Cemeteries

Cemetery research is an important piece of the genealogy puzzle. The cemetery guides that the library keeps in the Local History Room can be found in our library catalog. Use this information to contact the cemeteries in Watertown directly:

Arlington Street Cemetery (a.k.a. Old Burial Ground), Arlington & Mt. Auburn streets, Watertown: Lori Moran, Department of Public Works, 617-972-6420
Catholic Mount Auburn Cemetery (a.k.a. Sand Banks Cemetery), 64 Cottage Street, Watertown: owned by the Boston Archdiocese (see below), with records hosted online by the Historical Society of Watertown
Common Street Cemetery (a.k.a. Village Cemetery), Common & Mt. Auburn streets, Watertown: Lori Moran, Department of Public Works, 617-972-6420
Mount Auburn Cemetery, 580 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge: Historical Collections & Archives, 617-607-1942
Ridgelawn Cemetery, Highland Avenue, Watertown: Lori Moran, Department of Public Works, 617-972-6420
St. Patrick Cemetery, 999 Belmont Street, Watertown: Patricia Nagle, St. Patrick Parish Administrative Assistant, 617-926-9680 x10

For more information on the Catholic cemeteries in Watertown, try Thomas Lester, Archivist and Records Manager at the Boston Archdiocese, 617-746-5795, or the Catholic Cemetery Association, 781-322-6300.

A collection of digitized photographs from Watertown cemeteries is on the Digital Commonwealth site. Also online are an 1899 Report on the Laying Out of Ridgelawn Cemetery and an 1869 collection of Epitaphs with Notes from the Old Burying Ground.

Arlington Street Cemetery (a.k.a. Old Burial Ground) Plot Listings by Name

Plot No.	Name	Date	Plot No.	Name	Date
1	Abbot, John	1717	193	Clark, Benoni	1736
450	Anderson, Annie E.	1876	227	Clark, Elizabeth	1777
100	Bailey, Lydia	1691	172	Clark, Mary	1728
101	Bailey, Thomas	1688	225	Clark, Richard	1723
194	Barnard, James	1726	192	Clark, Richard	1760
96	Barnard, Samuel	1762	97	Clark, Richard	1809
61	Barron, Hannah	1685	193	Clark, Sarah	1734
258	Barron, Timothy	1718	85	Clark, Thomas	1720
6	Barsham, Elizabeth	1729	84	Clark, Uriah	1721
5	Barsham, Nathaniel	1716	178	Clark, Uriah Jr.	1747
117	Barstow, Michael	1698	231	Coolidge, Benoni	1754
186	Bartsow, Rebeccah	1711	159	Coolidge, David	1772
250	Beers, Elizabeth	1717	163	Coolidge, David	1788
290	Bird, Ann Kingsbury	1810	162	Coolidge, Dorothy	1815
290	Bird, Daniel		205	Coolidge, Ebenezer	1750
290	Bird, Jonathan	1837	256	Coolidge, Ebenezer	1785
290	Bird, Samuel		71	Coolidge, Elizabeth	1736
65	Bond, Amos	1786	205	Coolidge, Elizabeth	1749
92	Bond, Elijah	1799	240	Coolidge, Elizabeth	1776
94	Bond, Elizabeth	1720	256	Coolidge, Elizabeth	1791
154	Bond, Grace	1699	256	Coolidge, Elizabeth	1813
155	Bond, Jonas	1727	256	Coolidge, Elizabeth Mason
266	Bond, Mary	1716	59	Coolidge, Hannah	1680
93	Bond, Susanna	1806	256	Coolidge, Hannah Stowell
66	Bond, Thomas	1737	256	Coolidge, Hannah	1784
198	Bowman, Anne	1757	144	Coolidge, John	1691
2	Bowman, Francis	1687	166	Coolidge, John	1755
245	Bridge, Mary	1831	44	Coolidge, Joseph	1775
246	Briggs, Abigail M.	1866	72	Coolidge, Joseph	1749
235	Bright, Benj.	1766	69	Coolidge, Joseph	1754
60	Bright, Hannah	1720	256	Coolidge, Joseph
237	Bright, Henry	1756	256	Coolidge, Joseph
151	Bright, John	1754	241	Coolidge, Kezia	1804
291	Bright, Capt. Joseph	1816	161	Coolidge, Lucy	1785
291	Bright, Hannah Smith, wife	1841	146	Coolidge, Mary	1691
236	Bright, Margaret	1758	148	Coolidge, Mary	1700
58	Bright, Mary	1717	158	Coolidge, Mary	1786
239	Bright, Nathaniel	1737	256	Coolidge, Moses	1838
238	Bright, Nathaniel	1754	157	Coolidge, Peter	1784
150	Bright, Rebeckah	1736	56	Coolidge, Priscilla	1717
291	Bright, Samuel		156	Coolidge, Richard	1732
234	Bright, Silas	1766	69	Coolidge, Ruth	1753
57	Brown, Abigail	1733	69	Coolidge, Samuel	1753
24	Chadwick, Charles	1682	164	Coolidge, Sarah T.	1823
26	Chadwick, John	1711	256	Coolidge, Sarah	1881
109	Chenery, Ebenezer	1833	165	Coolidge, Thomas	1737
123	Chenery, John	1723	222	Cutter, Abigail	1702
126	Chenery, John	1723	221	Cutter, Bethiah	1731
124	Chenery, John	1732	220	Cutter, Jonathan	1702
110	Chenery, John	1836	262	Cutter, Mary	1697
108	Chenery, Mary	1832	38	Dana, Aaron	1809
107	Chenery, Sarah	1826	40	Dana, Aaron	1815
119	Child, Jonathan	1774	39	Dana, Abigail	1813
86	Clark, Benj.	1730	103	Dudley, Maria L.	1863
			4	Eve, Elizabeth	1735

