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ANNA LEE CEMETERY, TOWN OF MOUNT WASHINGTON, BERKSHIRE COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS

"Drive two miles north on West Street from Cross Road. There will be a driveway just past a grey house on your right.

Enter driveway, continue down small road to the left of the house. You will approach "Ann Lee Cottage."

To the left of the garage behind the cottage is a path lines on either side with small fir trees.

This path leads to the cemetery, which received its name from the legend that Mother Ann Lee of the Shakers

stayed at this cottage on a visit to Mount Washington. It has been described as probably the oldest cemetery of whites in

Berkshire County. Early Dutch Settlers' graves are marked by common field stones.

This is a small plot eight rods square about one fourth of a mile east of the west road

and is probably the oldest cemetery of white people in Berkshire County.

In it are some 130 common field stones set up with no names at the head and foot of unknown graves of the early Dutch settlers. Beginning at south-east corner the following are all that have names:"

Robert Bartlett
Birth: Jun., 1808
Death: Oct. 2, 1808
"Bartlett Robert, son of Loring & Dorcas, died Oct 2, 1808 age 4 mos."
Description: http://image1.findagrave.com/photos/2009/253/41845877_125271695813.jpg
Notes: 4 month old Robert Bartlett was a son of Loring Barlett 1786-1865 and his first wife Doras 1785-1808. Baby Robert's mother Dorcas died 3 days after his death and was buried in Chapinville Cemetery, Salisbury, CT as was later his father Loring Bartlett as well as his father's second wife Phebe. Baby Robert Barlett was a descendent of Mayflower Passenger Robert Bartlett
 

Abigail Dibble Benjamin

Birth: Mar. 30, 1731, USA
Death: Sep. 7, 1772, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA
Abigail (Dibble) Benjamin 1741-1772 daughter of John Dibble Sr 1702-1773 and sister of Lieut John Dibble Jr 1739-1826
Notes: Abigail (Dibble) Benjamin was born 30 Mar 1731 in Bedford, NY or Ridgefield, CT a daughter of John Dibble Sr 1702-1773 and his wife Mary 1711-1799, sister to Lieut John Dibble Jr 1739-1826. Abigail married 20 Jan 1761 on Taughkanic Mountain (Mount Washington, MA) Nathaniel Benjamin 1737-1785 and was the mother of five young children at the time of her death. Abigail's gravestone is the oldest to have survived time within the cemetery known as the oldest in Berkshire County of white settlers.
 
Illegible Dible Grave
 
Olive Henry or Joyce Dibble

Birth: Jul. 15, 1745, USA

Death: Jun. 10, 1811, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA

Lieut John Dibble Jr (Revolutionary War) 13 Aug 1739 - 15 Sep 1826 and his wife Olive Henry (or Joyce) 15 Jul 1745-10 Jun 1811
 
Ezra A. Dibell

Birth: 1834

Death: May 29, 1836

Ezra A Dibble 1834 - 29 May 1836 son of Jeremiah Dibble 1784-1849 (and Elizabeth Schutt 1789-aft 1880), Grandson of Lieut John Dibble Jr 1726-1826 and Olive Henry or Joyce 1745-1811 and Wilhelmus Schutt 1765-1849 and Anna Tyler 1770-1851, Great-grandson of John Dibble Sr 1702-1773
 
George M. Dibell

Birth: Jan. 25, 1841

Death: Feb. 2, 1845

George M Dibble 25 Mar 1841 - 02 Feb 1846 (son of Jeremiah Dibble Jr 1811-bef 1900 and Hannah Joyce 1820-aft 1910), Grandson of Jeremiah Dibble 1784-1849 (and Elizabeth Schutt 1789-aft 1880), Great-grandson of Lieut John Dibble Jr 1739-1826 and Olive Henry or Joyce 1745-1811 and Wilhelmus Schutt 1765-1849 and Anna Tyler 1770-1851, Great-great-grandson of John Dibble Sr 1702-1773

 
Jeremiah Dibble

Birth: Apr. 12, 1784

Death: Jun. 22, 1849

Jeremiah Dibble 12 Apr 1784 - 24 Jan 1849, son of Lieut John Dibble Jr 1729-1826 and Olive Henry or Joyce 1745-1811, Grandson of John Dibble Sr 1702-1773. It is thought that Jeremiah's wife Elizabeth "Betsey" Schutt 1789-aft 1880 is buried here although no gravestone is found for her. Jeremiah's wife Elizabeth Schutt was a daughter of Wilhelmus Schutt 1765-1849 and Anna Tyler 1770-1851
 
Lieut John Dibell

Birth: 1739

Death: Sep. 5, 1826, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA

Lieut John Dibble Jr (Revolutionary War) 13 Aug 1739 - 15 Sep 1826 and his wife Olive Henry (or Joyce) 15 Jul 1745-10 Jun 1811
"Dibble, John, Sheffield. 1st Lieutenant, Capt. John King's 14th (Tauconnuck Mountain) co., 1st Berkshire Co. regt.; list of officers of Mass. militia dated Great Barrington, March 26, 1776; ordered in Council May 6, 1776, that said officers be commissioned; reported commissioned May 6, 1776; also, 1st Lieutenant, Capt. John King's (13th) co., 1st Berkshire Co. regt.; list of officers of Mass. militia [year not given]; also, 1st Lieutenant, Capt. Ephraim Fitch's (4th) co., Col. Benjamin Simonds's detachment of Berkshire Co. militia; muster roll dated Camp at Ticonderoga, Feb. 25, 1777; appointed Dec. 16, 1776; enlistment to expire March 15, 1777; reported absent on furlough at Granville in Feb., 1777, by leave of Col. Wayne; also, 1st Lieutenant, Capt. Fitch's co., Col. Simonds's detachment; return dated Sheffield, May 1, 1777, signed by Brig. John Fellows, of a detachment from said Fellows's (Berkshire Co.) brigade, made agreeable to order of General Court, to reinforce the Continental Army, and which marched the beginning of Jan., [1777]."Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols.Volume 4 page 731
 
John Dibell

Birth: 1702

Death: Aug. 1, 1773, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA

John Dibble Sr 1702 - 01 Aug 1773, father of Lieut John Dibble 1739-1826 and Abigail (Dibble) Benjamin 1741-1772
 
Charles Patterson

Birth: 1745, USA

Death: May 29, 1837, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA

Capt. Charles Patterson (Revolutionary War) 22 Sep 1745 - 30 May 1837, husband of Martha Hall 1751-1839
"Patterson, Charles. Private, Captain, King's Co., Col. Hopkins (Berkshire Co.) regt.; entered service July 15, 1776; discharged July 31, 1776; service 16 days; company marched by order of Brg. Gen. Fellows; also, Sergeant, Capt. John Spoor's co., Col. Benjamin Simonds' (Berkshire Co.) regt.; engaged April 26, 1777; discharged May 20, 1777; service 25 days at Saratoga by order of Maj. Gen. Gates."Source: Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War", 1903. Vol XI, page 1023 - 5th Great-grand-daughter - Michele
 
Martha Hall Patterson

Birth: Sep. 13, 1751

Death: Apr. 2, 1839

Martha Hall 13 Sep 1751 - 01 Apr 1839, wife of Charles Patterson 1745-1837
 
Anna Tyler Schutt

Birth: 1770

Death: Sep. 15, 1851

Anna Tyler 1770 - 15 Sep 1851, wife of Wilhelmus Schutt 1765-1849
 
Wilhelmus Schutt

Birth: 1765

Death: Feb. 23, 1849

Wilhelmus Schutt 1765 - 03 Feb 1849
 
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