For years, I wondered where they were/ are buried. Now I know.
The couple appears to be split up, buried in two locations…
John is in in the Old Somerville Cemetery, also known as the Bridge Street Cemetery, or Old Rarity Cemetery, which is part of a larger combined cemetery.
Peggy is in First Reformed Church Cemetery of New Brunswick, NJ; Lot 216.
Lewis Condict and many of his family are buried in the graveyard of The First Presbyterian Churchyard Morristown, NJ.
Contact information:
Website: http://www.pcmorristown.org/home
Email mail@pcmorristown.org
Phone 973-538-1776
Fax 973-538-7879
The Presbyterian Church in Morristown has two facilities:
Information on the graveyard itself: http://www.pcmorristown.org/about-us/graveyard
Google maps:
In the waning years of his life, Charley Mudge’s father, Enoch Redington Mudge, devoted himself to the construction of an Episcopal church in Lynn: St. Stephen’s.
The church has its own website, including a section on its history, here; there is a very good Wikipedia entry, here; and a recent newspaper article on the thought process that went into giving the building, interspersed with a short bio on Enoch Mudge, here.
Going there is profoundly different than reading about it. I urge you. Make the trip.
Contact Info:
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The gravesite is in the center courtyard of the building, called “The Garth.” It’s best to call ahead, as there is no access during off hours.
Directions to Harmony Grove in Salem, MA, tel: (978) 744-0554:
From 128 N take the exit opposite the North Shore Mall (#25), marked 114 E towards Salem. Drive along the twists and turns of 114 until, coming into Salem, you hit a large traffic light. Go R onto School St. and follow that up a hill until it T’s out, and then go L, maybe twenty yards until you come to the stop sign. Go R and you’ll start down a hill, with the road curving to the left. The entrance to the cemetery is about 200 yards past the stop sign on the right.
Once you’re there…
Proceed into the grounds, past the chapel on your left, and drive along the hillside on Highland Ave. After passing two paved cemetery roads on your right, Summit Ave. and Maple Ave., you’ll see a little path running down the hill on your left. This is Thyme Path. Park and walk down. Officially, the Peabodys are on Ivy Path, but it doesn’t matter. You’ll see the assembled family on your left. They include:
As a miscellaneous note, Gertrude was originally buried in lot # 1158, Francis Peabody’s lot, but was later moved to #1553. This would speak to her death preceding those of her neighbors by at least 25 yrs.
Also, George Peabody’s immense memorial is also there in Harmony Grove, and you can see it as you drive along Highland Ave., down the hill, on your left. It is just past the point where Meadow Ave turns into Dell Ave, at the entrance to Locust Path. Capt Joseph Peabody is nearby, where Dell Ave. meets Chapel Ave. and Grove Ave.
So many of our people are buried here, I thought I would give the map its own page. Go!
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580 Mt Auburn St, Cambridge, MA 02138
Our earliest Groton ancestors, i.e. Lawrences, Tarbells, Parkers, and others who preceded Samuel and Susanna Lawrence, are interred in the Old Burying Ground in the center of town. (Many of the graves are worn and illegible, but Samuel Abbott Green compiled an interesting book of the headstone inscriptions there, Epitaphs from the Old Burying Ground in Groton, Massachusetts.) The Old Burying Ground is located here.
Our more “recent” kin, recent by New England standards, starting with Samuel and Susanna Lawrence, are buried in the Groton Cemetery, a little further towards the outskirts of town.
Both of these places are well worth the trip.
Kinsmen and Kinswomen 