GUILD BURIAL GROUND

Walpole, Massachusetts


LOCATION

This cemetery is located on Old Post Road near Common Street on the Sharon line.

 

ANCESTRY

John Guild, born about 1616 in England died 4 October 1682 in Dedham. John married Elizabeth Crooke on 24 January 1645 in Dedham. Elizabeth, born in Roxbury died 31 August 1669 in Dedham.

 

John’s son Samuel, born 7 November 1647 in Dedham died 1 January 1730 in Dedham. Samuel married Mary Woodcock, daughter of John Woodcock and Sarah Curtis on 29 November 1676 in Dedham. Mary, born 9 March 1650/51 in Roxbury died after 1697 in Medfield.

 

Samuel’s son Nathaniel born 12 January 1678 in Dedham died 28 January 1774 in Dedham. Nathaniel married Mehitable Farrington or Hartshorne. Mehitable born about 1684 died 10 February 1771 in Dedham.

 

Nathaniel’s son Nathaniel born 20 March 1712 in Dedham died 9 December 1796 in Walpole. Nathaniel married Mary Boyden, daughter of Thomas Boyden and Deborah Wight on 12 June 1733 in Dedham. Mary was born 9 February 1708 in Wrentham and died 20 March 1776 in Walpole. Nathaniel also married Anna ___________ 27 April 1777 in Walpole. Anna was born about 1722 and died 28 November 1797 in Sharon. This Nathaniel Guild probably was the individual who gave the land for and was the first person to be buried in the Guild Burial Ground.

 

FACTS

In correspondence dated 28 October 1996, William P. McCann of Birmingham, Alabama, an 11th generation grandson of the immigrant John Guild and his wife Elizabeth Crooke, provided The Walpole Historical Society with certain data gathered as a result of his visit to the Guild Burial Ground. These included a 1917 photo of the cemetery, a schematic diagram of the cemetery, actual epitaph verbiage as well as descriptions and locations of headstones and the Guild Tomb. These items are available for viewing at the Walpole Historical Society.

 

LISTING

Although not documented as such, the following listing is based on a “walk through” or inventory that was most likely completed by a member or members of the historical society and Mr. McCann. Because not all dates were captured during the inventory, we have attempted to verify missing dates through vital records and other sources. These are so noted.

 

                                                                                                                             

                                                                                                                                          Mary M. Bates, Compiler

                                                                                                                                          March 30, 2007

   

GUILD BURIAL GROUND

NAME

DOD

DOB/AGE

LOCATION

COMMENTS

 

 

 

 

 

Anderson, Kjersti

4 Jan. 1883(Sharon)

Mass Deaths Vol. 347, Page 286

18 yrs., 7 mos., 15 das.

Terrace 1

“Christine”

 

 

 

 

 

Baker, Amelia R.

10 Feb. 1876 (Sharon)

Mass Deaths Vol. 284, page 252

68 yr., 5 mo., 17 das.

Baker Plot

Terrace 1

Wife, William, nee Hunkings of New Chester, NH

Baker, Clarissa Jane

11 Feb. 1835 (Sharon VR’s)

4 yr., 8 mos.

Baker Plot

Terrace 1

Daug., William and Amelia (Hunkings)

Baker, Ebenezer

24 July 1810

29 July 1775 (Walpole VR’s)

Terrace 6

Son, Ebenezer and Esther (Boyden)

Source: Genealogy of Richard Baker, NEHGR 43:286

Baker, Ebenezer

9 Feb. 1864 (Walpole)

Mass Deaths Vol. 175, page 281

22 June 1803 (Walpole VR’s)

Baker Plot

Terrace 2

Son, Ebenezer (1775-1810) and Lucy (Maxfield)

Baker, Ellen E.

26 Aug. 1915

Abt. 1848, Ossippe, NH (Per marriage record)

Baker Plot

Terrace 1

“Evelyn” daug., Edmond Dorr and Lydia, wife #2, Frederick H.

