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​Fir​st Burial Ground

The historic First Burial Ground on Park Street is the City’s first and oldest cemetery. It is also the final resting place of Woburn’s early settlers, military heroes, church leaders, oldest families, and descendants of several U.S. Presidents.  After Woburn founding in 1640, the first burial occurred in 1642 following the death of a child, Hannah Richardson. Woburn’s most important outdoor museum saw the burials of most of the original founders and their families, the first ministers of the First Parish, direct descendants of eight American Presidents, the many veterans of the King Philip’s War, French and Indian Wars and Revolutionary War, Colonel Loammi Baldwin, architect of the Middlesex Canal, his son, Loammi, the younger, the “Father of American Civil Engineering,” Daniel Thompson, Woburn’s first military casualty of the Revolutionary War shot on April 19, 1775 and numerous others who gave of themselves to build a better town for their progeny. When the First Burial Ground was full, the First Parish opened the Second Burial Ground in 1794. Interred is the next generation of Woburn families including 56 veterans of the Revolutionary War.


As the town grew and families arrived, it was necessary for the church to create a cemetery.

established as the First Burial Ground in 1642. While it is clear from Town records that the first death in Woburn occurred in 1642, it is not as certain whether one month old Hannah Richardson was buried there. Woburn historian William Cutter does, however, note that early records indicate the Burial Grounds use in 1642.


Located on a rocky hill, the location of the cemetery might symbolically reflect a closeness to God but more likely the decision was made as a thrifty use of land not suitable for farming. Many headstones face west, that is, the inscriptions faced west and the footstones faced east with mounded graves between the pairs. This represents the readiness of the deceased to “rise up and face the new day (the sun)” when “the trumpets shall sound and the dead shall be raised” at the coming of Christ. In most cemeteries of the period, the North side was less desirable and is often the last section to be used. Often the area is set aside for slaves, servants, suicides or unknowns.


Records indicate that family members of six of the seven founding fathers are buried in these sacred grounds but for many there are no headstones especially for the original founders. Captain Edward Johnson, the “Father of Woburn,” was the leader of the seven explorers that set out in 1640 from Charlestown and founded Woburn. He and his wife, Susan, had 7 children. He died in 1672 and curiously, no headstone marks the location of Captain Johnson but history records note his burial there.


Phillip Alexanders

          DoB:  ~~

          DoD:  05/13/1754 

died in Army at Lake George

Revolutionary War

Colonel Loammi Baldwin

DoB:  01/10/1744

DoD:  10/20/1807

Revolutionary War

John F Barrett

DoB:  10/04/1832

DoD:  10/14/1903

Jonathan Blanchard

DoB:  1720

DoD:  09/14/1727

Son of Jacob & Abigail

Elizabeth Blogget

DoB:  1695

DoD:  05/24/1713

Wife of Caleb

Headstone shows DoD as 1717

Martha Bordman

DoB:  ~~

DoD:  08/25/1752

Widow of Andrew

of Boston

(spelled 'Boardman' in death records)

Benjamin  Brooks

DoB: 01/1749

DoD:  09/01/1749

Son of Benjamin & Susanna

Benjamin Brooks

DoB:  1750

DoD:  03/17/1753

Son of Benjamin & Susanna

Betty Brooks

DoB:  ~~

DoD:  07/03/1764

Wife of Josiah

Elizabeth Brooks (left)

DoB: ~~


Elizabeth Brooks (right)

DoB: ~~


Hannah Brooks

DoB:  1716

DoD:  04/04/1742

Hephzibah Brooks

DoB:  ~~

DoD:  01/01/1746

Wife of Jabez

Isaac Brooks

DoB: ~~

DoD: 03/23/1768

King's Philip's War

Jabez Brooks

DoB: ~~

DoD: 01/30/1747

Jemima  Brooks

DoB:  ~~

DoD:  11/15/1774

Nathan Brooks

DoB: ~~

Nathan Brooks - Child​

Sarah Brooks

DoB: ~~

DoD: 02/21/1747

Rose Bruce

DoB: ~~

DoD: 09/21/1723

John Burbeen

DoB: ~~

DoD: 01/08/1713

King Philip's War

Abigail Carter (left)