F - Randal

Plot No.	Name	Date	Plot No.	Name	Date
171	Faning, Elizabeth	1722	232	Jennison, Samuel	1730
255	Felton, Benj.	1754	260	Jennison, Sarah	1720
255	Felton, Benj.	1765	233	Jennison, William	1750
255	Felton, Lucy	1766	10	Jones, Ann	1680
41	Fisk, Hannah	1750	82	Kembell, John	1758
129	Fisk, Nathan	1741	122	Killey, Elizabeth	1747
130	Fisk, Sarah	1723	122	Killey, Joseph	1747
191	Foster, Allen	1810	183	Knap, Elizabeth	1716
25	Fox, Elizabeth	1684	90	Learned, Elizabeth	1774
243	Gearfeild, Mehetable	1675	95	Learned, Hannah	1761
35	Gibbs, Elizabeth	1709	91	Learned, Jerusha	1767
36	Gibbs, Henry	1703	261	Learned, Mary	1738
253	Gibbs, Henry	1723	160	Learned, Charlotte	1877
253	Gibbs, Mercy	1716	257	Livermore, Amos	1841
37	Gibbs, William	1715	141	Livermore, Daniel	1713
180	Goodanow, Mary	1745	179	Livermore, Daniel	1720
*	M.B.E.R on footstone		136	Livermore, Daniel	1744
187	Grant, Anna	1717	257	Livermore, Eliza	1887
173	Grant, Benj.	1731	132	Livermore, Elizabeth	1716
169	Grant, Christopher	1818	142	Livermore, Hannah	1698
171	Grant, Christopher	1850	257	Livermore, Hannah	1888
83	Grant, Joseph	1722	257	Livermore, Hannah
263	Grant, Joshua	1731	257	Livermore, Harriet T.	1821
177	Grant, Joshua	1734	54	Livermore, John	1684
176	Grant, Lydia	1731	153	Livermore, John	1717
170	Grant, Sarah	1821	223	Livermore, Jonathan	1705
201	Green, Bethiah	1714	128	Livermore, Lucy	1790
53	Hammond, John	1709	257	Livermore, Lucy	1840
52	Hammond, Nathaniel	1677	219	Livermore, Nathaniel	1712
120	Hammond, Prudence	1711	269	Livermore, Nathaniel	1749
50	Hammond, Sarah	1688	143	Livermore, Oliver	1754
51	Hammond, Sarah	1674	140	Livermore, Prudence	1718
98	Harrington, Robert	1707	87	Livermore, Rachael	1730
219	Harrington, Samuel	1712	135	Livermore, Ruth	1725
99	Harrington, Susannah	1694	139	Livermore, Samuel	1690
207	Harris, Fullam	1738	147	Livermore, Samuel	1697
76	Harris, Nathaniel	1761	138	Livermore, Samuel	1700
206	Harris, Priscilla	1728	131	Livermore, Samuel	1719
188	Hastings, Asher	1731	29	Maddocks, Mary	1715
195	Hastings, John	1746	112	Maddocks, Palsgrave	1716
185	Hastings, Joseph	1723	300	Marston, Frederick	1892
196	Hastings, Mary	1728	267	Mason, Elijah	1863
189	Hastings, Mary	1732	47	Mason, Elizabeth	1755
196	Hastings, Mary	1739	45	Mason, Hugh	1678
184	Hastings, Mary	1747	49	Mason, Joseph	1755
217	Hastings, Samuel	1723	48	Mason, Mary	1763
197	Hastings, Sarah	1724	46	Mason, Nehemiah	1775
188	Hastings, Sarah	1731	203	Mils, Ann	1725
115	Hawkins, Timothy	1697	202	Mils, Henry	1725
283	Hoar, Augustus L.	1880	300	Nichols, Martha Elizabeth	1889
283	Hoar, Calvin B.	1880	145	Norcross, Bezalel	1769
285	Hoar, Mrs. Calvin B.	1898	106	Norcross, Elizabeth	1801
209	Hoar, Esther	1739	145	Norcross, Jerusha	1768
301	Hoar, Farvel	1888	106	Norcross, Josiah	1801
281	Hoar, Henry F.	1869	127	Ormes, John	1715
284	Hoar, Mabel K.	1880	152	Parker, Stephen and Susanna	1718
301	Hoar, Martha	1881	291	Park, Abel W.
282	Hoar, Wyman B.	1877	208	Pearce, Samuel	1735
199	Holdin, Joanna	1728	43	Perry, Elizabeth	1748
182	Holdin, Samuel	1723	190	Perry, Samuel	1723
200	Holdin, Tabitha	1716	133	Poulter, Abigail	1691
216	Ive, Martha	1683	257	Pratt, Adeline Maria
32	Ive, Miles	1684	175	Randal, Susanna	1723

