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TURKEY HILL CEMETERY - MERRIMACK, NH
Corner of Turkey Hill Road
& Meetinghouse Road |
For a listing of tombstone
inscriptions in other cemeteries in Merrimack,
see the CEMETERIES
page. | The
"History of Merrimack NH," 1978 Merrimack Historical Society, Higginson
Book Company states: "In 1754 when the meeting was held to raise money
for a mettinghouse, the townspeople provided enough land for a training field
and a burying place."
The first burying ground mentioned in town records is that of the meetinghouse,
located on Meetinghouse Road near where it joins Turkey Hill Road. It is now known
as Turkey Hill Cemetery. Although
Turkey Hill Cemetery is the first one mentioned in town records, Thornton Cemetery
has the oldest date on a gravestone. Both cemeteries have large spaces which show
signs of graves with no markers. There are many stones which have fallen or broken
and have been left for nature to cover over the years. The oldest known grave
in Turkey Hill Cemetery is that of Hugh McInnes who died November 18, 1771. Some
burials were still occurring in Turkey Hill Cemetery until 1987 (although it was
rare after 1950).
TOMBSTONE
INSCRIPTIONS & PHOTOGRAPHS IN TURKEY HILL CEMETERY
Recommendations:
first, view the list of tombstone inscriptions in the link directly below (PDF
file); match up the inscription with the photograph of the tombstone. This should
be done because the inscription list will have more detail, while the photograph
link has only brief information. Please do not request additional photographs.
If you do not see your ancestor/relative here, check the transcription list FIRST,
and if it appears there, then other photographs to see if your ancestor's stone
is in the background. Some of the stones were missing, broken, or illegible. The
photographs may not be of ALL the tombstones (it is possible that I missed a few).
Turkey
Hill Cemetery (tombstone inscription list) aka Meeting House Cemetery
in south Merrimack (PDF file - 19 pages, so be patient while this loads)
Turkey Hill Cemetery location is: Latitude: 425130N;
Longitude: 0713116W.
Please NOTE: your viewing of these photographs,
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cropped sections, may NOT be used for any purpose, either electronic or printed
medium, which are offered for sale (for example, but not limited to, newspapers,
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PERMISSION. Doing otherwise is in violation of United States copyright law. You
may contact me (as the webmaster) of this site to request permission. If you are
unable to contact me, this does NOT give you permission to use these photographs.
In those cases where written permission is granted, posted credits must always
be given to Janice W. Brown, the photographer and owner of these images.
Note: additional
photographs of Turkey Hill Cemetery, taken by Marc Nozell, can
be found
on this FLICKR page. It is worth looking at, in case I missed
any.
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