Baker, Esther

6 Jan. 1805

68 yrs. (1737, Walpole VR’s)

Terrace 6

Wife, Ebenezer, daug., David Boyden and Prudence (Leach)

Source: Thomas Boyden and His Descendants, online searchable database, NEHGS website

Baker, Frank Wallace

30 May 1920

May 1882, Sharon (Mass Births Vol. 332, Page 315)

Baker Plot

Terrace 1

Son, Fred H. and Ellen E.

( Dorr) “twin”

Baker, Franklin

4 Sept. 1844

20 June 1843 (Sharon VR’s)

Baker Plot

Terrace 1

Son, William and Amelia (Hunkings)

Baker, Fred H.

15 Feb. 1911

73 yr., 8 mos., 23 da.

Baker Plot

Terrace 1

Son, William and Amelia (Hunkings)

Baker, Hannah

23 Aug. 1806

1 yr., 4 mos.

Terrace 6

Daug., Ebenezer (1775-1810) and Lucy (Maxfield)

Baker, John

29 Aug. 1856, Walpole

Mass Deaths Vol. 103, Page 183)

31 Jan. 1836 (Walpole VR’s)

Baker Plot

Terrace 2

Son, Ebenezer (1803-1864) and Relief (Drake)

Baker, Julia Frances

23 Oct. 1828

22 March 1828

Baker Plot

Terrace 2

Daug., Ebenzer (1803-1864) and Relief (Drake)

Baker, Lucy

4 Sept 1846 (Sharon VR’s)

67 yrs., Dorchester (Per daug.’s death record)

Baptized 1 Dec. 1776

Terrace 6

Daug. Samuel Maxfield, wife, Ebenezer (1775- 1810

Source : Dorchester First Church Baptisms NEHGR 68:238 (July 1914)

Baker, Lucy

28 May 1891, Walpole

(Mass Deaths Vol. 419, Page 481)

6 August 1809

Baker Plot

Terrace 2

Daug., Ebenezer (1775-1810) and Lucy Maxfield

Baker, Martha

 

 

Baker Plot

Terrace 2

Unable to locate.

Baker, Martha Ann

23 April 1866, Walpole (Mass Deaths Vol. 193, page 283)

17 Sept. 1832, No. Yarmouth, ME (Per death record)

Baker Plot

Terrace 2

Daug., Benjamin Davis and Elizabeth, wife Ebenezer

Baker, Martha Ann

4 Nov. 1858, Walpole (Mass Deaths Vol. 121, Page 219)

17 Oct. 1832 (Walpole VR’s)

Baker Plot

Terrace 2

Daug., Ebenezer (1803-1864) and Relief (Drake)

Baker, Mary F.

30 May 1868, Sharon (Mass Deaths Vol. 212, page 276)

29 yr., 2 mos., 12 das., Medfield (Per death record)

Baker Plot

Terrace 2

Daug., Lovell Fairbanks and Keziah (Cole), wife #1, Frederick H.

Baker, Nellie Frances

12 Feb. 1868, Sharon (Mass Deaths Vol. 212,Page 276)

20 June 1867, Sharon

(Mass Births Vol. 197, Page 337)

Baker Plot

Terrace 1

Daug, Frederick H. and Mary (Fairbanks)

Baker, Relief

9 Nov. 1887, Walpole

(Mass Deaths Vol. 383, page 320)

28 Dec. 1802, Mansfield (per death record)

Baker Plot

Terrace 2

Daug., Oliver Drake and Ruth Sever, wife, Ebenezer (1803-1864)

Baker, Sarah E.

21 April 1899, Cambridge

(Mass Deaths Vol. 493, page 342)

25 Nov. 1829, Augusta, ME VR’s

Baker Plot

Terrace 2

Daug., James Whittier and Sally R. (Lock)

Baker, William

5 May 1867 (Sharon)

(Mass Deaths Vol. 203, page 254)

4 Sept. 1801

(Walpole VR’s)

 

Son, Ebenezer (1775-1810) and Lucy (Maxfield)

 

 

 

 

 

Billings, Betsey

24     24 July 1875, Sharon

(Mass Deaths Vol. 275, Page 276)

 

18 Dec. 1806 (Sharon VR’s)

Terrace 1

Wife, Jonathan (1803- 1860), daug., William Tolman and Eunice (Hewins)

