Revolutionary War Cemeteries
Sutton, Massachusetts
CEMETERIES OF SUTTON WHERE MARKED GRAVES
OF SOLDIERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAY BE FOUND -
NAME | RANK | BORN | DIED | WIFE |
1. Nathaniel Carriel | Ensign | Jan. 23, 1724 | June 8, 1816 | Bridget Prime |
2. John Elliot | Lt. | Feb. 21, 1739 | Aug. 3, 1788 | Hannah Dudley |
3. Henry King | Sgt. | May 9, 1748 | Jan. 22, 1822 | Prudence Dudley |
4. Isaac King | Pvt. (Pub. Ser.) | Sep. 17, 1762 | Nov. 8, 1859 | Sally Putnam |
5. Timothy Sibley, Jr. | Pvt. | June 19, 1754 | Nov. 5, 1778 | Mary Barstow |
6. Francis Putnam | Capt. | Sep. 24, 1758 | Oct. 28, 1840 | Joanna Leland |
7. Anthony Dike | Corpl. | Bapt. Apr. 4, 1742 | Feb. 23, 1832 | Ann Jemison |
8. Thomas Griggs | Sgt. | Apr. 20, 1750 | Apr. 17, 1800 | Mary Goddard of Grafton, Married July 4, 1776 |
9. Daniel Dike | Pvt. | Bapt. May 28, 1738 | Aug. 3, 1786 | Mary Pratt |
10. John Cole | Pvt. | Feb. 3, 1760 | Mar. 22, 1807 | Unmarried |
11. Francis King |
12. Moody Morse, Jr. | Pvt. | July 7, 1746 | June 14, 1789 | Abigail Leland
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1. Jonathan Burdon | Pvt. | Nov. 13, 1761 | May 8, 1817 | Bilote Bartlett |
2. Daniel Sibley | Pvt. | Apr. 14, 1757 | May 8, 1840 | Phoebe Prince |
3. John Putnam | Capt. | Aug. 25, 1735 | June 13, 1809 | Mary Hall |
4. Sam Sibley | Capt. | Apr. 26, 1756 | Aug. 10, 1801 | Sarah Leland |
5. Tarrant Sibley | Corpl. | Sep. 1, 1754 | July 26, 1823 | Hannah Putnam |
1. Stephen Waters | Pvt. | Apr. 13, 1735 | Jan. 10, 1819 | Huldah Flagg of Grafton
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(Markers for Elisha Blanding, Esquire Nathan Putnam and Thomas Smith are missing due to vandalism, 8/9/1973)
1. Nathaniel Putnam | Lieut. | May 3, 1734 | June 30, 1812 | Deborah Towne |
2. Jonathan Woodbury | Capt. | Nov. 25, 1740 | Mar. 2, 1828 | Hannah Dudley |
3. David Putnam | Sgt. | May 14, 1747 | May 25, 1832 | Eilzabeth Woodbury |
4. Stephen Marble | Pvt. | Apr. 17, 1753 | Dec. 18, 1817 | Betty Putnam |
5. John Howard | Capt. | 1740 | 1814 | Huldah Sibley |
6. Josiah Hall | Capt. | Oct. 5, 1759 | Oct. 20, 1839 | Mary Marble |
7. Gideon Sibley | Pvt. | Nov. 20, 1750 | Aug. 21 1846 | (1) Tamar Fitts (2)
Ziphorah Cummings |
8. John Putnam | Pvt. | July 27, 1738 | Dec. 13, 1824 | Mary Cummings |
9. Nathan Putnam | Pvt. | May 16, 1761 | Aug. 6, 1813 | Sarah Putnam |
10. Thomas Smith | Pvt. | Mar. 10, 1760 | Oct. 3, 1846 | Polly Lamson |
11. Elisha Blanding | Pvt. | Oct. 20, 1759 | after 1833 | Molly Wakefield |
1. Joshua Hathaway | Maj. | Jan. 1, 1727 | May 4, 1807 | Mary (Reed) Evans |
2. Joseph Woodbury | Pvt. | Dec. 10, 1759 | Nov. 27, 1836 | Anna Young of
Charlton |
3. Nathaniel Cheney | Pvt. | 1738 | May 4, 1816 | Mary Harris |
Nathaniel Cheney was for many years a school master in Sutton |
4. John Hall | ( Pvt.) Sgt. | Apr. 26, 1752 | Feb. 14, 1806 | Dolly Ward |
5. Stephen Hall | Pvt. | Jan. 14, 1745/6 | Sep. 12, 1822 | Abigail Spring of
Newton |
6. Thomas Harback | Pvt. | July 4, 1741 | July 22, 1821 | Catherine Bemis |
7. John Woodbury | Lieut. | Sep. 26, 1749 | Dec. 12, 1831 | (1) Mary Chase (2)
Esther Bixby |
8. Moody Morse, Jr. | Sgt. | July 7, 1746 | June 14, 1789 | Abigail Leland |
9. William Harback | Pvt. | May 26, 1733 | June 13, 1791 | Unmarried
