Burial-grounds. 



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HINGHAM CEMETERY CHAPEL. 



Andrew, and many others who have been eminent in public as 

 well as in private life. 



A beautiful gothic chapel, designed by J. Sumner Fowler, was 

 erected on North Avenue during the summer and autumn of 1886. 

 It is situated near the South Street entrance-gate, and is easily 

 approached from several directions. It has a spacious auditorium 

 in which to hold funeral services, convenient ante-rooms, and in 

 many other respects affords those indispensable accommodations 

 for a large and well-kept cemetery which are so much needed by 

 the public at the present time. 



The oldest gravestone now standing in this ground was orig- 

 inally erected in the first graveyard to the memory of Thomas 

 Barnes, who had a grant of land here in 1637, and was the an- 

 cestor of all who have borne this surname in Hingham and vi- 

 cinity. It bears the following inscription : — 



THOMAS BARNS 

 AGED 70 YEARES 

 DYED YE 29 DAY OF 

 NOUEMBER, 1672. 



The next oldest headstone is that of Capt. John Thaxter, who, 

 while a boy, came to Hingham with his father, Thomas. It was 

 undoubtedly placed over the grave of Mr. Thaxter in the first 

 graveyard, and had been removed thence when that burying- 

 place was allowed to fall into decay. The inscription reads : — 



Here lyes Buried 



ye Body of Capt John 



Thaxter. Aged 61 years, 



Died March ye 14"?, 1686-7. 



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