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This includes Jason Russell, who died defending his house, and eleven other patriots who were originally buried in a mass grave. A number of British soldiers were also buried near the cemetery \u2014 the site of their originally unmarked grave is now adorned with a British flag.<\/p>\n<p>The list of 28 known Patriots buried there is as follows:<\/p>\n<p>John Adams \u2022 Joseph Adams \u2022 William Adams \u2022 Elijah Allen \u2022 John Bacon \u2022 Ammi Cutter Sr \u2022 Gershom Cutter III \u2022 Samuel Cutter Sr \u2022 William Cutter \u2022 Ephraim Frost Sr \u2022 Ephraim Frost \u2022 John Frost (1754-1818) \u2022 John Frost (1760-1812) \u2022 Samuel Frost \u2022 John Hill \u2022 Thomas Hill \u2022 William Hill \u2022 Amos Locke \u2022 Jonathan Parker \u2022 Solomon Peirce\/Pierce \u2022 Benjamin Pierce\/Peirce \u2022 Jason Russell Sr \u2022 Philip\/Philemon Russell \u2022 Walter Russell \u2022 Don Juan\/John Stoughton \u2022 Jonathan Teel \u2022 Jeduthan Wellington \u2022 Samuel Whittemore<\/p>\n<p><em>This list was compiled from the SAR Patriot Research System. 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