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TECHNICAL REPORT
SE' - 9 2013
BOARD OF APPEALS
HISTORIC CEMETERY DELINEATION
BERRY FARM CEMETERY
RIDING ACADEMY PRESERVE PROJECT AREA
North Andover, Massachusetts
Jenifer Banister
Joseph N. Waller, Jr.
Submitted to:
North Andover Holdings, LLC
231 Sutton Street, Suite 1 B
North Andover, Massachusetts 01845
Submitted by:
The Public Archaeology Laboratory, Inc.
26 Main Street
Pawtucket, Rhode Island 02860
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PAL Report No. 2817 June 2013
PAL Publications
CARTOGRAPHERS
Dana M. Richardi/Jane Miller
GIS SPECIALIST
Jane Miller
GRAPHIC DESIGN/PACE LAYOUT SPECIALISTS
Alytheia M. Laughlin/Gail M. Van Dyke
MANAGEMENT ABSTRACT
PAL conducted a historic cemetery delineation of the Berry Farm Cemetery in North Andover,
Massachusetts. Historic cemetery delineation involved machine -assisted topsoil removal along the
cemetery's northwest, west, and southwest sides in proximity to areas of project -related impacts
associated with the proposed Riding Academy Preserve development. Machine -assisted topsoil removal
demonstrated that the Berry Farm Cemetery was established atop a rise elevated above a surrounding
wetland. Soils consisted of landscaping fills overlying B Horizon subsoils and/or poorly drained wetland
soils. Twentieth century garbage that included tires, construction materials, and plastic tarps were
incorporated within the wetland fills at the northwestern and southwestern cemetery corners. More recent
improvements to the area to facilitate drainage of the wetland were also observed in the southwestern
study area. A pet burial was exposed beneath a medium-sized rock approximately 10 feet west of the
existing split -rail fence. Animal remains were reburied in the trench following topsoil removal and
archaeological confirmation that the exposed remains were those of a medium-sized mammal and not
human.
No unmarked graves or other human burial related features were identified during the historic cemetery
delineation of the Berry Farm Cemetery. Consequently, the western cemetery limits, as currently defined
by a split -rail wooden fence and the vegetated tree line, appear to represent the actual limits of cemetery
interments. PAL recommends that project proponents proceed with the proposed development as
currently planned. Additional cemetery delineation may be warranted if construction plans are revised to
infringe upon the cemetery's south and east sides.
Archival research conducted in advance of archaeological fieldwork indicated that the grave of Seth
Farnum is situated outside the limits of the Berry Farm Cemetery. This grave is situated south of
Turnpike Street (Route 1 ] 4) and will not be impacted by project construction.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
MANAGEMENTABSTRACT..............................................................................................................i
1. INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
ProjectScope and Authority.............................................................................................................. 4
ProjectPersonnel........................................................................................................................ 4
Disposition of Project Materials........................................................................................................ 4
2. METHODOLOGY..........................................................................................................................5
ArchivalResearch............................................................................................................................. 5
FieldInvestigations........................................................................................................................... 5
Site Mapping and Documentation...................................................................................................... 6
3. ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT................................................................................................... 7
Geologyand Geomorphology............................................................................................................ 7
Soils.................................................................................................................................................. 8
Hydrology......................................................................................................................................... 8
4. GENERAL HISTORY OF NORTH ANDOVER........................................................................10
Early Settlement Period (A.D. 1620-1675)...................................................................................... 10
Colonial Period (1675-1.775)........................................................................................................... 13
Federal Period (1775-1830)............................................................................................................ 13
Industrial Period (1830-1915)......................................................................................................... 13
Modern Period (1915—present)........................................................................................................ 16
5. RESULTS OF THE SURVEY......................................................................................................19
Results of the Archival Research..................................................................................................... 19
FieldInvestigations......................................................................................................................... 28
Walkover/Surface Inspection.................................................................................................... 28
SubsurfaceTesting.................................................................................................................... 30
6. SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS................................................................................34
Summary and Discussion................................................................................................................ 34
Recommendations........................................................................................................................... 34
REFERENCES.................................................................................................................................... 37
APPENDICES
A TABLE OF HEADSTONES PRESENT IN THE BERRY FARM CEMETERY AT
THE TIME OF THE SURVEY.......................................................................................6............ 39
B PROJECT CORRESPONDENCE.............................................................................................. 47
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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1-1. Location of the town of North Andover within the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts................................................................................................................ 1
Figure 1-2. Location of the Andover Riding Academy/Berry Farm cemetery project
area on the Lawrence, MA USGS topographic quadrangle .............................................. 2
Figure 2-1. Berry Pond and the Berry Farm Cemetery, view facing south ......................................... 3
Figure 1-3. Detail of the proposed Andover Riding Academy Development showing the
location of the Berry Farm cemetery ............................................................................... 5
Figure 3-1. Physiographic zones of New England showing the location of the Town
of North Andover, Massachusetts (source: Fenneman 1938) ........................................... 7
Figure 3-2. Drainage basins map of Massachusetts showing the location of the Andover
Riding Academy/Berry Farm cemetery project area .....................................
