Narrative History

This burying ground marks the location of Upton’s  first meeting house, constructed here in 1735 when the town was incorporated and a ground measuring 200 by 500 feet was set aside. After growing Objections from residents of the town’s northern sections, the meetinghouse was re-located to Central Square in Upton  Center in the 1770s.  This burying ground remained in use only sporadically after the Early 19^th century when the burying grounds in Upton Center were opened. On Walling’s map of 1851, it is noted as simply a graveyard and in 1870 Beers atlas notes it as a cemetery on the road that formerly Extended Mendon Road farther to the east.  By 1898 that roadway no longer appeared on the Richards map. At least twenty-five different family names are represented with marked burials here.  Among them are Holbrook, Taft, Pierce, Burrows, Fisk, Fish, Putnam, Batchellor, Baker, Russell, Wood, and Wright. One socially important family buried here is that of Rev. Elisha Fish (d. 1795), represented with stones dating from 1775 through 1795.

Stone Number	Name(s)
1	Aaron, son of Mr. Aaron & Mrs. Mary Warren, d. 1760ae 1y 6m
2	Mrs. Mary Fisk wife of Mr. Robert Fisk, d February 7, 1822 ae 78
3	Mr. Robert Fisk, d September 25, 1820 ae 74
4	Judson H. Fisk son of Mr. William Fisk, Jr. and Lucy his wife d. April 30, 1816, ae 8y 8m
5	Betsy Daut. Of Mr. Hezekiah and Elisabeth Rockwood, d. March 23, 1808 19th y
6	Ezra son of Mr. Hezekiah and Elisabeth Rockwood, July 15, 1804, 19th y
7	Mrs. Elisabeth Rockwood wife of Mr. Hezekiah Rockwood April 20, 1812, 46th y
8	Mrs. Hannah Sweet wife of Mr. Angell Sweet, June 24, 1821, 32nd y
9	Charles Russell son of Mr. Lewis & Mrs. Julia Rockwood, January 17, 1820,7th y 9m
10	Mrs. Deborah wife of Mr. John Wood, December 25, 1789, 18th y
11	Mrs. Anna Adams Relict of Dea. Josiah Adams & formerly wife of Mr. John Rockwood, May 19, 1818 ae 80
12	Mr. John Rockwood, August 26, 1786, 53rd y
13	Mrs. Hannah wife of Lieut. John Rockwood, July 23, 1785 83rd y
14	Lieut. John Rockwood, January 1, 1786 81st y
15	Mr. Benjamin Fisk, August 7, 1805, 82nd   y
16	Mrs. Hannah Fisk wife of Mrs. Daniel Fisk, May 6, 1785 23rd y
17	Mrs. Rebeckah wife of Mr. Benjamin Fisk, March 20, 1799, 79th y
18	Emmons Hayward Fisk son of Mr. Daniel & Beulah Fisk, April 20, 1801, 5th m
19	Mr. John Ruggles, Apr. 14, 1802, 81st y
20	Mrs. Rachel wife of Mr. Luther Ruggles, April 22, 1811, 26th y
21	Mr. Jeremiah Ruggles, January 29, 1817, 62nd y
22	Lucy Batchelor daughter of Mr. Jonathan Batchelor & Thankful his wife, November 13, 1785, 3rd y
23	Jonathan son of Mr Jonathan Batchelor & Thankful his wife April 24, 1787 1m 9d
24	Thomas son of Mr. Thomas & Mrs. Lois Webster, April 20, 1803, 3m 14d
25	Mrs. Elizabeth Webster relict of Mr. Thomas Webster, October 3, 1819, 94th y
26	Salley wife of Mr. William Lesure, October 29, 1815 40th y
27	Mrs. Hannah wife of Dea. Daniel Fisk, July 14, 1815, 39th y