Billings, Bradford

11 Nov. 1871, Walpole

(Mass Deaths Vol. 239, page 309)

13 Nov. 1796, Sharon

Between terraces 4 and 5

Son, Jonathan and Mary (Fisher)

Billings, Hartford

30 Nov. 1823, Sharon

9 Dec. 1782, Sharon

Between terraces 4 and 5

Son, Jonathan and Mary (Fisher)

Billings, Harvey Tolman

12 Nov. 1883, Sharon

(Mass Deaths Vol. 347, page 286)

50 yrs., 3 mos., 3 das.

Terrace 1

Son, Jonathan and Betsey (Tolman)

Death records reads “Hervey”

Billings, Jonathan

2 Nov. 1827, Sharon

16 August 1749, Stoughton

Terrace 6

Son, Jonathan and Sarah (Guild)

Source:Roger Billings of Milton, Mass and Some of His Descendants

NEHGR 92:376-377 (1938)

American Revolution

Billings, Jonathan

10 Feb. 1860, Sharon

(Mass Deaths Vol. 203, Page 273)

9 July 1803 (Sharon VR’s)

Terrace 1

Son, Jonathan and Mary (Fisher)

Billings, Mary Jane

15 Oct. 1858, Sharon(Mass Deaths Vol. 121, Page 216)

18 yrs.

Terrace 1

Daug., Jonathan and Betsey (Tolman)

Billings, Mary A.

23 Sept. 1846, Sharon

(Mass Deaths Vol. 27, Page 108)

19 March 1763 (Sharon VR’s)

Terrace 6

Wife #2 Jonathan (1749- 1827), daug., Thomas Fisher and Mary (Pettee)

Billings, Susanna

16 Jan. 1807, Sharon

14 May, 1786 (Sharon VR’s)

Between Terraces 4 and 4

Daug., Nathaniel and Miriam (Bullard)

 

 

 

 

 

Clark,  Beeri

1898, Walpole (Mass Deaths Vol. 482, Page 592)

1816 (Unable to locate.)

Left rear

At time of marriage, was of Boston.

Clark, child

?

?

Left rear

Poison Ivy patch

Clark, child

?

?

Left rear

Poison Ivy Patch

Clark, Maria

1901, Walpole (Mass Deaths Vol. 578, page 115)

3 March 1817 (Walpole VR’s)

Left rear

Daug., Nathaniel Guild (1769-1848)and Caty (Willet)

 

 

 

 

 

Fisher, Caroline

31 August 1897 (Unable to locate)

12 August 1812 (Unable to locate)

Guild Tomb

Terrace 4

Daug., Herman Guild  and Peggy/Margaret (Pettee),  w. Cyrus Fisher

Fisher, Cyrus

20 Feb. 1880, Canton (Mass Deaths Vol. 320, Page 220)

15 August 1809 (Medway VR’s)

Guild Tomb

Terrace 4

Son, Elihu and Rhoda (Partridge)

Source: John Partridge and His Descendants

NEHGR 57:397 (1903)

 

 

 

 

 

Gere, Mary Elizabeth

26 Nov. 1860, Brooklyn, NY

10 August 1829 (Walpole VR’s)

Baker Plot

Terrace 2

Daug., Ebenzer and Relief (Drake),wife of Edward

 

 

 

 

 

Guild, Adeline

5 August 1855, Walpole (Mass Deaths Vol. 94, Page 169)

20 Dec. 1805 (Walpole VR’s)

Guild Tomb

Terrace 4

Daug., Samuel Nason and Fanny (Mann), wife #1, Charles (1805-1887)

Guild, Caroline M.