Figure 4-1. 1830 Map of Andover showing the location of the Andover Riding Academy/
Berry Farm cemetery project area (Dorman 1830) ........................................................ 14
Figure 4-2. 1852 map of Andover showing the location of the Andover Riding Academy/Berry
Farm cemetery project area (Walling 1852)..................................................................15
Figure 4-3. 1872 map of North Andover showing the location of the Andover Riding
Academy/Berry Farm cemetery project area (Beers 1872) ............................................. 17
Figure 5-1. Gravestone of Daniel Farrington, view facing east ........................................................ 20
Figure 5-2. Gravestone of Lydia Town, Rebecca Town and Hamon Town, view
facingeast.................................................................................................................... 21
Figure 5-3. Gravestone of Peter Town, view facing east.................................................................. 21
Figure 5-4. Gravestone of Jacob Berry, view facing east................................................................. 22
Figure 5-5. Gravestone of Susannah Berry, view facing east .............................
Figure 5-6. Gravestone of Jacob Berry, Ancil Berry and Jacob W. Berry, view facing east .............. 24
Figure 5-7. Gravestone of Hiram Berry, view facing east................................................................ 24
Figure 5-8. Gravestone of Anna W. Berry, view facing east............................................................ 25
Figure 5-9. 1909 plan of land belonging to William Beck, No. Andover, Massachusetts
(Smith 1909)................................................................................................................ 26
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List of Figures
Figure 5-10.
Gravestone of Seth Farnum, view facing north..............................................................
28
Figure 5-11.
Front entrance to Berry Farm Cemetery, view facing east .............................................
28
Figure 5-12.
Site plan showing the archaeological testing and cemetery features................Back Pocket
Figure 5-13.
Uninscribed, crude granite gravestone, view facing east ................................................
29
Figure 5-14.
Machine excavation of a portion of MT -1, view facing south ........................................
30
Figure 5-15.
Profile of MT -1, west wall............................................................................................
31
Figure 5-16.
Profile of MT -1, east wall.............................................................................................
31
Figure 5-17.
Machine excavation of a portion of MT -2, view facing southeast ..................................
32
Figure 5-18.
Machine excavation of a portion of MT -3, view facing northwest .................................
32
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LIST OF TABLES
Table 4-1. Historic Cultural Chronology for Essex County, Massachusetts .................................... 11
Table 5-1. Berry Farm Cemetery Recorded Interments.................................................................. 21
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CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
North Andover Holdings, LLC is proposing development of the former Andover Riding Academy
property in North Andover, Massachusetts (Figure 1-1). The proposed Riding Academy Preserve
development will include 240 units of rental housing on approximately 26.86 acres of land in five, four-
story buildings each with a clubhouse/community building and associated amenities, infrastructure,
parking, and landscaping north of Berry Street and east of Boston Hill (Figures 1-2 and 1-3). The
historical Berry Farm Cemetery is situated within the proposed development area. The Berry Farm
Cemetery was established in the eighteenth century. The split rail fence surrounding the cemetery is not
original, and it was considered possible that unmarked interments extended beyond the currently defined
limits of the cemetery into areas of proposed construction.
Accordingly, North Andover Holdings, LLC retained PAL (The Public Archaeology Laboratory, Inc.) to
conduct a historic cemetery delineation of the Berry Farm cemetery. This report presents the results of the
historic cemetery delineation and offers management recommendations based on the results of the
archival research and the field investigations.
Figure 1-1. Location of the town of North Andover within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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Chapter One
Project Scope and Authority
The cemetery delineation was designed to define the western limits of the cemetery and determine if
unmarked burials extended into project work areas. Historic cemetery delineation was conducted in
accordance with relevant federal and state statutes and regulations pertaining to cultural resources and
historic preservation such as Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended
(36 CFR 800), Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 9, Sections 26-27C (950 CMR 70-71), the
Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) (301 CMR 11), and Massachusetts's Unmarked Burial
Laws (Massachusetts General Laws: Ch 114, Section 17; Ch 38, Section 613, Ch 9, Sections 26A & 27C,
and Ch 7 Section 38A).
All tasks associated with this project were undertaken in accordance with the standards outlined in the
Secretary of the Interior's Standards and Guidelines for Archaeology and Historic Preservation (48 FR
44716, 1983) and the Massachusetts Historical Commission's (MHC) Public Planning and
Environmental Review: Archaeology and Historic Preservation (1979). This report also follows the
guidelines established by the National Park Service (NPS) in the Recovery of Scientific, Prehistoric,
Historic, and Archaeological Data (36 CFR Part 66, Appendix A).
Project Personnel
PAL personnel involved in the historic cemetery delineation include Joseph Waller (principal
investigator), Jennifer Banister (project archaeologist) and Kirk Van Dyke (archaeologist). Archival
research for the project was conducted by Jennifer Banister in April 2013.prior to fieldwork. Fieldwork
was conducted on May 8-9, 2013 under Permit to Conduct Archaeological Field Investigation Number
3379 issued by the Massachusetts State Archaeologist and the MHC on April 12, 2013.