28	Mrs. Hannah relict of Lieut. Abner Palmer, January 26, 1819, ae 75
29	Lieut. Abner Palmer, March 23, 1812, 71st y
30	Mrs. Susannah Drake wife of Ebenezer Drake, October 5, 1798, 46th y
31	Susannah wife of Simon Forbes, November 20, 1807, ae 50 Susan wife of Martain Pike, August 30, 1808, ae 26   Adoniram Forbes, Oct. 29, 1806, ae 21 John Forbes, November 6, 1819, ae 23 Infant son of M. & S. Pike
32	Mrs. Hepsibah Fisher relict of Mr. Isaac Fisher, March 20, 1830, 91st y
33	Mr. Isaac Fisher, May 27, 1812, 80th y
34	Mrs. Sarah wife of Mr. Solomon Taft, December 10, 1817, 63rd y
35	Mrs. Jane wife of Capt. Robert Taft, December 8, 1793, 71st y
36	Capt. Robert Taft, November 12, 1810, ae 86
37	Mr. Moses partridge, October 6, 1804, 72nd y
38	Martha Chapin relict of David Chapin, May 3 1846, 81st y
39	David Chapin, February 6, 1814, 56
40	Mrs. Rebekah Childs wife of Maj. Asa Childs
41	Betsy Childs daut. Of Ens. Asa Childs & Rebecka, May 4, 1796, 10th y
42	Betsy Aldrich Rawson Daut. Of Mr. Caleb & ? Rawson, November 28, 1822, 2nd y 11m
43	Hannah the child of Mr. Daniel Fisk, May 17, 1787, 3rd y
44	Lieut. William Fisk, March 9, 1818, 85th y
45	Jemema wife of Lieut. Wm Fisk, October 3, 1813 76th y
46	Daniel C. Wood son of Capt. Jonathan & Mrs. Sarah Wood, November 8, 1820, 2nd y 6m 9d
47	Mrs. Margaret Wood (footstone for #99), 1749
48	Mrs. Anna Wood wife of Col. Ezra Wood, August 17, 1812, 82nd y
49	Col. Ezra Wood, August 29, 1815 90th y
50	Ezra Wood son of Capt. Daniel & Mrs. Sabrina Holbrook, February 14, 1819 18m
51	Sarah daughter of Mr. Daniel Holbrook & Sabrina his wife, November 22, 1807, 9th m 9d
52	Mr. Peter Holbrook, 22 (1804)
53	Pardius T. Ward son of Capt. Jonathan Ward & Melita his wife, drowned July 18, 1804, 1st y 6d
54	Nahum Ward son of Mr. Jonathan Ward & Melita his wife, April 22, 1796, 7th y
55	Mrs. Anna Ward wife of Capt. Nahum Ward, August 29, 1805, 53rd y
56	Capt. Nahum Ward, February 6, 1812, 68th y
57	Mrs. Hannah Taft wife of Mr. Matthew Taft, July 4, 1805, 71st y
58	Ursula daughter of Solomon Taft & Sarah his wife, November 10, 1816, 23d ,
59	Elisha son of Ezra Wood Esq. & Sarah his wife, October 9, 1793, 12th y
60	Mrs. Bathsheba wife of Mr. John Green, January 21, 1810, 60th y
61	Clarry daughter of Mr. Moses Hill & Lydia his wife, 1803
62	Henrietta wife of  Mr. Aaron Perham, February 25, 1812 35th y
63	Pede daughter of Mr. Aaron & Mrs. Betsy Perham, October 1, 1824
64	Harpa & Harve daughter & son of Mr. Aaron & Mrs. Henrietta Perham, December 10, 1801 born & died
65	Maj. Benjamin Farrar, 76 3-2-1807
66	Chester Cole son of Daniel & Betsy Cole, August 11, 1821, born & died
67	Jonathan son of Nathaniel & Lovina Lackey, February 22, 1816, 11m 26 d
68	Cullen Putnam son of Doct. John Putnam & Betsy his wife, January 26, 1796, 3d y
69	Philow Taft son of Eli & Esther Taft, August 24, 1798, 12d
70	Lieut. Elisha Taft, March 3, 1794, 64th y
71	Mr. Elisha Taft, January 16, 1820, 60th y                                                                 Israel Taft his son, January 17, 1820, 21st y
