Records in the Woodside Cemetery at Yarmouth Village [Barnstable Co., MA]
Also Private Burial Grounds

Extracted from Gravestone Records
In the Ancient Cemetery & Woodside Cemetery
Yarmouth, Massachusetts
From Literal Copies of the Inscriptions Made at the Expense of
Thomas W. THATCHER & Stanley W. SMITH
Compiled by George Ernest BOWMAN
Boston, Mass., 1906

Transcribed by Jane Devlin




  • AREY, Catherine, wife of Thomas, d. 6 Mar 1836, aged 30
  • AREY, Hannah, wife of Thomas, d. 28 Jun 1845, aged 32 yrs, 8 mos, 11 dys
  • BARBER, Mary, wife of Samuel, of Boston, d. 25 Aug 1847, aged 76
  • BASSETT, Betsey R., widow of Joshua, d. 17 Jun 1850, aged 78 yrs, 3 mos [On her husband's stone]
  • BASSETT, Joshua, d. 28 May 1836, aged 67 yrs, 9 mos. "A kind and affectionate Father a loving praying Mother."
  • BAXTER, Isabella G., dau. of John A. & Elizabeth, d. 25 Dec 1742, aged 23 mos, 11 dys
  • BAXTER, John A., son of John A. & Elizabeth, d. 12 Nov 1849, aged 2 yrs, 4 mos, 18 dys
  • BAXTER, John G., son of John A. & Elizabeth, d. 14 Mar 1836, aged 5 wks
  • BAXTER, Priscilla B., dau. of John A. & Elizabeth, d. 21 Mar 1840, aged 19 mos
  • BEARSE, Sally T., wife of Lothrop L., d. 5 Apr 1849, aged 39
  • BOYNTON, Louisa, wife of Perkins, d. 6 May 1838, aged 29 yrs, 8 mos. "affection never found a kinder mother."
  • BURGESS, Eliza, wife of Jonathan, also widow of John THACHER, Jr., d. 19 Mar 1855, aged 60
  • CROCKER, Daniel, son of Daniel & Lucinda D., d. 17 Oct 1841, aged 6 dys
  • CROCKER, Lucinda D., dau. of Daniel & Lucinda D., d. 31 Aug 1838, aged 18 mos
  • CROCKER, Mary S., dau. of Edward W. & Sally, d. 9 Sep 1830, aged 2 yrs, 12 dys
  • CROCKER, Mary S., dau. of Edward W. & Sally, d. 17 Mar 1832, aged 6 mos
  • CROWELL, Hannah, dau. of Otis & Sarah, d. 20 Sep 1834, aged 16 dys
  • CROWELL, Rodman, son of Otis & Sarah, d. 18 Jul 1844, aged 11 mos, 2 dys
  • EDSON, Charles, son of Eliphalet & Polly, drowned 16 Mar 1840, aged 10
  • EDSON, Thomas, son of Eliphalet & Polly, d. 20 Sep 1843, aged 16
  • ELDRIDGE, Elizabeth, dau. of John & Keziah, d. 13 Jul 1838, aged 1 yr, 27 dys
  • ELDRIDGE, ___, dau. of John & Keziah, d. 3 Aug 1831, aged 4 dys
  • ELDRIDGE, John, son of John & Keziah, d. 22 Apr 1828, aged 8 mos, 15 dys
  • ELDRIDGE, John, son of John & Keziah, d. 4 Feb 1836, aged 2 yrs, 28 dys
  • FISHER, Miriam Germain, dau. of William S. & Elizabeth I., d. 20 Sep 1846, aged 6 yrs, 2½ mos
  • FITZPATRICK, Esther, wife of Andrew, d. 22 Feb 1830, aged 41
  • GAGE, Ebenezer, d. 1 Nov 1830, aged 78 yrs, 3 dys
  • GAGE, Jane, widow of Ebenezer, d. 28 Dec 1834, in her 75th yr
  • GORHAM, Almira, dau. of Thacher & Dinah, d. 1 Nov 1837, aged 1 yr, 6 dys
  • GORHAM, Eleanor T., dau. of Sylvanus & Lydia, d. 21 Nov 1848, aged 29
