Larger Fourth Area]

[fragment]
... em
Dodge who de[parted?] in her ...
the 37 ... 7 3 ...
...

[fragment, poss. same stone as above]
...[Di?]ed decembe[r?]...
..

[full stone]
... [face missing]

[full stone]
... [lichen-covered and sunken]

[stones piled]
... [two fragments]

[head/foot stone]
... [lichen-covered and sunken]

Here Lyeth y'e Body
of Sarah Crefy [Cressy] wife
of Joseph Crefy who
died Sept. y'e 30'th 1732
Aged about 31 years.

[Middle Right, Larger Fourth Area]

Here lies
teh Body of
Deac. JOSHUA DODGE
who Departed this
Life Dec'r 20, 1772
in the 77 Year
of his Age.

[Blue paint on skull image]
Here Lies
The Body of
M'rs. HANNAH DODGE
Relict of
Deacon JOSHUA DODGE,
who departed this Life
May 31, 1783
Aged 84 years.

Mrs. HANNAH
DODGE

The 2 Children of Barnabas
and Jane Raymond
---
Rachel died y'e    Mary died y'e
8'th of June 1726  8'th of December
in the 2'nd year   1728 in y'e 2 year
of her Age.        of her Age.

Here Lyes y'e
Body of Barnabas
Rayment Who
died Feb'ry y'e 12th
173'4/5 in y'e 34'th
year of his Age.

Here lyes the        Here lyes ye Body
Body of Dea'con      of Mrs. SARAH
JONATH RAYMOND       RAYMOND wife to
who died Jan'ry      Dea'con JONATHAN
14'th Anno Dom 1745  RAYMOND who died
in the 77            Feb'ry 17'th 1747 in
year of his          the 77'th year
Age.                 of her Age.


??? [poor picture]


[Far Right, Larger Fourth Area]

... [pair of broken stones, slate and red slate]

... [illegible white stone with flower]

In Memory of      M'rs. Hannah
M'r. Jofiah       Woodbury wife
Woodbury who      of M'r Jofiah
departed this     Woodbury who
Life Dec'r 12'th  departed this
1773 in the       Life June 12'th 1761,
64'th year of     in the 47'th year
his age.          of her age.
.
M'rs. Hannah      M'r. Jofiah
Woodbury          Woodbury

... [broken white stone illegible]

... [illegible white footstone]

In Memory of
Mr. BENJAMIN JONES Jun.
who departed this Life
Jan'ry 4'th 1776 in the
37'th year of his age.
.
M'r. Benj. Jones Jun'r.

Here lies buried
the body of MR'S
MARY IONES [Mary Jones] the
wife of D'R. BENJ'A.
IONES who died
March 2'nd, 1747'8 in
the 31'st year
of her Age.
.
[footstone]
...

[full stone]
In Memory of
D'r. BENJAMIN JONES Efq.
who departed this Life
June 23, 1794 in the
78'th year of his Age.
...
[blue paint on middle of face]
.
[footstone]
Dr. Benj'a Jones Efq'r

[white stone, illegible]
Miss ... Jones
...
Died Feb 28, 1798
AEt. 76.
...
.
[white footstone illegible]
...

[Near Right, Fifth Area]

... [pair of broken stone tops]

[Far Right, Fifth Area]

... [broken stone, face missing, illegible]

Here Lyes y'e Body of
Ebenezer Raymen'd who Die'd
May y'e 21'st 174[7] in
[the 57?'th] year o[f]
[his] Age.

... [stone with skull only, face missing]

[Far Right, Sixth Area]

CAPTAIN
EDWARD
RAYMOND departed
THis Life Nouem THe
6'th 1727 AEtatis 60.

[END OF DAY ONE]

[partially sunken stone, skull and rosettas]
Here Lyes Ye Body [face eroded, also lichen]
...
...
... [one or two letters visible, but illegible]

[similar stone to previous]
Here Lye'th Y'e
Body of [face eroded, also lichen]
...
...
...7...
...

Elifabeth Mechem
.
Here Lyeth the
Body of Elifabeth
Mechem wife to
James Mechem
who died Nov'mr
y'e 13'th 1735 in y'e
52'nd year of her
Age.

Here lyeth y'e body
of John Herrick fon
'to John & Mehitabel --
Herrick who died
Janu'ary y'e 21'th 1725/6
in y'e 2'd year of his
Age.
.
[footstone]
John Herrick

[Left, Seventh Area]

Erected in Memory of
Mrs. Tabitha P. Toutain
wife of Mr. Andrew Toutain
who died May 15'th
 1 7 9 2
Aged 24 Years
& 6 Months.

[Right, Seventh Area]

[footstone]
IOSEPH [HERRI?]CK
.
Here Lyes y'e Body
of M'r. IOSEPH HERRIC'K
who died Febu'ry
y'e 4'th in y'e 73 Year
of his Age 1717/18.

In Memory of
Mr JOSIAH BATCHELDE'R
who departed this
Life March 14'th/..
1798, in the 89 year
of his age.
.
Mr
Jofiah Batchelder

In Memory of
Mrs. MARY BATCHELDER
wife of
Mr. JOSIAH BATCHELDER,
who departed this Life
March 1'st/: 1792; In the
78'th/.. year of her age.
.
Mrs. Mary
Batchelder

In Memory of
Mr. JOSIAH BATCHELDER/,
who departed this Life
Oct'r 1749, In the
70'th/.. year of his age.
.
Mr Jofiah
Batchelder

[Right, Eighth Area]

In memory of
Mrs. HULDAH WOODBERRY
wife of
Mr. JOSEPH WOODBERRY,
who died
June 8, 1773 in her
28 year.

[full stone]
...

Here lyes Buried
the Body of
M'rs. MARY WOODBURY
widow of Deacon PETER
WOODBURY died Nov'r 20'th 1763
In y'e 90'th Year of her Age.
.
M'rs. MARY
WOOB'D'URY

Here Lyeth y'e
Body of William
Prince died Jan'ry
14'th 1730/1 in 39'th year
of his Age.
[Wi?]lliam fon to
[William &?] Sarah Prince
[who?] died Jan'ry 21
1731/2 in y'e 5'th year
of his Age.
Alfo fix infants
they have buri'ed

[partially sunken full stone]
...
William ...
...
... [appears to be last line due to border]

[Right, Ninth Area]

Here [L]yes y'e Body
of M'rs Sarah Wid'o to
Dea'n Jn[o?] Cr'e'sy Died [4'th]
of April 175[1], in
the 86['th] Year of
her Age.
.
Sarah
Crefy

Here Lyeth the
Body of Deacon
John Crefy who
died July y'e 22'd 1735
In y'e 76'th year of
his Age.

Here Lyeth the body of
John Trafk [Trask] who died May
y'e 13'th 1720
aged 63 [was 73]
years.

[broken stone fragments]
MARY
[TR?]ASK

[sunken stone]
... [face illegible]

ELISABETH TRASK
daughter of Mr.
EBENEZER and MARY
TRASK who died
April 8'th 1753 in
the 22'nd year
of her age.

... [broken stone bottom]

[footstone]
JSRAEL
TRASK

[footstone]
ELISABTH
TRASK [above?]

... [unmarked sunken grave]

... [unmarked sunken grave]

[Left Far Corner]

Here lyes y'e Body
of M'r. BENARGES
RAYMOND
Who Died Fe[brua]r
19, 1747 in y'e [about 50th?]
Year [of] his Age.

[END OF CEMETERY]

Copyright (C) 2006 by Barry D. Gates.