72	Marie Antoinette daughter of Mr. William & Lucy Barrows, November 10, 1817, 5th y 7m
73	Mrs. Lucy Wife of Mr. William Barrows, December 6, 1818, 32nd y
74	Susannah Baker wife of Capt. Thomas M. Baker, December 21, 1809, 60th y
75	Capt. Thomas M. Baker, November 14, 1809, 67th y
76	Mrs. Sally Johnson wife of Mr. William Johnson, March 27, 1833, 72
77	Mr. Joseph Taft, February 23, 1815, 47th y
78	Mr. ??             ,  46th y
79	Erected in memory of Benjamin
80	Mrs. Joanna wife of Mr. Joshua Pierce September 29, 1795, 26th y
81	Jason B. son of Mr. Joshua & Mrs. Betsy  Pierce, September 18, 1813, 2nd y 9m 18d
82	Mrs. Betsy Pierce relict of Mr. Joshua Pierce, August 29, 1834, 67th   y
83	Mr. Joshua Pierce, September 14, 1824, 59th y
84	Ruth daughter of Lieut. Paul Nelson & Grace his wife, September 13, 1797, 3rd y
85	Mr. Samuel Nelson, February 17, 1801, 21st y
86	Mrs. Hannah wife of Thomas Nelson Jr., February 14, 1802 51st y
87	Mr. Thomas Nelson Jr., October 24, 1818, 63rd y
88	Mrs. Polly Mowry wife of Mr. Caleb Mowry, February 20, 1805, 22nd y 1805
89	Mrs. Sally wife of Mr. Reuben Carpenter, August 28, 1798, 45th y
90	Mr. Reuben Carpenter, October 5, 1802, 46th y
91	Hannah Carpenter widow of Reuben Carpenter, March 20, 1840, 77
92	Deborah relict of Capt. Samuel Wright, September 26, 1807, 78th y
93	Capt. Samuel Wright, March 9, 1806, 83rd y
94	Miss Hannah fish Daughter of Rev. Elisha Fish, September 21, 1775, 22nd y
95	Moses Fish son of Rev. Elisha Fish, October 6, 1775 11m
96	Deborah Fish daut. of Rev. elisha Fish, September 15, 1776, 6th y
97	Rev Elisha Fish, August 6, 1795, 76th y
98	Widow Hannah Fish, consort of Rev. Elisha Fish, May 4, 1796, 68th y
99	Mrs. Margaret wife of Capt. Jonathan Wood, October 22, 1749, 48th y
100	A. W. (foot stone) 1760
101	Miss Eleanor Barrows, January 11, 1821, 21st y
102	W. M. W. (foot stone) 1758
103	David White, July 10, 1767, 29th y
104	Mr. Nathan Nelson, October 5, 1824
105	Sally wife of Jonathan Brackett, September 15, 1818
106	Sarah wife of  Thomas Nelson, September 3, 1810, 81st y
107	Thomas Nelson, September 4, 1807, 81st y
108	Mr. Cyrus Vaile, July 8, 1836 54th y
109	Eliza Ann daughter of Jesse & Ruth White, April 10, 1819, 7th y
110	Elmira daughter of Mr. Wilder & Mrs. Thirza Johnson, May 27, 1816, 5th y 3m
111	Mrs. Lydia Pease wife of Mr. Josiah Pease, February 1, 1811, 74th y
112	Mrs. Lucinda wife of Mr. Benjamin Sadler, January 28, 1812, 27th y
113	Daniel son of Josiah Deane Esq. & Abigail his wife, September 14, 1776 7th y
114	Mrs. Jemima wife of Capt. Stephen Taft, November 28, 1816, 42nd y
115	Simeon son of Capt. Stephen & Mrs. Jemima Taft, March 13, 1792, 1y 3d
116	Nathan son of  Capt. Stephen & Mrs. Jemima Taft, October 10, 1797, 3rd y 3d
117	Elizabeth relict of Mr. Peter Thurstin, March 20, 1805, 55th y
118	Simeon Hobrook, July 21, 1814, 67th y
119	Moses Holbrook, August 1, 1765, 12d
120	A fragement: ied      De 1802, e 79y