iv Essex County Books for Sale. Essex County Historical and Genealogi- Groveland, Mass. Inscriptions from the Old Cemetery, 1720-1839. Copied by L. A. Woodbury, M. D. Ill.; 8vo.; paper; pp. 120; Groveland, 1895. $1.00 Bradford, Mass., Memorial History of. By 7. D. Kingsbury. 8vo.; cloth; pp. 144; Haverhill, 1883. $1.50 Moll Pitcher. A Poem. By John G. Whittier. 8vo.; paper; pp. 28; Boston, 1832; exact reprint. 50 cts. Three-Century Calendar, Giving the days of the week and the days of the month from 1600 to 1900. By Sidney Perley. Salem, 1890. 25 cts. History of Boxford, Mass. By Sidney Perley. 10 plates; 8vo; cloth; pp. 418; Boxford, 1880. $5.00 This work embraces the history of that ancient borough from 1645 to 1880. It includes several pedigrees and biographies, lists of town clerks, selectmen, etc. The Dwellings of Boxford, Mass. By Sidney Perley. 14 engravings; cloth; 8vo; pp. 275; full index; Salem, 1893. This work gives the history of every house that ever stood in Boxford, together with the history of the families that lived in them, including much genealogical matter. Ipswich, Mass. Celebration, 1884. 250th An $2.00 niversary. 5 engravings and 12 heliotype plates; 8vo.; paper; pp. ix, 149; Boston, 1884. $1.25 Gives full account of celebration. Historical address, The Evolution of a New England Town, by Rev. John C. Kimball. Addresses by Gov. Geo. D. Robinson, Hon. Rob't C. Winthrop, Hon. Leverett Saltonstall, Dr. D. D. Slade, and others. The heliotype plates include a folding view of Ipswich from Heartbreak Hill and a rare portrait of Gov. John Winthrop, the younger. Salem Commons and Commoners or the Economic Beginnings of Mass. By Prof. Herbert B. Adams, of Johns Hopkins University. 8vo; paper; pp. 90; Salem, 1883. $1 CONTENTS: Fisher Plantation of Cape Ann; Origin of Salem Plantation; House Lots; Ten Acre Lots; Widow's Lots: Maid's Lots; Common Fields; Salem Meadows; Great Pasture. Danvers, Mass. Military and Naval Annals. Covers Colonial, Províncial, Revolutionary and Rebellion periods. Valuable genealogical notes and historical data. By a committee. Ill.; 8vo.; paper; pp. VII, 165; Danvers, 1895. $1.50 The Poets of Essex County, Mass. By Sid . ney Perley. Pp. 214; Salem, 1889. The volume contains biographical sketches of James 50 cts. Bradford (Mass.) in the Revolution. By L. A. Woodbury. Ill.; 12mo.; cloth; pp. VIII., 112; Groveland, 1896. $1.00 Contains muster roll of Capt. Nathaniel Gage's company of minute-men at Lexington and at Bunker Hill; sketches of Revolutionary soldiers buried in the old cemetery at Groveland and their descendants; town records; etc. Salem Baptisms in the Eighteenth Century. Copied by James A. 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Descriptive genealogies. Extremely valuable. Small edition. Only three numbers printed. Paper; illustrated; each part has about 50 pages. Ipswich, 1882. Price, per part, 75 cts. No. 1. ADDRESS, THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN, SALEM, MASS. Please mention The Antiquarian when writing to advertisers. BEFORE 1663, the only cemetery in the present town of Amesbury was the ancient burial place on the western side of the Powow river, near its junction with the Merrimac, which has ever since been called Golgotha, though every trace of its use as a cemetery is gone, being now a field. Here the first settlers of the town found their final resting-place. In 1663, the town of Amesbury bought an acre of land of Edmund Elliot for a burying-ground, it being what is now the eastern end of the ancient cemetery at Bartlett's corner. In the early days the church stood by its side or in it, and a few rods to the west was the Friends' cemetery, in which the poet Whittier's remains lie by the side of his family in their evergreen enclosure. In recent times the old cemetery has been enlarged so as to include the Friends' acre, and the latter is not to be distinguished from the rest of the yard except by the presence of some inconspicuous granite posts which mark the dividing line. The inscriptions in this old cemetery, still remaining, and bearing dates prior to 1800, are as follows: In Memory of Son of Hannah Bagley who died Augst 14, 1796 in the 2nd year of his age FAMILY STONE. Children of Capt. Valentine In memory of who died Novr. 24th 1791, in the 9th year of his age. In Memory of POLLY daughter of SAMUEL and Molly Balch who died Oct. 25, 1790 aged 1 Year and 3 mo. In Memory of POLLY, daughter of SAMUEL and Molly Balch, who died Augst 20th 1794 Aged 3 Years. Here lies Buried the Body of Mrs. ELIZABETH BARNARD, Wife of Mr. TIMOTHY Who died Sept 20th 1772 Aged 29 Years. *Capt. Valentine Bagley is the captain mentioned in Whittier's poem, entitled, "The Captain's Well." |