Bradford Burial Ground, Bradford, MA

Bradford Burial Ground, Bradford, MA

BRADFORD BURIAL GROUND
GIVEN TO THE TOWN BY JOHN HASELTINE IN 1665 AS A PLACE
TO "SET THEIR MEETINGHOUSE AND FOR A BURYING PLACE."
-so says a plaque placed here in 1982.
This historic site is very neglected, tree limbs crush stones every year,
I've hauled out bottles and trash several times, and the stones get
spray painted every now and then. Very sad.

BRADFORD BURIAL GROUND
GIVEN TO THE TOWN BY JOHN HASELTINE IN 1665 AS A PLACE
TO "SET THEIR MEETINGHOUSE AND FOR A BURYING PLACE."

Burial site of all the early inhabitants of Bradford, including four of the first five ministers - Z Symmes, T Symmes, J Parsons, and J Allen. Also site of the first (1671-1706) and second (1706-1751) meeting houses, town pound (1686) and first schoolhouse (1713). Nearby were the first houses of the settlement (1649) and the first (1668) and second (1708) parsonage houses.

This stone placed in 1982 in observance of the 300th anniversary of the

First Church of Christ, Bradford.