Disposition of Project Materials
All project information (field forms, maps, photographs, etc.) is currently on file at PAL, 26 Main Street,
Pawtucket, Rhode Island. PAL serves as a temporary curation facility until such time as the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts designates a permanent state repository.
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The Berry Farm Cemetery measures
approximately 50 -x -150 -feet (ft) (7,500 sq
ft). The cemetery is slightly elevated from
the surrounding landscape. A partial split -
rail fence with an associated opening on the
west side provides access to the cemetery.
Man-made drainage features surround the
eastern half of the cemetery and Berry Pond
is located approximately 60-70 ft to the
northeast (Figure 2-1). The goal of the
historic cemetery delineation was to
determine if unmarked graves continued
beyond the current limits of the Berry Farm
Cemetery and encroached upon areas of
proposed subsurface impacts associated
with the proposed Riding Academy
Preserve development. The survey Figure 2-1.
methodology consisted of athree-phased view facing south.
approach that included archival research,
machine -assisted topsoil removal, and site mapping/documentation.
CHAPTER TWO
METHODOLOGY
Berry Pond and the Berry Farm Cemetery,
Archival Research
Archival research was intended to provide information on the size, location, age, extent, and content of
the burial ground. It encompassed a review of town/county land evidence and probate records as well as
family genealogy records of the Berry family. Land evidence records were obtained from the Northern
Essex County and Southern Essex County Registry of Deeds in Lawrence and Salem, respectively. A
1930 monograph entitled "Farm and Neighborhood Cemeteries of Andover and North Andover,
Massachusetts, Including Stone Inscriptions", compiled by Lenora White McQuesten was also reviewed
at the Memorial Hall Library in Andover. This document contained information about the Berry Farm
Cemetery including some genealogical notes on a few of the women buried there. PAL also contacted the
North Andover Historical Society, although it did not supply any additional pertinent information on the
Berry Farm Cemetery.
Archival research also involved a review of site-specific local geography, geology, and soils, local
history, MHC archaeological site files, and historic maps of North Andover.
Field Investigations
In cases where a cemetery's boundaries are uncertain or unknown, machine -assisted topsoil removal is an
effective means of identifying unmarked graves and delineating the limits of cemetery interments.
Machine -assisted topsoil removal of the Berry Farm Cemetery was limited to the west, northwest, and
southwest sides of the burial ground, excluding a drainage feature and flagged wetland areas.
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Chapter Two
Machine -assisted excavation was used and some care was taken on the north and south sides to avoid
disturbing large trees whose root systems could have impacted burials contained within the cemetery.
Machine -work continued approximately 20 to 25 ft beyond the visible cemetery limits.
Machine -assisted archaeological testing consisted of mechanical removal of site area topsoils in
systematic linear rows within project impact areas to intersect unmarked grave shafts. Grave shafts, if
present, were expected to be oriented east/west, similar to those observed within the burial ground. Arco
Excavators of North Andover supplied a KoMatsu mini excavator equipped with a flat blade scraping
edge to remove the topsoils. PAL staff closely monitored the removal of topsoils and followed the
excavator using square shovels and masonry trowels to clean the topsoil/subsoil interface and inspect
exposed trench floors for evidence of grave shafts, buried burial markers, or other cultural features that
might have been located outside the readily visible limits of the cemetery. Machine trenches measured
approximately 3 ft in width and ranged between roughly 40 and 80 ft in length. Trenches were excavated
into sterile subsoils to depths ranging between 2 and 4 ft below the ground surface. Following
archaeological recording, trenches were re -filled and the ground surface was restored to its original
topographic contours.
Site Mapping and Documentation
Field tasks involved mapping the spatial distribution and layout of testing areas in relation to both the
existing cemetery proposed Riding Academy Preserve development areas. Digital photographs were taken
of the machine -work and testing areas, the cemetery parcel, and the surrounding landscape. The cemetery
including the split -rail fence, individual headstones and footstones, and depressions and areas of machine -
assisted trenching were mapped using a Trimble GeoXT sub -meter Global Positioning System (GPS)
handheld receiver. Each burial marker contained within the cemetery was photographed and measured
with information recorded on the stone (decoration and transcription) recorded. This information is
presented in Appendix A.
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CHAPTER THREE
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT
The environmental context of a given area, including its geology, topography, hydrology, and natural
resources, plays a significant role in assessing potential human activity that took place within an area over
time. This chapter presents an overview of the environmental setting of the Riding Academy
Preserve/Berry Farm Cemetery proceeding from macrolevel considerations, such as the effects of glacial
activity on the regional landscape, to project area -specific conditions.
Geology and Geomorphology
The town of North Andover is situated within
the New England Seaboard Lowland
physiographic zone in northeastern
Massachusetts (Figure 3-1). The New England
Seaboard Lowland is characterized by gently
rolling terrain and low-lying knolls interspersed
with broad stream valleys and swamps. The
Riding Academy Preserve project area is
elevated 40 meters above mean sea level (as])
(131 feet asl).