3 June 1859, Walpole (Mass Deaths Vol. 130, Page 186

9 August 1837 (Dedham per death record)

Guild Plot

Terrace  2

Daug., Charles and Cynthia Kingsbury

Guild, Caty

26 March 1861, Walpole (Mass Deaths Vol. 148, Page 287)

86 yrs., 6 mos. (Walpole per death record)

Right rear

Daug. Andrew Willett and Sybil (Hartshorne), wife, Nathaniel (1769- 1848), nee Willett

Guild, Charles

15 March 1880, Walpole (Mass Deaths Vol. 320, Page 258)

1 August 1801 (Dedham per death record)

Guild Plot

Terrace 2

Son, Abner and Sarah (Dean)

Guild, Charles

27 August 1887, Walpole (Mass Deaths Vol. 383, Page 320)

18 July 1805, (Walpole per death record)

Guild Tomb

Terrace 4

Son, Herman and Margaret (Pettee)

Guild, Charles Henry

20 Nov. 1906, Walpole (Mass Deaths Vol. 88, Page 527)

11 April 1833, (Dedham per death record)

Guild Plot

Terrace 2

Son, Charles of Dedham and Cynthia (Kingsbury)

Guild, Curtis

12 Nov. 1822 (UTL)

14 January 1799 (Walpole VR’s)

Right rear

Son, Nathaniel and Caty (Willette)

Guild, Cynthia

18 Dec. 1893, Walpole (Mass Deaths Vol. 437, page 564)

25 Dec. 1805 (Walpole, per death certificate)

Guild Plot

Terrace 2

Daug., William Kingsbury and Susannah (Maxfield), wife Charles (1801-1880) of Dedham

Guild, Frances Adeline

Feb. 1905

10 March 1833 (Walpole VR’s)

Guild Tomb

Terrace 4

Daug., Charles and Adeline (Nason)

Guild, Herman

11 Oct. 1847, Walpole (Mass Deaths Vol. 33, Page 136)

14 Jan. 1773 (Walpole VR’s)

Guild Tomb

Terrace 4

Son, Nathaniel (1741-1793) and Rebecca (Hart)

Guild, Jacob

15 Feb. 1824 (UTL)

9 Oct. 1800 (Walpole VR’s)

Right rear

Son, Nathaniel (1769-1848) and Caty (Willett)

Guild, Jane

Dec. 1824  UTL

Dec. 1807 (Unable to locate)

Guild Tomb

Terrace

 

Guild, Margaret

30 Oct. 1846

(31 October 1845, Walpole VR’s)

25 Dec. 1781 (Walpole VR’s)

Guild Tomb

Terrace 4

Daug., Benjamin Pettee and Margaret (Clap), wife, Herman

Guild, Nathaniel

9 Sept. 1796

87 yrs. (abt. 1709)

Right rear

Son, Nathaniel (1678-1774) and Mehitable (Farrington or Hartshorne)

Revolutionary War

Guild, Nathaniel, Jr.

1 April 1793

52 yrs.

Right rear

Son, Nathaniel (1712-1796) and Mary (Boyden)

Revolutionary War

Source: Thomas Boyden Descendancy

Guild, Nathaniel

24 March 1848 (Walpole VR’s)

19 Sept 1769 (Walpole VR’s)

 

Son, Nathaniel (1741-1793) and Rebecca (Hart)

Guild, Rebecca

20 Aug. 1830

8 Dec. 1748 (Dedham VR’s)

Right rear

Daug., Jacob and Sarah (Farrington), wife, Nathaniel (1741-1793)

 

 

 

 

 

Hartshorn, Calvin

8 Nov.1889, Walpole

(Mass Deaths Vol. 401, page 335)

2 March 1804 (Holden VR’s)

Left rear

Son, Ebenezer and Betsey (Greenwood)

Hartshorn, Calvin Guild

13 Feb. 1932

23 Feb. 1840 (Walpole VR’s)

Left rear

Son, Calvin and Mary Ann (Guild)

Hartshorn, Edward Curtis

21 April 1849 (Walpole VR’s)

22 Sept. 1844 (Walpole VR’s)

 

Son, Calvin and Mary Ann (Guild)

Hartshorn, Mary Ann

19 Jan.1891, Walpole

(Mass Deaths Vol. 419, page 481)

7 October 1807 (Walpole VR’s)

 

Daug., Nathaniel Guild (1769-1848) and Caty (Willett), wife, Calvin.

 

 

 

 

 

Hersey, Hannah G.