DoB: ~~

DoD: 02/03/1772

Elizabeth Carter

DoB: ~~

DoD: 05/06/1691

Capt John Carter

DoB: ~~

DoD: 09/14/1692

King Philip's War

John Carter

DoB: ~~

DoD: 05/21/1705

Lt John Carter

DoB: ~~

DoD: 04/08/1727

King Philip's War

Joseph Johnson Carter (right)

DoB: ~~

DoD: 09/15/1775

Son of Jonathan & Sibyl

Margery Carter (right)

DoB: ~~

DoD: 09/23/1723

Daughter of Samuel & Margery

Margery Carter (left)

DoB: ~~

DoD: 09/27/1769

Wife of Captain Samuel

Ruth Carter

DoB: ~~

DoD: 01/11/1724

Sibyl Carter (middle)

DoB: ~~

DoD: 08/27/1775

Daughter of Jonathan & Sibyl

Susanna Carter

DoB: ~~

DoD: 08/12/1751

Wife of Thomas

Thomas Carter

DoB: ~~

DoD: 03/17/1753

William Carter

DoB: ~~

DoD: 10/06/1728

Revolutionary War

William Carter

1798

Aaron Cleveland

DoB: ~~

DoD: 09/14/1716

Henry Coggin

DoB: ~~

DoD: 03/29/1693

Son of John & Elizabeth

Henry Coggin

DoB: ~~

DoD: 03/29/1703

Son of John & Elizabeth

John Coggin

DoB: ~~

DoD: 03/09/1693

Son of John & Elizabeth

Capt John Coggin

DoB: ~~

DoD: 02/17/1725

Joseph Coggin

DoB: 09/22/1698

DoD: 09/22/1698

Son of John & Elizabeth

Ann Converse

DoB: ~~

DoD: 08/10/1691

Wife of Lt James

Ebenezer Converse

DoB: ~~

DoD: 11/09/1693

Son of James & Hannah

Edward Converse

DoB: 10/26 /1691

DoD: 10/28/1691

Son of Edward & Sarah

Edward Converse

DoB: ~~

DoD: 07/26/1692

Elizabeth Converse

DoB: ~~

DoD: 07/27/1694

Daughter of James & Hannah

Hester Converse

DoB: ~~

DoD: 11/07/1703

Daughter of Josiah & Ruth

Major James Converse

DoB: ~~

DoD: 07/08/1706

King Philip's War

Lt James Converse

DoB: ~~

DoD: 05/10/1715

King Philip's War

Deacon Josiah Converse

DoB: ~~

DoD: 02/03/1689-90


Josiah Converse

DoB: 1690

DoD: 12/30/1693

Son of Ruth & Josias

Capt Josiah Converse

DoB: ~~

DoD: 07/15/1717

Son of Deacon Josiah

Militia

Pashence Converse

DoB: ~~

DoD: 07/23/1707

Daughter of Major James & Hannah

Timothy Converse

DoB: 1693

DoD: 09/14/1693

Son of Josiah & Ruth

Ebenezer Converse

DoB: ~~

DoD: 09/06/1765

Anna Cooper

DoB: ~~

DoD: 03/09/1713

Elizabeth Cotton

DoB: ~~

DoD: 10/12/1742

Daughter of Rev Roland of Sandwich

Susanna Cotton

DoB: ~~

DoD: 08/03/1748

Daughter of Rev Josiah & Susanna

Judith Eames

DoB: ~~

DoD: 01/10/1766

Wife of Deacon Samuel

Nathan Eames

DoB: ~~

DoD: 07/21/1773

Son of Jacob & Rachel

Deacon Samuel Eames

DoB: ~~

DoD: 01/20/1775

Andrew Evans

DoB: ~~

DoD: 12/18/1778

Revolutionary War

Mary Evans

DoB: ~~

DoD: 08/31/1781

Widow of Andrew

Capt Abram Fifield

DoB: ~~

DoD: 09/12/1711

Militia

Ebenezer Flagg

DoB: ~~

DoD: 07/10/1746

Colonel Eleazer Flegg

DoB: ~~

DoD: 07/12/1726

Militia

Esther Flegg

DoB: ~~

DoD: 09/18/1744

Widow of Eleazer

Dorothy Fowle

DoB: ~~

DoD: 05/28/1704

Daughter of John & Elizabeth

Elizabeth Fowle

DoB: 1698??