Bedrock in northeastern Massachusetts is
arranged in narrow bands between two major
southwest/northeast trending faults: the Clinton -
Newbury and Bloody Bluff faults. The project
area is situated within the Nasboba lithotectonic
subdivision between the Merrimack Belt to the
north and the Milford -Dedham Zone to the
south. Underlying bedrock of the immediate
project corridor includes Sharpners Pond Diorite
(Ssgd), which is a non -foliated equigranular
biotite-horneblende tonalite and diorite of
Silurian Age (Zen et al. 1983). Ordovician Age
Boxford Member amphibolite (OZnb) and Fish
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Clinton -Newbury Fault, which runs just north of Figure 3-1. Physiographic zones of New England
Lake Cochichewick, separates the underlying showing the location of the Town of North Andover,
bedrock of the Mosquito Brook Site from the Massachusetts (source: Fenneman 1938).
metamorphosed sandstone of the Merrimack
Belt. The Bloody Bluff Fault forms the boundary of the Nashoba and the Milford -Dedham lithotectonic
subdivisions of eastern Massachusetts separating bedrock of the Sharpners Pond Pluton with that of the
Brittlely Deformed Terrane.
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Chapter Three
The surficial geology of North Andover was largely determined by glacial and fluvial dynamics. Massive
glaciers advanced over the region approximately 17,500 years ago. As the glaciers advanced, the ice
plucked, scoured, and eroded the local bedrock. The glacial advance and subsequent retreat realigned
drainages and deposited till and boulder erractics, incorporated into the thick glacial ice, along its course.
Flowing meltwaters and stationary blocks of ice created various landforms (drumlins, kame terraces,
eskers, moraines, outwash plains etc.) that are still visible on the North Andover landscape. The erosional
forces of wind and water continued to scour and transform the southern New England surface as the
glaciers continued their retreat northward. Glacial meltwaters slowly drained into the oceans resulting in a
gradual increase in mean sea level. A series of vegetative successions began by 14,000 years ago
following soil deposition and development (Ogden 1977).
North Andover is situated within upland ground moraine and till: an unsorted mixture of glacial deposits
that include sand, silts, rocks, and boulders. A ground moraine complex characterizes southern portions of
town. Additional glacial features evident across the greater landscape include drumlins (large narrow hills
formed of rocky till) and quite possibly a kame deposit at Claypit Hill (North Andover Open Space
Committee 2000). A kame is a sandy and gravelly deposit of stratified glacial drift. High clay content in
regional soils prohibits soil drainage and contributed to the development of an extensive wetland system
created by glacial meltwaters in southern portions of the town.
Soils
Soils are the product of chemical and physical weathering of geological material including bedrock.
Glacial ice picked up and ground bedrock that was then transported and deposited as a mixture of
unweathered rock particles. These sediments were then separated and sorted by glacial meltwaters. Strong
winds distributed fine eolian (windblown) particles over the southern New England landscape. Vegetation
became established, chemical processes of weathering increased, and rock sediments developed into soils.
Differences in regional soils are primarily attributed to the interaction of the five factors of soil formation:
the parent material, climate, living organisms, relief, and time.
Soils within the Berry Farm cemetery area of the Riding Academy Preserve development are identified as
Sudbury Fine Sandy Loam, 0-3 percent slopes (MRCS 2013, USDA 1981). Sudbury series soils are
classified as very deep, nearly level, moderately well drained soils on terraces and outwash plains. The
soils formed in acid glacial outwash derived mainly from gneiss and granite (USDA 1981).
Hydrology
The Berry Farm Cemetery and Riding Academy Preserve are located in the Ipswich River drainage near
the border with the Shawsheen River drainage (Figure 3-2). The headwaters of the Ipswich River are
formed by many small tributary streams located in the interior wetlands of Tewksbury, Wilmington,
Burlington, and Reading. The Ipswich River flows generally northeast through the towns of North
Reading, Topsfield, and Ipswich where it empties into the Atlantic Ocean.
The Shawsheen River basin has a watershed of 78 square miles comprised of 60 miles of stream as well
as 18 lakes and ponds (Simcox 1992:24). The Shawsheen River flows in a northeasterly direction through
Andover to its confluence with the Merrimack River. The river drainage has a total length of about 25
miles from Bedford to the Merrimack River in Lawrence. It forms the southeastern edge of the
Merrimack drainage basin running parallel to, and only a short distance east of, the Concord River.
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Environmental Context
Figure 3-2. Drainage basins map of Massachusetts showing the location of the Andover Riding
Academy/Berry Farm cemetery project area.
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CHAPTER FOUR
GENERAL HISTORY OF NORTH ANDOVER
Chapter Four of this report summarizes first European exploration and settlement of North Andover and
the subsequent development of the town. The post -contact periods for Middlesex County are divided into
distinct temporal subdivisions as summarized in Table 4-1. This review is by no means exhaustive, but
provides a general framework for understanding the history of land use for those occupying the Riding
Academy Preserve and surrounding area during the historic period and wound up buried within the Berry
Farm Cemetery.