5 Nov. 1884, 148 Dorchester St., South Boston

(Mass Deaths Vol. 357, page 297)

7 Jan 1814 (Sharon VR’s)

Rhoades Plot

Terrace 4

Daug., Benjamin Rhoades and Hannah (Flower), wife, Quincy.

 

 

 

 

 

Hewins, Abigail

April 1842

41 yrs., 3 mos. (abt. 1801)

Terrace 4

Behind Guild Tomb

Wife, Otis

Hewins, Enoch

Oct. 12 1822

(Sharon VR’s)

5 March 1823 (Sharon VR’s)

Terrace 4

Behind Guild Tomb

Son, Philip and Lucy

Hewins, Howard

22 Jan. 1828 (Sharon VR’s)

17 May 1815 (Sharon VR’s)

Terrace 4

Behind Guild tomb

Son, Philip and Lucy

Hewins, Otis, W.

14 Jan. 1877, Dedham

(Mass Deaths Vol. 293, page 252)

67 yrs., 2 mos., Sharon

(Per death record)

Terrace 4, behind Guild Tomb

Son, Philip and Lucy

Hewins, Philip

20 Sept. 1827

12 Feb. 1776 (Sharon VR’s)

Terrace 4, behind Guild Tomb.

Son, Enoch and Sarah (Hewins)

 

 

 

 

 

Holmes, Sarah A.

8 May 1856, Sharon

(Mass Deaths Vol. 103, page 180)

15 yrs., Freetown, ME

(Per death record)

abt. 1840

Rhoades Plot

Terrace 2

Daug., Herman and Anne M. (McCurdy)

Gravestone reads daug., Benjamin Rhoades and Ann.

 

 

 

 

 

Johnson, Cora M.

?

1892

Terrace 5

Wife, Joseph A.

Unable to locate.

Johnson, Joseph A.

1941

1868

Terrace 5

Unable to locate.

Johnson, Joseph A., Jr.

1939

1915

Terrace 5

Son, Joseph A. and Cora

Unable to locate

 

 

 

 

 

McCurdy, Margaret

4 April 1845, Sharon VR’s

21 yrs., 4 mos., New Boston, NH

Rhoades Plot

Terrace 3

Daug., Robert and Rosanna

VR’s list Margaret Mehitable Maxfield

 

 

 

 

 

Montrose, Dorothy E.

1932

1920

Terrace 5

 

Montrose, James A.

1920

1918

Terrace 5

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pierce, Dennis A.

12 March 1883, E. Douglas

(Mass Deaths 348, page 394)

1842, Rochester (Per Death Record)

Terrace 6

Son, Dennis and Lydia (Rhoades)

Pierce George A.

1910, Walpole

(Mass Deaths Vol. 103, Page 138)

15 March 1846, Rochester VR’s

Terrace 6

Son, Dennis A. and Lydia (Rhoades)

Pierce, Lydia B.

1906, Walpole

(Mass Deaths Vol. 88, Page 485)

1825

Terrace 6

Wife, Dennis A., nee Rhoades.

Pierce, Sarah V.

1923

5 April 1849, Plymouth VR’s

Terrace 6

Daug., Calvin Raymond and Sarah Douglas, wife, George A.

 

 

 

 

 

Rhoades, Amos

24 July 1880, Walpole (Mass Deaths Vol. 320, Page 258)

1795 (B., Sharon per Death Record.)

Terrace 6

Son, Daniel and Lydia (Rhoads of Dedham)

Rhoades, Ann M.

3 March 1901, Sharon (Mass Deaths Vol. 518, Page 105)

88y, 6 mo, Sharon?

abt. 1812

Rhoades Plot

Terrace 2

Daug., Robert McCurdy and Rosanna, wife Benjamin, Jr. (d. 1891), wid. Herman Holmes

Rhoades, B. Frank

21 Nov. 1922

 

Rhoades Plot

Terrace 2

 

Rhoades, Benjamin

4 May 1832

70 yrs., 10 mos. (abt. 1761)

Rhoades Plot

Terrace 3

Captain

Rhoades, Benjamin “Franklin”

 

22 Dec. 1891, Milford

(Mass Deaths Vol. 419, page 476)

83y, 2mos., abt. 1808, Sharon (Per death record)

Bp. 7 August 1814, (Ashfield VR’s)

Rhoades Plot

Terrace 2

Son, Benjamin and Hannah (Flower)

Rhoades, Benjamin Francis

9 Aug. 1883

(Unable to locate)

15 March 1845 (Sharon VR’s)

Rhoades Plot

Terrace 3

Son, Benjamin, Jr.( d. 1891) and Ann (McCurdy)

Rhoades, Charles E.

