Collection Name: George W. Perry Scrapbooks
Title: Quaker Cemetery, undated
Creator: Perry, George W., 1891-1971
Creator Role: Collector
Accession / Call Number: 1974.045
Object ID: 1974.045.28.057
Type of Material: graphic material
Physical Description: 1 photograph
Language: English
Scope and Content: Undated photographic print of the Quaker Cemetery in Concord, NH. The caption states, "The Quaker cemetery adjoins the Minot inclosure on the north and dates from about 1815 It is an area of some 1,809 square feet and is inclosed by lines of hammered granite edge stone. It occupies a part of the lot upon which the Friends meeting-house formerly stood. It contains but two monumental stones: One erected to the memory of John Hutchins of New York and the other to that of Benjamin Hannaford, Edna Hannaford, Seba Houghton, Lydia Dunlap, Sarah Houghton, Daniel Rogers, William Rogers, Mary H. Worden, Peter Haseltine, Daniel C. Haseltine, Levi Hutchins, Phebe Hutchins, Anna H. Morse, Sarah Ardin and Joseph A. Hoag. The Society of Quakers in Concord has been dissolved. The meeting house and all of it lot, with the exception of this small burial plot, has been sold. The title to this now vests in the heirs or assignees of the late Phebe Melford. In 1814 a lot of land was purchased, where the state house now stands, and in 1815 a meeting-house was erected there by the Friends of Concord. In 1816 the lot was sold to make room for the erection of the state house, and the meeting-house was removed to a lot at the north end of state street, given by Benjamin Hannaford, who was not a member of the society but a public-spirited citizen (it would be 149 North State location of the lot in 1957) the house was on the front of the lot, and remained there until sold to School District No. 11 for a schoolhouse in 1845, when it was removed to the rear of the old brick schoolhouse, which stood where is now the residence built by Frank W. Rollins, and was used for several years as a primary school. About 1859 the building was sold to Samuel M. Griffin, who removed it to Franklin street, where he used it for a store house. Subsequently it was convered into a two-tenement house and now is numbered 19 and 21 Franklin street (1957) According to the custom of the Friends this burial-place was back of their meeting-houses: There are several graves, but only park are marked with headstones. A plain marble stone gives the name of Phebe Hutchins, wife of Levi Hutchings, who 'fell asleep April 22, 1829.' Levi Hurchins, who is buried beside her in an unmarked grave, was one of the famous clock makers, Abel and Levi Hutchins, who did business here from 1785 to 1819. Only two other graves are markedJ. Hutchins 1843 and J S Noyes 1855."
Subjects:
Cemeteries,
Gravestones
Locations: Concord, NH
People:
Perry, George W., 1891-1971
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Credit Line: Gift of May Nutter.
Restrictions: Available for research.
Level Description: Item
Box Number: 7