East End Burying Ground, Falmouth, MA

East End Burying Ground
1796-present

Location:

The Sandwich Road, near intersection with Hatchville Road and adjacent to the former East End Meeting House, now owned by the Falmouth Jewish Congregation.

Earlier Readings of Inscriptions:

· 1904 by Rev. Herbert H. Smythe published in The Falmouth Enterprise, Nov 12 - Dec 17, 1904.

1961 The Jonathan Hatch Chapter of the DAR re-typed the original Rev. Smythe reading. Unpublished

19 1999 by The Falmouth Genealogy Society, no photographs. Unpublished.

Ezekiel Robinson (B03-07) gave the land for the East End Burying Ground in 1796, when he gave land for the East End Meeting House. The purpose was to establish a second Congregational Church, with burying ground, for Falmouth, to better serve church members who lived on the east side of Falmouth. Up to that time, Falmouth residents had to travel to the church on the Village Green, which was being rebuilt in 1795-1796.

The first burial, of an infant, occurred in 1796.

The second burial was of Revolutionary War veteran and descendant of Falmouth founder Jonathan Hatch, who died July 28, 1796. [The Falmouth Chapter of DAR was named for him.] Ezekiel Robinson, donor of the land, was buried here in 1805. Many members of the Hatch family, for whom the nearby section of East Falmouth, Hatchville, was named, are buried in the cemetery.

The cemetery is behind the meeting house. The oldest stones are of slate with typical angel head motifs, whereas earlier 19^th century stones include various versions of the popular weeping willow and urn motif. Later stones are of sandstone, granite, or marble.

The East End Burying Ground has two owners. The left 2/3rds, Rows A through XXX are owned by The Town of Falmouth and maintained by The DPW Parks & Recreation Department. The right 1/3rd is owned by The Falmouth Jewish Congregation, Rows

How to Read the Individual Record

East End Burying Ground

Name of person listed on gravestone

Reference #

Others buried in this grave/plot or listed on gravestone:

Information from Gravestone, additional data provided by Col. Oliver B. Brown ~ 1970 from Falmouth Town Records. FGS Vital Records Project.

Information added in this color denotes the information was obtained from The Town of Falmouth, Vital Records to 1850, (out of print) and/or The Town of Falmouth, Vital Records to 1872 (unpublished) by Col. Oliver Brown.

Information added in this color denotes the information was obtained from The Town of Falmouth Annual Reports from 1870 through 1930.

Birth	Mother	Spouse 1
Marriage 1	Father	Spouse 2
Death	Par Marriage	Marriage 2

Inscription:

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PRIVATE means buried after 31 December 1970.

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