  • GORHAM, Hezekiah, b. 1776; d. 8 Aug 1835, aged 59
  • GORHAM, Thacher, son of Thacher & Dinah, d. 2 Oct 1842, aged 1 yr, 11 mos
  • GRAY, Isabella, dau. of John & Sarah, d. at Boston, 22 Apr 1834, aged 15 yrs, 7 mos
  • GRAY, John (Jr.), d. 8 Sep 1828, in his 35th yr. Entombed at Chelsea, 9 Sep & removed to this spot 12 Dec 1828. "A husband, father, friend behold."
  • GRAY, Joseph W., d. 28 Sep 1845, aged 31
  • GRAY, Joseph WARREN, son of Joseph W. & Lucy, d. 26 Jan 1846, aged 6 mos
  • HALE, George H., son of Joseph & Sally H., b. 2 Jul 1843; d. 15 Jul 1848
  • HALE, Henry, son of Joseph & Sally H., b. 5 Mar 1841, d. 14 Jun 1846
  • HALE, Sally H., wife of Joseph, b. 22 Jan 1807; d. 18 Jun 1846
  • HALLET, Abner, b. 28 Mar 1764; d. at Aux Cays, 7 Jan 1797
  • HALLET, Anna, wife of Bangs, 1809 -- 1887 [On her husband's stone]
  • HALLET, Ansel (Capt.), d. 3 Feb 1822, aged 61
  • HALLET, Bangs, son of Bangs & Anna, b. 3 Sep 1838; d. 21 Apr 1839
  • HALLET, Bangs, 1807 -- 1893
  • HALLET, ____, dau. of Bangs & Anna, b. 6 Mar 1837, d. 1837
  • HALLET, ____, son of Bangs and Anna, 1844 -- 1844 [On his father's stone]
  • HALLET, ____, dau. of Bangs & Anna, d. 25 Apr 1846, aged 7 wks
  • HALLET, ____, dau. of Bangs & Anna, 1852 -- 1852 [On her father's stone]
  • HALLET, Charles, d. 26 Sep 1832, aged 43
  • HALLET, Charles Lewis, first officer of Bark Zamora, wrecked near Monument Point, Plymouth. He lost his life attempting to reach the shore to save the lives of those on board, 16 Dec 1845, aged 25
  • HALLET, Charlotte, dau. of Edward & Rebecca, d. 12 Oct 1825, aged 1 yr, 16 dys
  • HALLET, Charlotte (Mrs.), d. 26 Sep 1848, aged 39 yrs, 7 mos
  • HALLET, Edith, dau. of Edward & Rebecca, d. 19 May 1840, aged 4½ mos
  • HALLET, Edward B., b. 16 Mar 1782; d. 5 Sep 1847
  • HALLET, Eliza B., dau. of Calvin & Elizabeth, d. 14 Dec 1845, aged 5 yrs, 9 mos, 8 dys
  • HALLET, Elizabeth A., daughter of Calvin & Elizabeth, d. 10 Sep 1849, aged 1 yr 10 mos, 28 dys
  • HALLET, Ellen, dau. of Edward & Rebecca, d. 9 May 1840, aged 3
  • HALLET, Francis, lost at sea, 1846, aged 37
  • HALLET, George, son of Ebenezer & Olive, d. at New Bedford, 12 Jan 1847, aged 19
  • HALLET, Gideon E., d. at Memphis, Tenn., 21 Oct 1840, aged 30
  • HALLET, Gideon E., son of Edward & Rebecca, d. 9 Oct 1843, aged 6 mos
  • HALLET, Grace, wife of Thomas, d. 1 Nov 1848, aged 21 [On her husband's stone]
  • HALLET, James, son of James G. & Mary, d. 17 Apr 1839, aged 48 dys
  • HALLET, ____, son of James G. & Mary, d. 31 Mar 1836, aged 3 dys
  • HALLET, ____, son of James G. & Mary, d. 18 Nov 1846, aged 1 day
  • HALLET, Jeremiah, d. 28 Jun 1839, aged 64
  • HALLET, John C., son of Andrews & Hetty D., d. 24 Mar 1834, aged 3
  • HALLET, Joseph, b. 6 Oct 1819; d. 27 Oct 1849
