Congregational Church Yard Cemetery

Athelyn Stark _{on Google}

Oct 26th, 2020

the Congregational Church Yard Cemetery is located beside the Congregational Church in Exeter. This graveyard is the 3rd burial site on record in Exeter, and was regularly used until 1742. In 1800s, the countless graves were removed or leveled to make room to widen Front Street.
The current grave stones are a fraction of the original graves, recovered in the 1930s by Walter Pennell, and placed back in the church yard.
Rescued headstones are:
Robert Brisco died Feb. 6, 1728,
age 68 yrs.
Rev. Ward Clark
Pastor at Kingston,
died May 6, 1737, age 34 yrs.
Rev. John Clark
father of Rev. Ward,
first minister of the church.
Hon. Peter Coffin
member of Royal Council,
died Mar. 21, 1715, age 85 yrs.
Joanna Gilman Coffin Dyer
wife of Henry, died Dec. 24, 1720, age 42 yrs.
Dea. John Foulsam
died Dec. 11, 1715, age 74 yrs.
John Gilman
died Dec. 6, 1722, age 23 yrs.
Moses Gilman
died 1747.
John Light
died Jan. 9, 1717-18, age 35 yrs.
Olive Light
wife of John, died Mar. 23, 1747, age 26 yrs.
Elizabeth Somerby Clark Hale
wife of Rev. John, died Mar. 15, 1716, age 71 yrs., Mother of Rev. John Clark