FORM E - BURIAL GROUNDS

Office.; of the Secretary, State IIouae, Boston

Religious affiliation non-denominational

Lwner _______ Town of  Rockland

Who has further information about burial ground?

1. Town Rockland

Location Liberty Street

Name ___Old Town Cemetery

Condition: Well kept up X ' Ndglp-te?1

(if neglected, explain how)

What type information: lot plans inscriptions

gravestone descriptions other

Approx. number gravestones 75

Earliest death date 1770

2. HISTORY OF BURIAL GROUND

This site was first used by Laban Stetson as a burial place for

his child. The land was given for a cemetery by Captain Abraham Shaw.

The earliest surviving gravestone is 1770, although Ida R. Totman, in

her 1912 paper. "Cemeteries of Abington", states that the cemetery was

used earlier than that. (Totman. page 5). Caleb Chard, who served in the

French and Indian War and in 'the Revolutionary War under General Washington,

is buried here. Along with the Maplewood Cemetery, this is one of the

two oldest in Rockland. Members of the earliest families of East Abington

are buried here, including Beals, Shaws. Pools,. Whitings , Vinings and

Curtese.

MONUMENTS-Overall condition: x upright fallen (approx. no.)

inscription If ability

Name of Recorder R. G. Reed

Organization Herschensohn & Reed Associates.

Date: 6/81

For MHC use: USGS_

Form #

ioM-2.«g-»4«86» (3.5M-2-76)

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