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Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Essex County, New Jersey. Official Website Overview The county is named after Essex, a county in the East of England. Newark, with a population density of 11,458.3 people/square mile, is the largest municipality in the county both in terms of land area and population, while Caldwell is the smallest in terms of land area and Esse...
Essex County is a county in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Massachusetts. As of the 2010 census, the total population was 743,159, making it the third-most populous county in Massachusetts. It is part of the Greater Boston area (the Boston–Cambridge–Newton, MA–NH Metropolitan Statistical Area). The largest city in Essex County is Lynn. It has two county seats: Salem and Lawrence. P...
Wikipedia Phillips Academy Andover (also known as Phillips Academy, Andover, or PA) is a co-educational independent boarding preparatory school for boarding and day students in grades 9–12, along with a post-graduate (PG) year. The school is located in Andover, Massachusetts, United States, 25 miles north of Boston. The school has a student population of 1,138, and is selective, accepting 13%...
A project to unify efforts on a Marblehead-centric view of genealogy. Who were the initial settlers? Where do all of the street-names come from? etc.Some useful/inspiring links...Marblehead Magazine - History Timeline [ ] [ ]* 1615 In a war with the Tarrantines, the Naumkeags and their Chief, Nanepashemet, are defeated.* 1619 Nanepashemet is killed at Mystic and his widow, Squaw Sachem of Saugu...
Wikipedia Andover Theological Seminary (now know as Andover Newton Seminary at Yale Divinity School) traces its roots to the late 18th century and the desire for a well-educated clergy among Congregationalists in the United States. That desire was expressed in the founding of Phillips Academy in 1778 for "the promotion of true Piety and Virtue". In 1806, a growing split within the Congregation...
Endicott College is a private college in Beverly, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1939 as a two-year women's college. It began offering four-year degrees in 1988 and became coeducational in 1994. Endicott enrolled approximately 4,300 students as of the fall 2020 semester. It offers associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral programs, as well as graduate-level certificates, with a curriculu...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Essex County, New York. Official Website When counties were established in the state of New York in 1683, the present Essex County was part of Albany County. On March 12, 1772, what was left of Albany County was split into three parts, one remaining under the name Albany County. One of the other pieces, Charlotte County, contained ...
This cemetery is located on 1660 Front Street, Keeseville, Essex County, New York. Find a Grave
Please add the profile for early settlers (first families) to this project, and also, hyperlink them below, if you can. Ipswich is located in central Essex County and is 11 miles (18 km) south of Newburyport, 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Gloucester, 13 miles (21 km) north of Salem, 20 miles (32 km) east of Lawrence, and 28 miles (45 km) northeast of Boston. It is bordered by Rowley to the nort...
Essex County is a county located in the Middle Peninsula in the U.S. state of Virginia; the peninsula is bordered by the Rappahannock River on the north and King and Queen County on the south. Its county seat is Tappahannock. Essex County was established in 1692 from the old Rappahannock County, Virginia (not to be confused with the present-day Rappahannock County, Virginia). The county is nam...
Elizabethtown, New Jersey became a formal settlement in 1664. Elizabethtown was the first permanent English community in New Jersey, and is now known as Elizabeth, New Jersey.Profiles to be added to this project are the Elizabethtown Associates, 1664-1699. The following is an alphabetized list of associates. Those with an * beside their name are the associates known to have been in Elizabethtow...
Salem, located at the mouth of the Naumkeag river at the site of an ancient Native American village and trading center, was first settled by Europeans in 1626, when a company of fishermen from Cape Ann led by Roger Conant arrived. Conant's leadership had provided the stability to survive the first two years, but he was immediately replaced by John Endecott , one of the new arrivals, by order of...
This cemetery is located on 1830 East Broadway, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts. Find a Grave
This cemetery is referred to as GR12 St. Mary's Cemetery in the "Vital Records of Salem Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, Volume V - Deaths" and SAL.802 Saint Mary's Cemetery in the "MACRIS survey of Massachusetts Cemeteries". It's located on 226 North Street, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts. Find a Grave
This project is for those buried in North Beverly Cemetery, Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts. This cemetery is referred to as GR6 North Beverly Meeting House Cemetery in the "Vital Records of Beverly Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849". The Massachusetts Historical Commission does not refer to this cemetery in MACRIS. The cemetery is also known as the North Beverly Meeting House C...
This cemetery is referred to as GR1 Old Cemetery in the "Vital Records of Wenham Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849" and WNH.801 Wenham Cemetery in the "MACRIS Survey of Massachusetts Cemeteries". It is located in Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts. Find a Grave Wenham Cemetery Commission
We are the town cemetery where generations of Danvers inhabitants have chosen to spend eternal life. Located in the heart of Danvers, Walnut Grove provides the ideal location for local families to visit and remember their loved ones. The peaceful, beautiful and historic grounds have served as a sanctuary in which to honor the memories of the departed since 1843. Walnut Grove is a non-denominat...
The Old First Presbyterian Church, also known as First Presbyterian Church and Cemetery , and First Presbyterian Churchyard Memorial Garden , is a church in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States. The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. The grounds, located in the Four Corners Historic District, includes an old burial ground. Notable Burials: Wil...
This project is for those buried in West Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. Find a Grave
This cemetery is located on Creek Road, Crown Point, Essex County, New York. Find a Grave
Westford's first public cemetery is its largest and second-oldest in town; the earliest burial is believed to be that of Abram Wright in 1702. After Westford was incorporated in 1729 the cemetery was called East Burying Ground and also known as Snow's Cemetery after long time caretaker Levi Snow. It was renamed Fairview in 1894 and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places sin...
Wikipedia Upsala College (UC) was a private college affiliated with the Swedish-American Augustana Synod (later the Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church) and located in East Orange in Essex County, New Jersey in the United States. Upsala was founded in 1893 in Brooklyn, in New York City, and moved to Kenilworth, and finally to East Orange in 1924. In the 1970s, Upsala considered moving to Wa...
Founded in 1854, Fairmount Cemetery is a Victorian cemetery with many distinctive and beautiful monuments erected by families who have chosen Fairmount as their final resting place. Two beautifully designed mausoleums and countless acres offer families a wide range of choices. As a not-for-profit cemetery, Fairmount is dedicated to serving all faiths and directing all funds to the care and wel...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Essex County, Vermont. History Prior to the arrival of colonists of European descent, the area was populated by the Abenakis. They used the Connecticut and Nulhegan rivers as primary means of travel through the area along with many subsidiary rivers and streams. The culture was mostly hunter-gatherer with a combination of agricult...
Bellevue Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Lawrence and Methuen, Essex County, Massachusetts. Established in 1847, and owned by the city of Lawrence, it is the first and principal cemetery of the city and a notable example of a rural cemetery. In conjunction with adjacent cemeteries and Lawrence's High Service Water Tower and Reservoir, it provides part of the small city's largest area of open...