Early Settlement Period (A.D. 1620-1675)
Prior to European settlement, the Andover area was inhabited by Native Americans variously referred to
as Pawtucket or Penacook who lived along the coast from the north side of Massachusetts Bay, in the
vicinity of Salem and Saugus, to York Village in Maine. Their subsistence patterns included a variety of
seasonally regulated activities such as hunting, fishing and shellfishing, collection of wild plants, and
horticulture. Trails are conjectured to have followed rivers and streams. Trade with Europeans had an
immediate impact on the economy and material culture of Native Americans. Traditional late pre -contact
Native American material assemblages were supplemented by European trade items that included copper,
brass, and iron pots, metal tools and knives, bottles, jugs, and cloth. A dependency on European trade
goods quickly began to erode the native cultural system. Depopulation and disorganization caused by the
pandemic of 1617 to 1619 intensified this process.
During the First Settlement Period (1620-1675), the Great and General Court of Massachusetts set aside a
portion of land in Essex County for an inland plantation known as the Plantation at Merrimack, This
plantation included parts of what are now Andover, North Andover, and South Lawrence. In order to
encourage settlement, early colonists were offered three years immunity from taxes, levies and services
(except military service). The first permanent settlement in the Andover area was established in 1641 by
John Woodbridge and a group of settlers from Newbury and Ipswich. Shortly after they arrived, they
purchased a piece of land from the local Pennacook and the Village at Chochichawick (Andover) was
established. In 1646 the settlement was incorporated as a town and was named Andover.
Originally most of the Andover area was common land used by the residents of the village (North
Andover). The founders of Andover received from 4 to 20 acres of land depending on their economic and
social standing. Simon Bradstreet, a magistrate and one of the settlement's most prominent citizens, and
yoeman John Osgood received 20 acres, while the majority of the town's 40 settlers that received house
lots in the area prior to 1662 received just four acres apiece. The village of Andover was laid out in the
English open field tradition. Homes and the meetinghouse were built in the village center, while
agricultural fields were placed at least a mile from the residential areas. New paths and cart ways were
established radiating out from the village to access these common lands located to the north and west.
Other roads linked the village with Reading, Haverhill, Boston, and Salem.
The citizens of Andover continued to practice the open field tradition for approximately twenty years.
After that time, it became more common for landowners to build their homes nearer their farms (Larson
1995:1). The movement from the nucleated village led to the settlement of the southwest part of the town
of Andover.
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General History of North Andover
Colonial Period (1675-1775)
In the Colonial Period, town boundaries evolved as bounds between Andover and "Billerickey" (1658)
and "Wills Hills" (1678) were established (Guzzi 1975). The village of Andover began to expand
southward as new settlers moved into the area and sons who did not inherit land, acquired property
outside the family holdings. By 1693, a new meetinghouse was needed to accommodate the town's rising
population. Arguments ensued regarding the placement of the meetinghouse. Those in northern Andover
wished to build the meetinghouse in the north, while those in southern Andover understandably wished
for it to be built in the town's southern region. Others attempted to be diplomatic suggesting a more
centralized location. Along with the population increase, family disputes and demographic differences
made the division of the community into two segments a viable option. In 1709, the General Court of
Massachusetts ordered that Andover be divided into northern and southern parishes. The north parish
retained the original meetinghouse, leaving the south parish to construct its own (Larson 1995:2).
Both of Andover's northern and southern parishes continued to expand throughout the eighteenth century.
Although agriculture remained the predominant subsistence economy in both parishes, a larger
commercial center emerged in the South Parish. Initially, industry was a small part of the economy. The
first rights were given to tanners by 1675, and in 1682, rights were given to anyone who would set up a
sawmill, fulling mill, and gristmill on the Shawsheen River near Rogers Brook. Other industries
established on the Shawsheen included ironworks and a powder mill. Two institutions of learning
(Andover Theological Seminary and Phillips Academy) also facilitated the commercial expansion of
South Parish.
Federal Period (1775-1830)
Expansion of the roadway network in Andover occurred during the Federal Period (Figure 4-1). The
Andover and Medfield Turnpike (1807), a privately franchised toll road, was the major interregional
roadway through Andover.
Following the American Revolution, the economic base shifted from agriculture to manufacturing. The
establishment of Phillips Gun Powder Mill on the Shawsheen River in 1775 was the start of a movement
toward localized manufacturing of goods. Phillips expanded his operations to include the manufacture of
paper and following an explosion that destroyed the powder mill in 1796 shifted exclusively to the
production of paper. In 1794, Andover invested capital into the Newburyport Woolen Mill and
manufactured most of the machinery that went into the mill.
During the early nineteenth century, two of the four mill privileges on the Shawsheen changed from
agriculture milling to cotton and woolen mills. Abbot Mills in Abbot Village produced cotton and woolen
goods and used so much power that other mill owners were forced to relocate, establishing Marland
Village. Another privilege was established on the Shawsheen at Frye Village. Despite the emphasis on
manufacturing, many residents of Andover still practiced agriculture.
Due to the tremendous population growth that continued into the nineteenth century, a west parish
separated from the south in 1826 (Larson 1995:2).