30 Oct. 1858

(Unable to locate)

14 June 1821

(Sharon VR’s)

Rhoades Plot

Terrace 3

Son, Benjamin and Harriet (Keith)

Rhoades, Charles, W.

9 August 1883

24 yrs., 1 mo.,   19 das.

Rhoades Plot

Terrace 2

Died, Lake City, LA

Rhoades, Daniel

1830

1752

Unable to locate

Husband of Lydia “Rhodes” of Dedham.

Rhoades, Francis E.

11 Jan. 1849, Sharon (Mass Deaths Vol. 15, page 78)

12 March 1827

(Sharon VR’s)

Rhoades Plot

Terrace 3

Son, Capt. Benjamin and Harriet (Keith)

Rhoades, Hannah

7  Jan. 1814 (Sharon VR’s)

23 yrs.

Bp. 13 August 1780, (Ashfield VR’s)

Rhoades Plot

Terrace 3

Daug., William Flower and Hannah, wife #1, Capt. Benjamin

Rhoades, Harriet

28 August 1838 (Sharon VR’s)

15 March 1796 (Walpole VR’s)

Rhoades Plot, Terrace 3

Daug., John Keith and Prudence, wife #2, Capt. Benjamin

Rhoades, Jonathan

11 Feb. 1845 (Sharon VR’s)

Unable to locate.

Unable to locate.

Son, Capt. Benjamin and Harriet (Keith)

Rhoades, Mehetable

27 Jan. 1843 (Sharon VR’s)

89 Yrs. (abt. 1724)

Rhoades Plot

Terrace 3

Daug., Nathaniel Coney and _____,  wife, Jeremiah.

Rhoades, Nellie M.

21 Sept. 1869, Sharon (Mass Deaths Vol. 221, Page 279)

Abt. 1821

Unable to locate.

Rhoades Plot

Terrace 3

Daug., Warren H. Holmes (B. Sharon) and Ann (Gay), wife, B. Frank

Rhoades, Zilphia

14 July 1872, Walpole (Mass Deaths Vol. 248, Page 362)

1793 (abt. 1790)

maybe Scituate?????

Terrace 6

Daug., Levi Simmons and Barbara, wife, Amos

 

 

 

 

 

Richardson, Emeline

22 August 1891, Sharon

(Mass Deaths Vol. 419, Page 476)

24 March 1811 (Sharon VR’s)

Terrace 1

Daug., Benjamin Rhoades and Hannah (Flower), wife, Isaac

 “Emmiline”

Richardson, Isaac

11 March 1887, Boston (Mass Deaths Vol. 384, Page 71)

76yrs., 10mo., Medway (Per death record)

(abt. 1810)

Terrace 1

Son, Isaac (b, Foxboro) and “Barbray” (b. Bridgewater

At time of marriage (1832), was of New Bedford.

Richardson, Sylvia

16 Oct. 1870, Walpole (Mass Deaths Vol. 230, Page 238)

77yrs. (Per death record, b. Walpole) abt. 1793

Baker Plot

Terrace 2

Daug., Oliver Drake and Bethia, wife John

 

 

 

 

 

Turner, John

17 Jan. 1855, Medfield

(Mass Deaths Vol. 94, page 148)

1 Mar. 1785 (Walpole VR’s)

Left rear

Son, Nathaniel and Lucy.

Turner, Polly

21 Nov. 1864, Walpole (Mass Deaths Vol. 175, page 282)

78 yrs. (abt. 1786)

Left rear

Daug., Nathaniel Guild (1741-1793) and Rebecca (Hart), wife, John