  • HALLET, Josephine Comstock, dau. of Franklin & Meribah R., d. 4 Dec 1850, aged 14½ mos
  • HALLET, ___, child of Franklin & Meribah R., d. 5 May 1848, aged 5 dys
  • HALLET, Lot, d. 16 Sep 1848, aged 70 yrs, 11 mos
  • HALLET, Lovilla, wife of Joseph, d. 26 Dec 1846, aged 25 [On her husband's stone]
  • HALLET, Lucy, wife of Joshua, d. 31 Dec 1846, aged 65 yrs, 9 mos
  • HALLET, Lucy, d. Dec 1842, aged 4 [In lot with Lothrop & Catherine HALLET]
  • HALLET, Marianne, dau. of Bangs & Anna, d. 20 Sep 1846, aged 3 yrs, 6 mos, 4 dys
  • HALLET, Mary, wife of Abner, b. 1 Sep 1762, d. 4 May 1845 [On her husband's stone]
  • HALLET, Mercy, wife of Randal, d. 8 Sep 1831, in her 30th yr
  • HALLET, Nathan, son of Ansel & Anne, d. 26 Mar 1806, aged 11 mos
  • HALLET, O. H., son of Randal & Mercy, b. 27 Jul 1830; d. 31 May 1831
  • HALLET, Oliver, b. 8 Nov 1792; d. 2 Jul 1842
  • HALLET, Polly, wife of Timothy, d. 23 Sep 1840, aged 61
  • HALLET, Randal, d. 19 Mar 1832 in his 34th yr
  • HALLET, Reuben, son of Ansel & Anna, d. 26 Apr 1814, aged 5 yrs, 17 dys
  • HALLET, Thomas, d. 1 Sep 1861, aged 41
  • HALLET, William B., son of Francis & Lucy, d. 2 Nov 1843, aged 13 mos, 19 dys
  • HALLET, Winslow, son of Francis & Lucy, lost at sea, Nov 1864, aged 24 yrs, 6 mos [On stone with Francis]
  • HAMBLIN, Benjamin, 1798 -- 1837
  • HAMBLIN, Benjamin, 1836 -- 1838 [on stone with Elizabeth]
  • HAMBLIN, Elizabeth, 1834 -- 1837 [on stone with Benjamin]
  • HAMBLIN, Hannah, wife of Joseph, b. 16 Mar 1773; d. 9 Feb 1842
  • HAMBLIN, Hannah S., 1800 -- 1884 [On stone of Benjamin who died 1837]
  • HAMBLIN, Lucia D., child of Benjamin & Eleanor, d. 21 Sep 1833, aged 8 mos, 14 dys
  • HAMBLIN, Thomas W., son of Benjamin N. & Eleanor, d. 29 Aug 1838, aged 13 mos, 23 dys
  • HAMMOND, Anna, widow of Shubael of Middleborough, d. 10 Jun 1842, aged 84
  • HARDEN - HARDING, Jacob G., son of Wilber & Hannah, d. 23 Feb 1840, aged 1 yr, 5 mos, 9 dys
  • HARDEN - HARDING, Wilber K., son of Wilber & Hannah, d. 23 Jul 1837, aged 3
  • HARDEN - HARDING, Wilber K., d. 29 Oct 1845, aged 45
  • HEDGE, Abram (Capt.), son of Dr. James & Abigail, Master of ship Coquimbo, d. on his passage from Gibraltar to Boston, 24 Apr 1848, aged 29 [on stone with Adeline]
  • HEDGE, Adeline, dau. of Dr. James & Abigail, d. 25 Aug 1836, aged 19½ yrs [on stone with Abram]
  • HEDGE, Thankful, widow of Isaac, d. 2 Dec 1849, aged 81 yrs, 9 mos
  • HODGES, Herbert, son of Joseph P. & Jane W., d. 20 May 1849, aged 5 mos, 23 dys
  • HOWES, Abigail, wife of Prince, d. 13 May 1833, aged 63 [On stone of Prince who died 1832]
  • HOWES, Frederic Meriam, son of Frederic & Eliza F., b. 12 Mar 1841; d. 31 Dec 1845. [On stone with Lucy Ada]