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1. Bartholomew Hutchinson | Lt. | June 28, 1734 | 1820 | (1) Ruth Haven (2)
Rebekah Monroe |
2. Peter Marsh | Pvt. | June 24, 1760 | June 11, 1818 | Sarah Wright of Middleton |
1. Benjamin Morse | Sgt. | Mar. 10, 1763 | Nov. 5, 1863 | (1) Elizabeth Putnam
(2) Elizabeth Onthank |
2. James McClellan | Lt. | June 22, 1727 | Sep. 11, 1794 | Sarah Axtell of Grafton |
3. Solomon Leland | Lt. | May 12, 1742 | July 21, 1808 | (1) Lois Haven
(2) Molley Dudley |
4. Samuel Hicks | Pvt. | 1728 | Apr. 1, 1797 | Elizabeth Leland |
5. Abraham Batcheller | Capt. | June 5, 1722 | Jan. 31, 1813 | (1) Sarah Newton of Westboro (2) Elizabeth ? |
6. William Slocomb | Pvt. | Apr. 22, 1750 | Jan. 11, 1842 | Jerusha Richardson of Franklin |
1. David Burt | Sgt. | 1758/9 | Mar. 18, 1832 | Silence Burt |
1. Alpheus Marble | Sgt. | Aug. 7, 1753 | July 21, 1807 | Anne Dudley |
2. Malachi Marble | Civil Service | Sep. 25, 1736 | Oct. 7, 1810 | (1) Mary Hayden
(2) Abigail Keys |
1. William Darling | Lt. | Jan 15, 1730 | July 26, 1819 | Rachel White |
2. Zelek Darling | Pvt. | Mendon 1762 | Jan 28, 1844 | Sarah Wheeler
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SOLDIERS OF THE WAR OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
BURIED IN MILLBURY CEMETERIES
Dwinnel | Located on seldom used gravel road lying between Auburn and McCracken Roads in West Millbury. Best approach near old barn on McCracken Road. |
Grass Hill | Located on corner of South Oxford Road in West Millbury. |
Country Bridge | Providence Road, Millbury
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Millbury was set apart from Sutton in 1813. In early days Millbury was called North Parish.
1. Benjamin Bancroft | Sgt. | July 28, 1753 | Apr. 5, 1846 | Abigail Greenwood. |
2. Joseph Bancroft | Corp. | Jan. 13, 1756 | Apr. 23, 1839 | (1) Hannah Tainter (2) Esther Bond
(3) Anna Rice of Ward
(4) Sarah Livermore. |
3. Jedediah Barton | Pvt. | May 6, 1756 | Sep. 15, 1908 | Lydia Pierce. |
4. Jonas Bond | Pvt. | About | 1730 | Hannah Hicks. |
5. Oliver Bond | Pvt. | Oct. 29, 1762 | Oct. 1, 1830 | Sarah Chase |
6. Joshua Carter | Sgt. | May 28, 1759 | June 6, 1846 | (1) Rachel Putnam
(2) Sarah Putnam. |
7. Solomon Dwinnel | Pvt. | Oct. 1, 1757 | July 26, 1830 | Hannah Singletary Gould. |
8. James Freeland | Doctor | Dec. 12, 1743 | Oct. 5, 1796 | Mehetable Mellen. |
9. Robert Goddard | Capt. | Feb. 2, 1759 | Sept. 10, 1826 | (1) Anna Tainter (2) Tamar Goddard
(3) Hannah Goddard
(4) Sybil Penniamn |
10. James Greenwood | Capt. | Oct. 2, 1730 | Jan. 18, 1890 | Lydia King. |
1. Samuel Bixbee | Pvt. | Sep. 9, 1721 | Mar. 3, 1809 | (1) Lydia Bond (2) Rebeckah Bartlett |
2. Abijah Burnap | Pvt. | Apr. 11, 1760 | Sep. 25, 1815 | Hannah Towne |
3. Caleb Burbank | Pvt. | July 18, 1761 | Dec. 9, 1849 | (1) Lucy Waters (2) Hannah Smith of Rutland |
4. Abel Chase | Pvt. | Oct. 29, 1754 | Oct. 16, 1833 | Hannah Bond |
5. Andrew Elliot | Capt. | Dec. 9, 1743 | May 12, 1817 | Anna Carter |
6. David Holman | Lt. | Feb. 19, 1737 | June 15, 1813 | (1) Lucy Thurstonn (2) Hannah Waters |
7. Johathan Holman | Col. | Aug. 13, 1732 | Feb. 25, 1814 | (1) Hannah Sibley (2) Susanna Trask |
8. John Pierce | Corp. | Apr. 20, 1754 | Sep. 20, 1832 | (1) Lucy Snow (2) Esther (Willington) Gale of West Boylston |
