Cemetery tour

Nemasket Hill cemetery in Middleboro was conducting tours on Sunday May 25,2009. It is one of the oldest cemeteries in this section of the country. It was obtained through the 26 men's purchase in 1662 from Indian Wampatuck Thomas Southworth.

One of the areas in the cemetery we visited was the resting place of Huldah Pierce Warren Bump otherwise known as Minnie Bump. She was the sister n' law of Tom Thumb. Minnie and her sister Mercy Lavina Warren Bump were part of the P.T. barnum circus. Where Lavinia met and maried Charles Stratten who P. T. Barnum had renamed Tom Thumb. Lavinias height was the height of a yard stick and Minnie only came up to her shoulder.

We also visited some histroic figures graves from Middleboro. One was the RTeverend Samuel Fuller. He became paster of the first congregational church in Middleboro in 1678.. His father was a doctor who took care of the sick on his voyage on the mayflower.

There was also the graves of two men Mr. Wood and Mr. Tinkham. They were one of the first settlers of middleboro. We also visited the graves of Chief Red Blanket and his wife Princess Star Light. They were a part of the Wampanoag ponkapoc nati0n.

It ws a very informative tour. We also planted flowers at the graves of my in-laws. It was a very interesting hour for us. They hope t ogive another tour in the fall and maybe have some more information about some of the other grave sites in the cemetery.