Industrial Period (1830-1915)
Andover's economic dependence on manufacturing solidified during the early years of the Early
Industrial Period (1830-1870) (Figure 4-2). Each of the early mill privileges developed into textile
manufacturing villages. Textile manufacturing firms were incorporated in Ballardvalle and Marland and
Fry Villages. The completion of the Boston and Lowell Railroad in 1835 provided a major boost in that it
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enabled manufacturers to get their product to market more easily. Agriculture remained a viable economic
activity, producing hay, grains, potatoes, fruit and firewood.
The textile industry began to establish roots in Essex County along the Merrimack and the Shawsheen
Rivers following the American Revolution. The Essex Company purchased land from nearby Methuen
and a portion of Andover's West Parish for the purposes of building a dam on the Merrimack River. The
Essex Company's purchases resulted in the new industrial town of Lawrence. Nevertheless while the
surrounding areas were becoming increasingly more urban, Andover remained primarily agricultural
(Larson 1995: 2).
Despite the division of Andover into North and South parishes and the construction of separate
meetinghouses, many of the South Parish's townsfolk continued to travel to the North Parish to attend
town meetings and vote. By 1850, the population had grown to 7,000. None of the town's meetinghouses
could accommodate the town's voting base. Accordingly, the South Parish petitioned the legislature's
Committee on Towns to partition Andover along the 1709 parish dividing line. The Committee granted
the request on March 9, 1855. Andover's North Parish was renamed North Andover, while the former
South and West Parishes retained the moniker of Andover (Larson 1995).
The town's total population more than doubled during the Late Industrial Period (1870-1915), starting at
2,549 and ending at 5,556. Economic interests and employment in the town continued to shift from
agriculture to industry and trades (Figure 4-3). Manufacturing consolidated its hold on the Late Industrial
economy of the town as expansion in the machine shop and textile mills vastly enlarged manufacturing
employment opportunities. Between 1875 and 1915 the number of men employed in manufacturing rose
from 511 to 1141 representing 59 percent of all occupations rising to 70 percent respectively (MHC
1985).
Despite the decline in the number of farms and farmers, the value of agricultural product coming from the
town increased tremendously nearly doubling by 1905. In 1875 hay was the principal product followed by
vegetables and milk. By 1905 milk and other dairy products were first in value followed by hay, straw
and fodder, and vegetables (MHC 1985).
Modern Period (1915—present)
Increased automobile travel stimulated several changes to North Andover's transportation networks
during the Early Modern Period (1915-1940). By 1926 the Old Essex Railroad or Salem and Lawrence
Railroad mad its last run in Middleton and probably ended in North Andover around the same time.
Increases in automobile travel also brought varying degrees of improvement to the roads. These
improvements along with the introduction of water and sewer systems and professional fire and police
departments advanced suburbanization and further redirected development in North Andover (MHC
1985).
The population of North Andover increased substantially throughout the twentieth-century with the
success of the textile mills, attracting many immigrants to the area. The population nearly doubled
between 1890 and 1950, from less than 5,000 to just under 10,000 people. Manufacturing employment
continued to expand, but the principal industrial development in the mid -twentieth century was
construction of the Western Electric Company campus, manufacturers of telephone and telegraph
equipment. Davis and Furber Machine Co., Sutton's Mills and J.P. Stevens and Co. all remained in
business throughout the period despite the general decline of textiles and related manufacturing in New
England during and following the Great Depression. Agriculture similarly decreased in importance during
this period (MHC 1985).
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Despite the closing of many mills a substantial increase in population occurred again in the second half of
the twentieth century due to suburban ization and the construction of routes 93 and 495. By 2000, the
population rose to over 26,000 (North Andover Historical Society 2013).
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CHAPTER FIVE
RESULTS OF THE SURVEY
The Berry Farm Cemetery is situated within the southeastern limits of the proposed Riding Academy
Preserve development area (see Figure 1-2). An online database of interments describes the Berry Farm
Cemetery as containing 36 burials (http://www.fmdagrave.com/cgi-in/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=2173844).
Dates of burial reportedly contained within the cemetery range from 1764 (Daniel Farrington) to 2007
(Elmer O. Neumann) with 33 of the burials dating to the nineteenth century. Archival resources and
fieldwork conducted as elements of the historic cemetery delineation suggest that it is unlikely that Mr.
Neumann is buried at this location (see below). Demographic information pertaining to those interred
within the cemetery are presented in Table 5-1 and Appendix A. Archival research and subsurface
investigations were used in conjunction to establish the land use history of the Berry Farm Cemetery and
to determine the potential for unmarked graves to be located within impact areas associated with the
Riding Academy Preserve project area. The results of each of these activities are presented below.
Results of the Archival Research
Land evidence records on file at the Northern Essex Registry of Deeds in Lawrence and the Southern
Essex Registry of Deeds in Salem were reviewed prior to the commencement of fieldwork. First mention
of the Berry Farm Cemetery is made in a deed dated March 31, 1783. This deed records the sale
seventeen acres of land including the dwelling house, barn, and other buildings thereon from Philip
Farington to Peter Town. The conveyed parcel is described as consisting of tillage mowing & orcharding.
