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ANNA LEE CEMETERY, TOWN OF MOUNT WASHINGTON, BERKSHIRE COUNTY,
MASSACHUSETTS
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"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:"
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Robert Bartlett |
Birth: Jun., 1808 |
Death: Oct. 2, 1808 |
"Bartlett Robert, son of Loring
& Dorcas, died Oct 2, 1808 age
4 mos." |
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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 |
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Abigail Dibble Benjamin
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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 |
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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. |
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Illegible Dible Grave |
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Olive Henry or Joyce Dibble |
Birth: Jul. 15, 1745, USA
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Death: Jun. 10, 1811, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA
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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 |
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Ezra A. Dibell |
Birth: 1834
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Death: May 29, 1836
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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 |
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George M. Dibell |
Birth: Jan. 25, 1841
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Death: Feb. 2, 1845
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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
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Jeremiah
Dibble |
Birth: Apr. 12, 1784
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Death: Jun. 22, 1849
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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 |
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Lieut John
Dibell |
Birth: 1739
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Death: Sep. 5, 1826, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA
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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 |
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"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 |
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John Dibell |
Birth: 1702
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Death: Aug. 1, 1773, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA
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John Dibble Sr 1702 - 01 Aug 1773, father
of Lieut John Dibble 1739-1826 and
Abigail (Dibble) Benjamin 1741-1772 |
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Charles Patterson |
Birth: 1745, USA
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Death: May 29, 1837, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA
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Capt. Charles Patterson (Revolutionary War) 22 Sep 1745 - 30 May
1837, husband of Martha Hall 1751-1839 |
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"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 |
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Martha Hall Patterson |
Birth: Sep. 13, 1751
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Death: Apr. 2, 1839
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Martha Hall 13 Sep 1751 - 01 Apr 1839, wife of Charles Patterson
1745-1837 |
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Anna Tyler Schutt |
Birth: 1770
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Death: Sep. 15, 1851
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Anna Tyler 1770 - 15 Sep 1851, wife of Wilhelmus
Schutt 1765-1849 |
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Wilhelmus Schutt |
Birth: 1765
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Death: Feb. 23, 1849
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Wilhelmus Schutt 1765 - 03 Feb 1849 |
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