DoD: 03/04/1699

Daughter of John & Elizabeth

Hannah Fowle

DoB: ~~

DoD: 10/03/1710

Daughter of John & Elizabeth

Lt James Fowle

DoB: ~~

DoD: 12/17/1690

Quebec Expedition

Capt James Fowle

DoB: ~~

DoD: 03/19/1713

Militia

John Fowle II

DoB: ~~

DoD: 12/08/1856

Jonathan Fowle

DoB: ~~

DoD: 11/21/1714

Son of John & Elizabeth

Susanna Fowle

DoB: ~~

DoD: 11/11/1767

Ann Fox

DoB: ~~

DoD: 08/05/1746

Wife of Jabez of Falmouth

Rev Jabez Fox

DoB: ~~

DoD: 02/28/1703

Dorothy Gardner

DoB: ~~

DoD: 02/11/1787

Wife of Samuel

Elizabeth Gardner

DoB: ~~

DoD: 06/03/1703

First wife of Henry

Henry Gardner

DoB: ~~

DoD: 02/20/1713

Son of Richard

Henry Gardner

DoB: ~~

DoD: 12/16/1763

Son of Henry & Elizabeth

Richard Gardner

DoB: ~~

DoD: 05/29/1698

John Giles

DoB: ~~

DoD: 01/20/1761

Hannah Green

DoB: 

DoD: 08/14/1713

Wife of Samuel

John Hartwell

DoB: ~~

DoD: 05/01/1734

Son of Deacon Joseph & Ruhamah

Deacon Joseph Hartwell

DoB: ~~

DoD: 11/15/1743

Priscilla Hartwell

DoB: ~~

DoD: 08/28/1725

Daughter of Deacon Joseph & Ruhamah

Ruhamah Hartwell

DoB: ~~

DoD: 07/11/1756

Widow of Deacon Joseph

Dr Jonathan Hayward

DoB: ~~

DoD: 08/13/1749

Dr Isaac Hill

DoB: ~~

DoD: 01/09/1723

John Holdin Jr

DoB: ~~

DoD: 01/23/1753

Mary Holdin

DoB: ~~

DoD: 11/21/1749

Wife of John

Esther Johnson

DoB: ~~

DoD: 12/27/1707

Martha Johnson

DoB: ~~

DoD: 08/25/1716

Wife of Josiah

Lt Matthew Johnson

DoB: ~~

DoD: 07/19/1696

Militia

Sarah Johnson

DoB: ~~

DoD: 10/14/1710

Wife of William Jr

Elizabeth Kendall

DoB: ~~

DoD: 01/10/1742

Wife of Samuel

Elizabeth Kendall

DoB: ~~

DoD: 12/11/1787

Daughter of Deacon Obadiah & Elizabeth

John Kendall 

(foot stone)

