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Essex County, Massachusetts Cemeteries
Old Burying Point Cemetery
(aka Charter Street Cemetery)
Old Burying Point or the Charter Street Cemetery is the oldest cemetery in Salem, and
the second oldest known cemetery in the country, started in 1637. It is located on Charter St. next to the Witch
Trials Memorial.
Burials
JOSEPH HART JR. - b. Aug 8, 1775. d. Oct 17, 1845, age 70y, 2m, 12d
Joseph Hart Jr (Joseph, Thomas, Adam, Isaac) was born in Fitchburg, Mass., Aug. 8, 1775, oldest son of Joseph
and Ann (Dix) Hart; m. at Salem, Mar. 18, 1798, Jane Simmons of Salem. She died in Lynn, Nov. 4, 1854, age
76 years, daughter of Mrs.Elizabeth Simmons. Mr. Hart resided in Salem and Reading, and finally settled in Topsfield,
Mass., a painter by trade. He died Oct.17, 1845, age 70 years, 2 months, and 12 days. The Topsfield records say
he was born in Fitchburg, son of Joseph and Anna_____ Hart.
Children: to Joseph and Jane (Simmons) Hart
~a daughter; lived in Lynn
~a daughter; lived in Lynn
~Simmons, b. in 1812; d. in Topsfield, Mass., Jan. 1, 1846,age 34 years; unmarried.
(Info supplied by Mrs. Carole Dick, www.myhartt.com )
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