Cemetery with Howard/ Hayward Families in West Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. Date sent: Sat, 05 Jul 1997 01:58:31 -0400 From: Pam Reid Organization: My Place To: hbladm1@uconnvm.uconn.edu Subject: Plymouth County Cemetery Files Recorded by Gaytha Wallace; Ajquaid@AOL.com; 28 Sep 1989 Cemetery located: from Boston, south on Rte 24 to Exit 16B; proceed right on Hwy 106 West; travel one block's distance, turn right onto Manley Street, travel 1 « miles, through West St. intersection, to cemetery, located on left and alongside of street. Location of cemetary incorporated in West Bridgewater. It is bordered on three sides by a rock wall with farm area directly behind it. Very few headstones are marred by graffiti; however, age and weather have taken their toll. Many headstones covered by lichen while others are worn smooth or broken. These headstones are located together and to the left of the grounds: Miss Charity Howard d. 4 Dec 1829 age:82y Mr. Joshua Howard d. 31 Mar 1780 age:29y Abiel Howard, M.D. d.10 Jan 1777 age:73y Mrs. Silence Howard d. 17 Aug 1775 age:62y wife of Abiel Howard Daniel Howard d.23 Mar 1782 age:35y Located more towards center of cemetery: Jonathan Bum d.24 Jan 1797 age:66y Mrs. Martha Bum d.12 Dec 17?1 age:55y wife of Jonathan Bum Mrs. Bum's date of death may be 1791, digit was very difficult to read Located to right of cemetery and grouped together: Orr Hayward d. 15 Feb 1797 age: 6m son of Solomon and Martha Hayward B. Hayward d.6 Feb 1802 age: 4y daughter of Solomon and Martha Hayward Sarah Kingman d. 8 Nov 1789 age: 65y wife of Mr. ???ander Kingman (letters worn out) Mrs. Mary Hayward d. 4 Dec 1787 age:65y wife of Mr. Abner Hayward Same headstone: John Burr d. 16 May 1777 age: 82y Mrs. Silence Burr d.6May 1773 age:68y Silence Burr d.20 Mar 1789 age:6y daughter of Seth and Charity Burr Thomas d.14 Mar 1762 age:4y son of David and Mary (Last name unreadable) Mary Hayward d.15 Jun 1749 age:6y6m daughter of Benjamin and Sarah Hayward Same Headstone: Reverend Mr. Samuel Hartwell d.25 Dec 1760 age:67y ??(my be Jonas) Hartwell d. 18 Feb 176? Age: 40y Hannah Hartwell d.30 Jan 1761 age: unknown Peter Hayward d.13 Jan 1753 age:2y son of Peter and Abigail Hayward Abigail Hayward d. 21 Apr 1760 age: 15y Daughter of Peter and Abigail Hayward Peter Hayward d. 14 Jul 1765 age:66y Abigail Hayward d.9 Oct 1776 age:67y Mrs. Mary Hayward d. 6 Oct 1813 age:61y wife of Jonathan Hayward Jonathan Hayward d. 30Apr 1821 age:89y Kezia Howard d. 26 May 1811 age:50y wife of Thaddeus Howard John Howard d.17 Mar 1753 b.30 Sep 1750 son of Thaddeus Howard ????? d.23 Dec 1774 age:6y daughter of Phillip and Hannah Reynolds-headstone broken away Freelove Brett d.12 Jan 1779 age:33y daughter of John and Allice Hannah Brett d.20 Oct 1779 age:26y duaghter of John and Allice John Britt d.28 Aug 1793 age:88y Allice Britt d.1 Dec 1794 age:81y (Note: Brett and Britt spellings, written as recorded on headstone) Anna Williams d.4 Sep 1776 age: unreadable wife of George Williams