Specific exception is made in the deed for the Berry Farm Cemetery "as far as the land has been improved
for a Burying place then northwardly to the line of said John Farrington's land so that the said Burying
ground be excluded from said conveyed premises..." (Southern Essex County Registry of Deeds
[SECRD], Book 149, Page 237). Daniel Farrington (d. Feb. 2, 1764; age 58), likely a relation of Philip
Farrington, is interred within the cemetery: This is the earliest known burial in the cemetery (Figure 5-1).
In 1806, Peter Town deeded this property along with a second to Joel Town for the sum of $1,000. The
deed describes the conveyed parcel's bounds "excepting a piece of land contained within the
aforementioned bounds left for the priviledge (sic) of a burying place for the use of the inhabitants of that
part of said Andover, which is not intended to be granted and conveyed hereby" (SECRD, Book 181,
Page 1 ] 3). Peter, his two wives, and one young son are interred in the cemetery. His two wives and young
son Hamon share one slate headstone that reads:
In Memory of
Mrs. Lydia and
Mrs. Rebecca Town
L. died Dec` 13, 1774
AEt 22
R. died May 16, 1815
AEt 55
HAMON TOWN
Son of Mr. and Mrs. P. Town
Died Decr 14, 1800 AEt 13
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Table 5-1. Berry Farm Cemetery Recorded Interments.
Individual
Birth
Death
Angier, A
ca. 1765
February 6, 1849
Angier, Abigail
November 1771
August 5, 1860
Berry, Abba
February 1779
March 1, 1862
Berry, Ancil
September 1822
May 7, 1823
Berry, Anna W.
September 1858
August 22, 1871
Berry, D. Putnam
December 1846
March 16, 1865
Berry Elijah
Unknown
June 6, 1831
Berry, Hiram
September 1818
October 15, 1819
Berry, Jacob
ca. 1790
January 12, 1873
Berry, Jacob
ca. 1817
October 10, 1837
Berry, Jacob W.
September 1837
November 22, 1837
Berry, Rebecca A.
Unknown
March 9, 1828
Berry, Samuel
ca. 1835
September 27, 1864
Berry, Samuel
October 1761
July 9, 1852
Berry, Susannah
August 1795
March 15, 1870
Berry, Susannah
July 1824
January 26, 1875
Bowdell, Sarah
ca. 1772
June 30, 1852
Famam, Benjamin
ca. 1772
February 7, 1844
Famam, Ruth (Saltmarsh)
ca. 1774
October 10, 1839
Farnham, Jesse
February 4, 1793
July 30, 1835
Farnum, Seth*
ca. 1806
May 3, 1845
Farrington, Daniel
ca. 1706
February 2, 1764
Faulkner, HenryG.
March 1840
February 18, 1863
Goodhue, Sarah
January 1829
October 30, 1831
Goodhue, William F.
January 17, 1822
October 14, 1862
Gray, Benjamin
ca. 1796
May 30, 1865
Gray, Cornelius
ca. 1799
February 26, 1873
Gray, Harriet N.
ca. 1835
March 2, 1856
Gray, Mary (Maruatta)
ca. 1795
June 19, 1849
Gray, Nancy G.
August 1828
February 15, 1869
Lacey, Hannah (Gray)
ca. 1766
December 16, 1827
Nichols, Mercy B.
ca. 1790
March 4, 1846
Russell, Tabitha
December 1787
June 15, 1867
Town, Hamon
ca. 1787
December 14, 1800
Town, Lydia
ca. 1752
December 13, 1774
Town, Peter
ca. 1749
May 20, 1830
Town, Rebecca
ca. 1760
May 16, 1815
* Located outside of cemetery boundary
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Results of the Survey
Figure 5-1. Gravestone of Daniel Farrington, view
facing east.
The combined Town's headstone is made of slate and decorated with a Willow and Urn motif (Figure 5-
2). Peter Town himself (d. May 20, 1830; age 80 years and 9 months) is buried in the cemetery. Similar to
that of his wives and son, Mr. Town's headstone is made of slate and adorned with a Willow and Urn. A
footstone inscribed with P. T. complements the headstone, while a bronze ASR 1775 Sons of the
American Revolution plaque and flag holder placed in front of his headstone suggest that he served in the
Revolutionary War (Figure 5-3).
The property was first owned by the Berry family in 1815 when Jacob Berry acquired the two Town
family parcels from Joel Town for the sum of $1,900 (SECRD, Book 208, Page 223). The parcel
containing the Berry Farm burial ground consisted of 14.75 acres. Jacob Berry died January 12, 1873 at
the age of 83 and was interred in the burial ground (Figure 5-4). Nevertheless, the first member of the
Berry family to be buried in the Berry Farm Cemetery was that of Elijah Berry who died on June 6, 183 1.
The property was willed to Jacob Berry's son Albert following his death in 1873. Albert's mother and
Jacob's wife died at the age of 74 years, 8 months on March 15, 1870 and is interred within the cemetery
(Figure 5-5). At least four of Jacob's and Susannah's children are buried in the Berry Farm Cemetery.