9. Samuel Small | 2nd. Lt. | June 30, 1748 | Aug. 1, 1814 | (1) Molly Waters (2) Deborah Pierce |
10. Jonathan Stone | Pvt. | Apr. 27, 1750 |
11. Joel Tainter | Pvt. | 1748 | Oct. 7, 1822 | Betsy Bancroft |
12. Jonathan Trask | Pvt. | June 21, 1767 | Apr. 26, 1841 | Phebe Waters |
13. Samuel Trask | Sgt. | Dec. 17, 1721 | Mar. 7, 1790 | (1) Bethiah Sibley (2) Anne Bond (3) Hannah Park |
14. Abraham Waters | Sgt. | Apr. 3, 1743 | Aug. 12, 1798 | in Henderhook, NY, m. Mehetable
Waters |
15. Asa Waters | Lt. | Jan. 27, 1742 | Nov. 2, 1813 | Sarah Goodale |
16. Joseph Waters | Corp. | Apr. 16, 1744 | Oct. 19, 1804 | Elisabeth Dwight |
17. Simeon Waters | Pvt. | Oct. 9, 1746 | Oct. 3, 1812 | Lydia Bartlett |
18. Nathaniel Whitmore | Lt. | bapt. Oct. 1, 1746/ | Aug. 23, 1819 | Elizabeth Marsh |
19. Peter Willard | Pvt. | 1738 | Aug. 23, 1817 | unmarried (black) |
Peter Willard (black) of Lancaster was engaged for the town of Marlborough, Muster roll dated July 17, 20 pounds bounty. Private in Capt. Job Whipple's Co., Col. Rubus Putnam's 5th Regt.; age 25 years; stature 5 ft. 3 and « in; complexion, black; eyes, black; hair, woolly; residence, Lancaster; enlisted March 16, 1779 by Col. Putnam; other periods of service.
1. Isaac Bolster | Capt. | Apr. 28, 1737 | Apr. 27, 1825 | Mary Dwinnel |
2. Ammeriah Brigham | Pvt. | 1755 | Oct. 28, 1842 | Mary Sibley |
3. Abijah Burbank | Capt. | Mar. 26, 1736 | Sep. 23, 1813 | (1) Mary Spring of Weston (2) Mary Pierce |
4. Abijah Burnap | Pvt. | Interred in County Bridge Cemetery but in later years a monument was erected to his memory in Grass Hill, West Millbury. |
5. Timothy Burnap | Pvt. | Dec. 25, 1753 | Oct. 24, 1828 | Bethiah Waite |
6. March Chace | Pvt. | June 21, 1738 | Sep. 26, 1822 | (1) Beulah Coye (2) Mary Dodge |
7. Nehemiah Chace | Corp. | Feb. 8, 1751 | Oct. 5, 1808 | Vashti Batcheller |
8. David Dudley | Pvt. | Jan. 14, 1749/50 | Aug. 16, 1814 | Lois Whitney |
9. Reuben Eaton | Pvt. | 1749 | Jan. 15, 1817 | (1) Abigail Lovell (2) Ruth Badger |
10. Asa Goodale | Lt. | Sep. 9, 1744 | May 7, 1833 | Mary Rice |
11. Joseph Heywood | Pvt. | bp. July 7, 1765 | Aug. 25, 1836 | Elizabeth Nelson |
12. Simeon Heywood | P.S. | Apr. 17, 1717 | June 18, 1797 | Sarah Hosmer |
13. Ezra Lovell | (Capt.) 1st. Lt. | Mar. 29, 1749 | Aug. 14, 1821 | Mary Jennerson |
14. Amos Singletary | Corp. | Dec. 30, 1721 | Oct. 30, 1806 | Mary Curtis of Topsfield |
15. Joshua Waite | Corp. | Dec. 30, 1749 | Aug. 28, 1827 | Mary Burnap |
16. William Waite | Pvt. | Sep. 24, 1725 | Apr. 30, 1807 | Ruth Lovell |
Processed by
Paul Holzwarth
SOURCES OF INFORMATIONAL DATA
- D. A. R. Patriot Index
- Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution
- Military Service Records, National Archives, Washington, D.C.
- Vital Records of the Town of Sutton
- Vital Records of the Town of Millbury
- Vital Records of the Town of Grafton
- Vital Records of the Town of Douglas
- Vital Records of the Town of Oxford
- Vital Records of the Town of Mendon
- History of the Town of Sutton, Vol. 1 (1876)
- History of the Town of Millbury (1913)
- History of Oxford (Daniels)
- Records of First Congregational Church of Sutton
- Gravestone Inscriptions
Revolutionary War Soldiers of Sutton Massachusetts
Minute Men of Sutton Massachusetts
Master Listing of Cemeteries in Sutton Massachusetts