DoB: ~~

DoD: 10/17/1697

Son of Jacob & Alice

King Philip's War

Lt Samuel Kendall

DoB: ~~

DoD: 12/13/1764

Miitia

Elizabeth Locke 

DoD: 02/23/1720

Wife of John

Thomas Locke

DoB: ~~

DoD: 11/27/1717

Son of John & Elizabeth

Daniel Paine

DoB: ~~

DoD: 08/21/1712

Benjamin Pierce

DoB: ~~

DoD: 11/27/1713

Hannah Pierce

DoB: ~~

DoD: 10/23/1755

Daughter of Josiah & Hannah

Hannah Pierce

DoB: ~~

DoD: 12/24/1762

Daughter of Josiah & Ruth

Mary Pierce

DoB: ~~

DoD: 11/11/1753

Wife of Josiah Jr

Jonathan Poole, Esq

DoB: ~~

DoD: 02/08/1755

Eleazer Flegg Poole

DoB: ~~

DoD: 03/17/1776

Son of Jonathan Esq & Esther

Revolutionary War

Mary Poole

DoB: ~~

DoD: 03/24/1776

Wife of Eleazer F, Esq

Asahel Porter

DoB: ~~

DoD: 04/19/1775

Non Combatant

Abigail Reed

DoB: ~~

DoD: 09/09/1719

Wife of Deacon George

Abigail Reed

DoB: ~~

DoD: 12/07/1736

Daughter of Lt Thomas & Sarah

Elizabeth Reed

DoB: ~~

DoD: 12/09/1747

Daughter of Lt Israel & Hannah

George Reed

DoB: ~~

DoD: 10/06/1697

Son of George Jr & Abigail

Deacon George Reed

Lt Thomas DoB: ~~

DoD: 01/20/1756

Sarah Reed

DoB: ~~

DoD: 06/21/1737

Widow of Lt Thomas

Lt Thomas Reed

DoB: ~~

DoD: 08/18/1736

French & Indian War

Abigail Richardson

DoB: ~~

DoD: 09/17/1720

Widow of Stephen

Abigail Richardson

DoB: ~~

DoD: 10/02/1747

Daughter of Jonathan

Abigail Richardson

DoB: ~~

DoD: 07/23/1768

Daughter of Noah & Phebe

Asa Richardson

DoB: ~~

DoD: 03/17/1752

Bridget Richardson

DoB: ~~

DoD: 09/26/1736

Daughter of Capt Stephen  & Bridget

Bridget Richardson

DoB: ~~

DoD: 07/01/1750

Wife of Deacon Stephen

Daniel Richardson

DoB: ~~

DoD: 04/20/1749

Ebenezer Richardson

DoB: ~~

DoD: 02/24/1708

Son of Samuel & Susanna

Dr Edmund Richardson

DoB: ~~

DoD: 05/30/1761

Esther Richardson

DoB: ~~

DoD: 11/10/1727

Wife of Nathan

Eunice Richardson

DoB: ~~

DoD: 04/13/1748

Hannah Richardson

DoB: ~~

DoD: 09/07/1748

Wife of Jacob

Ichabod Richardson (left)

DoB: ~~

DoD: 03/12/1768

Capt James Richardson

DoB: ~~

DoD: 03/23/1722

French & Indian War

Jerusha Richardson

DoB: ~~

DoD: 04/10/1782

Wife of Edward

Lt John Richardson

DoB: ~~

DoD: 01/01/1697

King Philip's War

John Richardson

DoB: ~~

DoD: 10/29/1749

Quebec Expedition

Joshua Richardson Sr

DoB: ~~

DoD: 11/05/1748

Joshua Richardson

DoB: ~~

DoD: 03/13/1774

Lucy Richardson

DoB: ~~

DoD: 12/02/1741

Daughter of Joshua & Eunice

Lucy Richardson

DoB: ~~

DoD: 07/21/1761

Daughter of Noah & Phebe

Mary Richardson

DoB: ~~

Wife of John Richardson


Mary Richardson

DoB: ~~

DoD: 01/11/1741

Wife of Thomas Jr

Mary Richardson (left)

DoB: ~~

DoD: 11/22/1783

Wife of Stephen

Matthew Richardson

DoB: 04/09/1721

DoD: 02/11/1722

Son of Thomas & Rebecca

Noah Richardson

DoB: ~~

DoD: 06/23/1756

Noah Richardson Jr

DoB: ~~

DoD: 07/06/1761

Son of Noah & Phebe

Phebe Richardson

DoB: ~~

DoD: 04/02/1776

Rebeckah Richardson

DoB: ~~

DoD: 02/13/1717

Rebeckah Richardson

DoB: ~~

DoD: 04/11/1771

Samuel Richardson

DoB: ~~

DoD: 04/29/1712

French & Indian War

Samuel Richardson

DoB: ~~

DoD: 09/03/1754

Sarah Richardson

DoB: ~~

DoD: 10/14/1717

Sarah Richardson

DoB: ~~

DoD: 12/09/1676

Daughter of Noah & Phebe

Sarah Richardson

DoB: ~~

DoD: 06/12/1784

Wife of Thomas

Stephen Richardson

DoB: ~~

DoD: 09/21/1703

Son of Stephen & Bridget

Stephen Richardson Sr

DoB: ~~

DoD: 03/22/1718

Deacon Stephen Richardson

DoB: ~~

DoD: 02/04/1752

Stephen Richardson ​(right)

