The First Burial Ground on Foster Hill
Unfortunately this site is not conspicuous or readily accessible from the road and is on Private Property. Please respect the rights of the owners.
There are no known markers at the First Burial Ground
The following died at Quaboag Plantation prior to August 1675:
James Younglove, brother to the minister, who died in 1667 Infant John Warner, 11 month old son of Samuel who died in July, 1671 Sarah Parsons and her infant daughter Hannah, wife and daughter of Thomas Parsons
Killed at the ambush known as Wheeler’s Surprise in New Braintree on August 2, 1675
The following men were troopers of Captain Wheeler’s Company
Zechariah Phillips of Boston Timothy Farlow of Billerica Edward Coleburn of Chelmsford Samuel Smedly of Concord Sydrach Hopgood of Sudbury
Brookfield Men Killed at the Wheeler’s Surprise Ambush
John Ayres William Prichard Richard Coy
Killed at Prichard’s Hill (now Foster Hill) during the Siege of Brookfield
James Hovey Samuel Prichard Henry Young