Edward Gray Grave sign

Edward Gray's Gravesite
Originally uploaded by midgefrazel

This sign next to Edward Gray's gravestone certainly makes it easy to locate. I don't think you will miss it if you visit here.

Edward Gray's Gravestone

Edward Gray's Gravestone
Originally uploaded by midgefrazel

At once time, old gravestones were re-set in concrete as it was thought to better preserve them. (Probably not.)

In this case, this gravestone may have been set in concrete to deter theft as his grave is the oldest on Burial Hill. Early graves of the first English settlers were marked with wooden markers, fieldstones or not at all.

Close-up of Edward Gray

Close-up Edward Gray's Gravestone
Originally uploaded by midgefrazel

This is a close-up of the oldest surviving gravestone on Burial Hill in Plymouth, MA. It is very hard to photograph since it is located in a heavily treed section of Burial Hill.

If you click on this photo, it will bring you to Flickr where I have attempted a transcription of the carving.

History of the Town of Plymouth by James Thacher

History of the Town of Plymouth, from Its First Settlement in 1620, to the Present Time With a Concise History of the Aborigines of New England, and Their Wars with the English, &c. By James Thacher: ""