DoB: ~~

DoD: 03/06/1787

Susanna Richardson

DoB: ~~

DoD: 08/06/1726

Wife of Samuel

Susanna Richardson

DoB: ~~

DoD: 10/07/1754

Wife of Eleazer

Tabitha Richardson

DoB: ~~

DoD: 11/25/1739

Wife of Nathan

Thomas Richardson

DoB: ~~

DoD: 06/13/1773

Thomas Richardson

DoB: ~~

DoD: 01/12/1774

Son of Samuel

Thomas Richardson

DoB: ~~

DoD: 02/29/1769

Willing Richardson

DoB: ~~

DoD: 03/14/1704

Son of John & Margaret

Jonathan Russell

DoB: ~~

DoD: 06/20/1708

Thomas Salter

DoB: ~~

DoD: 08/02/1748

Nathaniel Salton(stall), Esq

DoB: ~~

DoD: 06/23/1739

Joshua Sawyer

DoB: ~~

DoD: 03/01/1738

Mary Sawyer

DoB: ~~

DoD: 10/23/1751

Wife of Joshua

Benjamin Simonds

DoB: ~~

DoD: 12/24/1753

Revolutionary War

Mary Sims

DoB: ~~

DoD: 08/09/1717

Daughter of William & Ruth

Joanna Skinner

DoB: ~~

DoD: 06/05/1782

Daughter of John & Joanna

Daniel Snow

DoB: ~~

DoD: 07/07/1717

Esther Snow

DoB: ~~

DoD: 03/30/1737

Wife of Isaac

Esther Snow

DoB: ~~

DoD: 04/13/1739

Daughter of Isaac & Esther

Lydia Snow

DoB: ~~

DoD: 04/27/1764

Wife of Timothy

Mary Snow

DoB: ~~

DoD: 12/08/1753

Daughter of Isaac & Phebe

Rachel Snow

DoB: ~~

DoD: 12/10/1715

Wife of Daniel

Timothy Snow

DoB: ~~

DoD: 03/11/1747

Timothy Snow, Jr

DoB: ~~

DoD: 09/20/1775

Broken Head and Footstone

Zachariah Snow

DoB: ~~

DoD: 09/21/1754

Son of Timothy & Lydia

Abigail Stone

DoB: ~~

DoD: 05/11/1718

Widow

Ruth Symmes

DoB: ~~

DoD: 11/16/1758

Wife of William

William Symmes

DoB: ~~

DoD: 05/24/1764

Zachariah Symmes

DoB: ~~

DoD: 04/19/1793

Abigail Tay

DoB: ~~

DoD: 09/26/1778

Wife of Lt William

Mary Tay

DoB: ~~

DoD: 05/05/1747

Daughter of William & Abigail

Abigail Thompson

DoB: ~~

DoD: 09/21/1768

Wife of Lt Samuel

Benjamin Thompson

DoB: ~~

DoD: 11/07/1755

Daniel Thompson

DoB: ~~

DoD: 04/19/1775

Revolutionary War

Killed in the Concord fight

Esther Thompson

DoB: ~~

DoD: 01/03/1761

Wife of Abijah

Died of Small Pox

Hannah Thompson

DoB: ~~

DoD: 06/16/1754

Jonathan Thompson

DoB: ~~

DoD: 06/09/1752

Of Medford

Lydia Thompson

DoB: ~~

DoD: 10/19/1788

Wife of Samuel, Esq

Mary Thompson

DoB: ~~

DoD: 03/11/1755

Widow of Ebenezer

Samuel Thompson

DoB: ~~

DoD: 05/13/1748

Colonel Jonathan Tyng

DoB: ~~

Militia

Judith Tyng

DoB: ~~

DoD: 06/05/1736

Widow of Deacon Samuel

Sarah Tyng

DoB: ~~

DoD: 02/28/1714

Wife of Colonel Jonathan, Esq

Abigail Vinton

DoB: ~~

DoD: 03/01/1713

Widow of Lt John

Abigail Walker

DoB: ~~

DoD: 03/01/1713

Daughter of Samuel & Judith

Esther Walker

DoB: ~~

DoD: 09/23/1761

Wife of Edward

Judith Walker

DoB: ~~

DoD: 11/14/1724

Wife of Deacon Samuel

Mary Walker

DoB: ~~

DoD: 10/23/1748

Widow of Samuel

Deacon Samuel Walker

DoB: ~~

DoD: 01/18/1704

Timothy Walker

DoB: ~~

DoD: 06/19/1706