  • HOWES, Lucy Ada, dau. of Frederic & Eliza F., b. 9 Oct 1843; d. 27 Dec 1845 [On stone with Frederic Meriam]
  • HOWES, Olive, dau. of Ebenezer & Ruth, b. 14 Nov 1763; d. 20 May 1848
  • HOWES, Patience, wife of Ebenezer, d. 29 Aug 1834, aged 55
  • HOWES, Prince, d. 27 Sep 1832, aged 62
  • HOWES, Prince, d. 13 Apr 1842, aged 41
  • JOHNSON, Mary, wife of Thomas, d. 9 Apr 1844, aged 88
  • LEWIS, Blana (Mr.), d. 22 Jan 1846, aged 41½
  • LOVELL, Nelson T., son of Eldred & Charity, d. 17 Oct 1842, aged 19 mos
  • MARSTON, Mary E., dau. of Warren & Elizabeth, d. 1 Aug 1846, aged 10 mos
  • MARSTON, Nabby, wife of David, d. 29 Jan 1846, aged 36
  • MARSTON, ___, Infant son of David & Nabby. [On his mother's stone]
  • MATTHEWS, Edwin, d. at Charleston, S.C., 28 Mar 1846, aged 21 [On stone with Theodore]
  • MATTHEWS, George, son of George & Alice, d. 5 Nov 1834, aged 15 dys
  • MATTHEWS, Lucy, wife of Nathaniel, also widow of Francis HALLETT, b. 25 Mar 1809; d. 13 Apr 1876 [On stone of Francis HALLETT]
  • MATTHEWS, Prince, b. 27 Jul 1812; d. 9 Apr 1848
  • MATTHEWS, ____, Infant son of Prince & Lucy S., d. 9 Dec 1838
  • MATTHEWS, Theodore, d. 23 Jan 1846, aged 24 [On stone with Edwin]
  • MATTHEWS, William A., d. 18 Jun 1836, aged 43
  • MERIAM, Mary Ann, b. 13 Nov 1817; d. 17 Nov 1845
  • REED, Harriet Fiske, dau. of Timothy & Susan P., d. 8 Oct 1831, aged 16 wks
  • REED, Susan Pierce, wife of Timothy, Esq., d. 5 Jul 1831, aged 27. "Her children arise up, & call her blessed."
  • RYDER, Hester Ann R., dau. of Benjamin & Betsey, d. 7 Nov 1842, aged 15 yrs, 7 mos, 28 dys
  • RYDER, Preserved S., son of Benjamin & Betsy, d. 1 Jan 1840, aged 21
  • RYDER, Sarah Ann, wife of George, d. 21 Jan 1850, aged 27
  • RYDER, Theodore H., son of Edmund H. & Elizabeth A., b. 12 Aug 1845; d. 3 Sep 1847
  • SEARS, Ebenezer, son of Ebenezer & Hannah, d. 13 Sep 1788, aged 14 mos, 24 dys [on stone with unnamed daughter & Warren]
  • SEARS, Ebenezer (Capt.), a revolutionary soldier, d. 17 Sep 1835, aged 80
  • SEARS, Ebenezer, d. in Boston, 29 May 1845, aged 27 [on stone with Joshua]
  • SEARS, Hannah, wife of Ebenezer, d. 18 Feb 1817, aged 47
  • SEARS, ___, dau. of Ebenezer & Hannah, d. 8 May 1797, aged 5 mos, 5 dys [on stone with Ebenezer, d. 1788, & Warren]
  • SEARS, Joshua, d. in Burlington, Wis., 8 Oct 1837, aged 22 [on stone with Ebenezer who d. 1845]
  • SEARS, Warren, son of Ebenezer & Hannah, d. 9 Jan 1811, aged 9 mos, 11 dys [on stone with Ebenezer, d. 1788, & unnamed daughter]
  • SIMPKINS, Eliza J. Thacher, wife of of N. S., 1803 -- 1836
  • SOUTHWARD, John, son of Capt. William & Emily, b. in Baltimore, Md., d. 1 Feb 1842, aged 21 yrs, 8 mos. "In memory of our Brother."
  • SNOW, David, d. in Nashua, N.H., 20 Feb 1845, aged 35 yrs 6 mos
  • SNOW, Jane, wife of David, d. 15 Dec 1835, aged 22 yrs, 8 dys
