Tucked into the corner of Main and Park streets in Pepperell, Massachusetts, the Walton Cemetery was the town’s first burial ground. The cemetery was established in 1746 with the earliest headstones dating back to 1750. It has since been expanded into the Pepperell Cemetery.

A number of Revolutionary War Patriots are interred within the leaning rows of headstones in this historic graveyard. One of the most famous among them is Prudence Cummings Wright, who led the capture of a British informant at Jewett’s Bridge. At least one other Patriot is buried at the Pepperell Woodlawn Cemetery.

The following are interred there:

Revolutionary War Patriots

David Blood • Joshua Blood • Joseph Emerson • Nehemiah Hobart • Jedidiah Jewett, Sr. • James Tarbell • Prudence Cummings Wright

Revolutionary War Veterans

Edmund Bancroft • Jonathan Bancroft • Joseph Boynton • Francis Buttrick • Benjamin Chamberlin • Joseph S. Emerson • Joseph Farrar • Simon Green • Daniel Hobart • William Kendall • James Lakin • James Lawrence • Thomas Lawrence, III • Abijah Mosher • John Nutting • Lemuel Parker • Nathaniel Parker • William Prescott • Nathaniel Sartell, Jr. • Jesse Shattuck • Thomas Shattuck • Abel Spauldin(g) • Joseph Spaulding • William Spaulding • Joseph Warner • Henry Woods, Sr. • Isaac Woods • Abel Wright • David Wright • Samuel Wright, Jr. • Josiah Wright • Noah Wright

This list was researched and compiled by the Prudence Wright Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

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