Raynsford - Whitemore

Plot No.	Name	Date	Plot No.	Name	Date
125	Raynsford, Abigail	1726	8	Stone, Ebenezer	1783
228	Reed, Eliza	1854	16	Stone, Ebenezer	1784
291	Richardson, Abigail Stone	1859	113	Stone, Elijah
291	Richardson, Eben	1876	301	Stone, Esther M.	1865
291	Richardson, Elizabeth Wyman	1848	302	Stone, Frances	1888
291	Richardson, Harriet L.	1849	301	Stone, Hannah	1801
291	Richardson, Henry		302	Stone, Henry Franklin	1887
291	Richardson, Leonard	1830	301	Stone, Hepsibah	1801
291	Richardson, Leonard, Jr.		301	Stone, Hepsibah	1801
291	Richardson, Mahitable Smith	1808	270	Stone, Hepzibah	1723
291	Richardson, Martha		22	Stone, Hepzibah	1763
291	Richardson, Richard	1833	13	Stone, James	1787
291	Richardson, Samuel	1845	18	Stone, John	1691
291	Richardson, Samuel T.	1849	116	Stone, Jonathan	1725
291	Richardson, Susan		229	Stone, Jonathan	1729
291	Richardson, Susan Waters		19	Stone, Jonathan	1754
291	Richardson, Thomas	1821	302	Stone, Jonathan	1825
291	Richardson, Thomas Henry	1842	302	Stone, Juliana	1825
291	Robinson, Daniel		301	Stone, Lucy	1815
291	Robinson, David C.		210B	Stone, Josiah	1749
291	Robinson, Sarah		105	Stone, Josiah	1858
291	Robinson, Sarah	1849	400	Stone, Mary	1720
291	Robinson, Sarach Richardson	1831	21	Stone, Mary	1720
291	Robinson, William	1846	272	Stone, Mary	1745
81	Sawin, Daniel	1800	104	Stone, Mary King	1830
79	Sawin, Daniel	1834	280	Stone, Nancy
78	Sawin, Lucy	1844	17	Stone, Nevenson	1749
27	Sawin, Munnings	1722	302	Stone, Rebecca	1801
242	Sawin, Susan	1848	20	Stone, Ruth	1702
80	Sawin, Susannah	1794	302	Stone, Sarah	1849
89	Shattuck, John	1675	302	Stone, Sarah Hobart	1894
89	Shattuck, William	1672	15	Stone, Sarah	1754
62	Shattuck, William	1723	23	Stone, Simon	1708
88	Shattuck, William	1732	401	Stone, Simon	1665
167	Shearer, William	1763	401	Stone, Joan Clark
67	Sherman, John	1685	212	Stratton, Abigail	1732
257	Sherman, Mary A.	1899	211	Stratton, John	1718
257	Sherman, Frederick	1889	215	Stratton, John	1735
257	Sherman, William	1890	74	Stratton, Joshua	1753
291	Smith, Abby	1848	210	Stratton, Marcy	1731
291	Smith, Mahitable Richardson		73	Stratton, Mercy	1749
291	Smith, Martha Richardson		214	Stratton, Mercy	1749
42	Smith, Daniel	1718	168	Tainter, Joseph	1690
134	Soden, Ruth	1776	204	Tainter, Rebecca	1715
68	Soldiers, U.S.	1816	77	Thornton, Elizabeth	1740
3	Stearns, Ezekiel	1734	251	Towle, Ezekiel M.	1837
75	Stearns, Josiah	1756	149	Traine, Deborah	1718
118	Stetson, Catharine	1804	63	Traine, Rebecca	1746
118	Stetson, Samuel	1804	64	Traine, Thomas	1739
301	Stone, Abijah	1837	224	Vetery, Mary A.	1722
301	Stone, Abigail	1839	300	Vila, Charles	1895
301	Stone, Abigail	1820	300	Vila, Martha Elizabeth	1870
9	Stone, Abigail	1789	300	Vila, Luke, Sen.
12	Stone, Abigail	1846	300	Vila, Luke, Jr.	1883
302	Stone, Anna	1801	300	Vila, Martha
301	Stone, Catherine	1848	291	Warrenner, Bostwick
302	Stone, Charles	1862	137	Wellington, Anna	1727
7	Stone, Cornelius	1776	30	Wellington, John	1726
14	Stone, Daniel	1766	31	Wellington, Oliver	1727
271	Stone, David	1750	28	Wellington, Palsgrave	1715
11	Stone, David	1824	33	Wellington, Rebeckah	1734
			34	Wellington, Susanna	1729
			121	Whitemore, Thomas	1717

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