  • THACHER, Barnabas, b. 26 Aug 1768; d. 26 Sep 1832
  • THACHER, Betsey Howes, dau. of Col. Rufus L. & Betsey, d. 14 Aug 1833, aged 6 mos
  • THACHER, Charles, son of H. & E., d. 21 Aug 1824, aged 32 mos, 20 dys
  • THACHER, Cornelia, dau. of Henry & Elizabeth, d. 20 Jul 1826, aged 21 mos
  • THACHER, Elizabeth, wife of Henry, Esq., d. 17 Dec 1846, aged 61
  • THACHER, George, son of Henry & Elizabeth, d. 31 Dec 1835, aged 19
  • THACHER, Harriet H., dau. of Paddock & Lucy, d. 14 Oct 1826, aged 1 yr, 15 dys
  • THACHER, Henry (Esq.), d. 30 Jul 1833, aged 55
  • THACHER, Henry G., son of Henry & Elizabeth, d. 10 Jan 1833, aged 27
  • THACHER, Jane H., dau. of Rufus L. & Betsey, d. 14 Feb 1844, aged 3 yrs, 2 mos [on stone with Rufus L. who d. 1844]
  • THACHER, John (Jr.), d. 10 Jun 1827, aged 44 [on stone of Mrs. Eliza BURGESS]
  • THACHER, Joshua, son of Edward & Lydia T., d. 12 Sep 1826, aged 18 mos
  • THACHER, Joshua G., son of Edward & Lydia T., d. 19 May 1829, aged 1 month
  • THACHER, Lucy Ellen, dau. of Paddock & Lucy, d. 1 Jun 1839, aged 19 mos
  • THACHER, Lydia T., wife of Edward, b. 22 Nov 1802; d. 4 Jul 1835
  • THACHER, Maria E., dau. of Henry & Elizabeth, d. 31 Aug 1837, aged 23
  • THACHER, Mary, wife of Barnabas, b. 28 Aug 1769, d. 11 Aug 1838
  • THACHER, Mary B., dau. of Henry & Elizabeth, d. 9 Nov 1827, aged 18
  • THACHER, Mary Gorham, 2 Feb 1822; 18 Sep 1850 [on stone with Mary Gorham below]
  • THACHER, Mary Gorham, 18 Sep 1850; 14 Oct 1850 [on stone with Mary Gorham above]
  • THACHER, Rufus L., son of Rufus L. & Betsey, d. 12 Feb 1844, aged 1 yr, 2 mos [on stone with Jane H.]
  • THACHER, Rufus L., son of Capt Rufus L. & Betsey, d. 23 Feb 1832, aged 3 mos, 24 dys
  • THACHER, Russell, son of Paddock & Lucy, d. 4 Aug 1824, aged 15 mos, 21 dys
  • THACHER, Sally, dau. of Henry & Elizabeth, d. 19 Mar 1826, aged 14
  • THACHER, ___, son of Thomas & Mary Gorham, d. 16 Aug 1846
  • THACHER, ___, dau. of Thomas & Mary Gorham, d. 16 Aug 1846
  • THACHER, Winslow L., son of Henry & Elizabeth, d. 14 Apr 1834, aged 26
  • WHITE, Prentiss, d. at New Orleans, La., 24 Aug 1842, aged 42


RECORDS IN PRIVATE BURIAL GROUNDS




  • John ELDREDGE, d. of small pox, 6 Jan 1797, in his 54th yr
  • Isaac MATTHEWS, d. of small pox, 15 Dec 1796, in his 61st yr
  • E. T. & S. T. [On one stone between two graves]

    [These three stones are in a private gro9und, northwest from Follen's Pond, and southeast from the house of David Welden, which is on the road from Dennis to South Yarmouth]

  • John HALL, d. of small pox, 14 Dec 1801, in his 64th yr

    [This stone is in the wood lot of Albert Taylor, north of the State Road to Brewster, near the Dennis line.]

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