Burial Grounds of Southampton throughout its History
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West Part Cemetery
West Part Cemetery is from 1788
CORBIN collection
Eliphalet Hatch and his wife share a footstone. The headstone once faced to the west and the footstone does face to the east correctly so.
Revolutionary War soldiers
Ransford Avery
Samuel Burt (deacon and first settler)
Gad Pomeroy
Isaac Parsons
Eunice Clark
Gridley Cemetery
Southampton Center Cemetery
Southampton Center Cemetery is from 1738. The brick tomb vault is from 1874.
The fence around the Chapman area is from 1835 and is most likely to avoid graverobbers. The poled off area around the Chauncey Clapp area is for a family plot. In front of the plot is the early burials of the Clapp family.
Through the old road down the middle of the cemetery, there are three old burials to point out. These three are to the left of the dirt road. The Samuel Edwards from 1784 would have had his upper torso positioned such that if his upper body bent up at the Resurrection Day he would be looking to the east. The inscription on this headstone would have faced to the west and would be at his head. The inscription on this footstone would have faced to the east and would be at his feet. His body would lie on an east-west axis.
The Phineas King from 1768 would have had his upper torso positioned such that if his upper body bent up at the Resurrection Day he would be looking to the west. He would thusly be looking away from the Judgement. The inscription on this headstone would have faced to the east and would be at his head. The inscription on this footstone would have faced to the west and would be at his feet. His body would lie on an east-west axis.
Simeon Wait is the first burial in this cemetery. He was buried here in 1737 or 1738.
Farther down this dirt road is the burial for Dwight Bartlett. He died in 1861 due to the American Civil War due to a disease. He might have died locally. Just beyond him is William Kingsley who died in 1864 in Spotsylvania Courthouse of Virginia.
As you went down this dirt road, you would have passed by Jonathan Judd who is buried with his son using table gravestones for each. The father died in 1761. He was the first minister in Southampton and served as such for 60 years. FINDAGRAVE
Josiah Gridley a medical doctor is at the right side of the cemetery. FINDAGRAVE His parents are buried in a separate cemetery within Southampton – the Gridley Cemetery.
CORBIN collection
Civil War Monument
FINDAGRAVE
Simeon Wait is the first burial – FINDAGRAVE
| military person | death | burial | burial link |
| Anson B Norton | Southampton | Burial | |
| Albert H Strong | Southampton | Burial | |
| Rufus W Robinson | Andersonville | Andersonville | Burial |
| Rufus A Street | New Orleans | Southampton | Burial |
| Marcus E Lyon | Burial | ||
| Jeremiah M Johnson | Burial | ||
| Edwin C Parsons | Burial | ||
| Hiram A Eaton | Burial | ||
| Charles H Searle | Burial | ||
| Charles T Eggleston | Burial | ||
| Lewis F Swint | Burial | ||
| Alonzo A Lyman | Burial | ||
| Frederick D Simpson | Burial | ||
| Chauncey Hendrick | Burial | ||
| John Quinn | Burial | ||
| Perry M Coleman | Fair Oaks VA | Southampton | Burial |
| Phineas F Knight | Chantilly VA | Burial | |
| Hiram Spooner | Cold Harbor VA | Burial | |
| George C Clark | Burial | ||
| George M Wolcott | Burial | ||
| John S Hyde | Burial | ||
| William M Kingsley | Burial | ||
| Dwight Bartlett | Burial | ||
| George Brown | Burial | ||
| Erastus Cook | Burial | ||
| Henry Hilton | Burial | ||
| Richard Leverton | Burial | ||
| George Roy | Burial | ||
Southampton
It was settled in 1732 and became a town in 1775.
Southampton Town Hall (1902) – 8 East Street
Southampton First Congregational Church
Southampton Center Historic District
Lockville Historic District
Lyman Pond
Clearwater Woodlands Conservation Area – MAP – 111 Glendale Road – follow the blue blazes – over 1 mile
Libraries of Southampton
The Reservoirs of Southampton (list)
Labrie Field – 30 Strong Road
Cemeteries
Burial Grounds of Southampton throughout its History
Sources
Edwards Public Library – https://southamptonlibrary.org/ and https://historicalresourcesofsouthampton.org/
Sholes Cemetery
Holland Cemetery
Holland Cemetery is off of Brimfield Road.
Holland
Holland
Holland Pond
Holland Town Library 1912
Hamilton Reservoir
The Cemeteries of Holland
Goshen Center Cemetery
Highland Ponds and the DAR State Forest
Highland Ponds and the DAR State Forest are great places to visit and I have been there often.
Lower Highland Lake was made by the CCC in the 1930s. The dam was a 1840 mill dam that was improved. It was owned by the Hampshire Water Power Company.
Upper Highland Lake has a mill dam from 1873. It was renovated by the CCC also.
The DAR State Forest was made in 1929 when the DAR gave the state a forest. The CCC built Moore Hill Road in 1933. The State Forest is in both Goshen and in Ashfield.
In DAR State Forest at Twinning Brook there is a dam system. There is a spillway there too.