First Settlers Burying Ground
Dover, NH


Photo courtesy of Jenn Marcelais .

One of New Hampshire’s oldest surviving cemeteries, this cemetery includes early Northam Colonists from the 1600s – although most of the earliest stones are buried or gone. Dover claims its founding at nearby Hilton Point (aka Bloody Point) as early as 1623 and explorers sailed up to Great Bay as early as 1603. This was the original site of the first town. Key names include Bickford, Card, Clement, Coleman, Dudley, Fernald, Henderson, Jones, Nason, Robets, Shaw, Trippe. See A Very Grave Matter (below) for photos of 26 head stones.

HOURS: Dawn to dusk
WEBSITE: http://www.gravematter.com/cem-nh-dover.asp
ADMISSION: Free to see
ADDRESS: Dover Point Road Dover, NH 03802
DIRECTIONS: On Dover Point Road (bear left when levaing town from Dover on Maine Street) near Hilton Point. From East do not go through toll toward Durham, but bear right off Route 4 to Dover Point.