One headstone for three of their children stands upright adjacent to Susannah's burial marker and is
inscribed as follows:
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Figure 5-2. Gravestone of Lydia Town, Rebecca
Town and Hamon Town, view facing east.
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Figure 5-3. Gravestone of Peter Town, view facing
east.
Results of the Survey
Figure 5-4. Gravestone of Jacob Berry, view facing
east.
Figure 5-5. Gravestone of Susannah Berry, view
facing east.
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Jacob Berry
died Oct. 10, 1837
AEt 20 yrs
Ancil Berry
died May 5, 1823
AEt 9 ms.
Jacob W. Berry
died Nov. 22, 1837
AEt 10 weeks
"Children of Jacob & Susannah Berry"
The joint headstone was made of slate and is decorated with a Willow and Urn motif with an urn for each
of the children etched into the tympanum/lunette (the crescent-shaped crest of the headstone) (Figure 5-
6). Hiram Berry, the fourth child of Jacob and Susannah Berry received his own slate headstone, which is
inscribed:
In Memory of Hiram
Son of Mr. Jacob &
Mrs. Susannah Berry
who died
Oct. 15, 1819
AD 13 months
"Sleep on sweet child and take thy rest.
God called thee home he thought it best" (Figure 5-7).
Hiram is buried next to his siblings. Albert Berry died on March 26, 1893, although neither he nor his
wife Mary appear to be interred in the cemetery. Their 12 year, 11 month year-old daughter Anna W. (d.
Aug. 22, 1871) is buried in the cemetery (Figure 5-8). The Berry Farm property was willed to Albert's
children Samuel, Charles, and Mary following his death. The children soon after deeded the property to a
Mr. William J. Beck in 1909 (SECRD, Book 274, Pages 241-243). The deed records the transfer of:
...two certain tracts of land, situated in said North Andover, with all the buildings
thereon, containing twenty-eight and 3/100 acres, and nineteen and 28/100 acres, and
situated on the Salem Turnpike, and on both sides of a street known as Berry Street, and
shown upon a plan of land belonging to William Beck, drawn by Horace Hale Smith,
C.E. dated June 1909 and recorded herewith. Excepting therefrom (sic), however, such
rights, if any, as the inhabitants of the Town of Andover may have in and to a certain
portion of the said premises to be used by them as a burial place.
The deed records that:
All of the above premises were formerly the property of Jacob Berry, of said North
Andover, grandfather of the grantors herein, who died January 12, 1873, leaving the said
premises to his son Albert Berry, by the terms of his will, directing the said son to pay
certain legacies provided by the said will and we the grantors, covenant with the grantee
herin that the said legacies so provided have been duly paid. The said Albert Berry, father
of the grantors herein, having died in said North Andover, May 26, 1893, intestate,
leaving us, the said grantors, with our mother, Mary W. Berry, since deceased, as his only
heirs at law and next of kin.
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Figure 5-6. Gravestone of Jacob Berry, Ancil Berry
and Jacob W. Berry, view facing east.
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Figure 5-8. Gravestone of Anna W. Berry, view
facing east.
The survey plan accompanying the 1909 deed clearly shows the two parcels of land conveyed to William
Beck along with a house and barn, and the Berry Farm Cemetery accessible via `Barry" (sic) Street
(Figure 5-9).
William J. Beck deeded the property to Sara B. Beck in 1932 (Northern Essex County Registry of Deeds
[NECRD], Book 564, Page 128), who in turn sold the property to Gerard and Ann Proulx on April 1,
1957 (NECRD, Book 852, Page 91). This deed records the size of "said burial lot" as comprising
"approximately 7500 square feet." The Proulx's sold the property to the Fiore Family Trust on June 29,
1965. The property passed between different trusts (Fiore Family, Margeson Family, Berry Street) from
1965 on until it was eventually sold to North Andover Holdings LLC on April 30, 2012 (NECRD Book,
1037, Page 321; Book 1357, Page 410; Book 1358, Page 110 & 114; Book 1417, Page 249, Book 1524,
Page 103; Book 12923, Page 102).
Berry family members interred within the cemetery during the tenures of Jacob Berry (Sr.) through
Samuel, Charles, and Mary Berry included Abba Berry, who shares a headstone with her husband
previously mentioned Elijah Berry. Abba Berry died on March 1, 1862 at the age of 83 years and 1 month
and is said to have died of old age (Find a Grave 2013). Other Berry family members interred within the
burial plot include D. Putnam Berry (d. March 16, 1865, age 18 years 5 months); Susannah, wife of
Daniel G. Berry (d. Jan. 26, 1875, age 50 years 6 months); Samuel (d. Sept. 27, 1864, age 29); and
Samuel and Rebecca A. (d. July 9, 1852, age 90 years 9 months and d. March 9, 1828). Memorials to 14
Berry family members are inscribed on 10 headstones within the cemetery.
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Additional families in the cemetery include those of the Angier (2), Bodwell (1), Faulkner (1), Goodhue
(2), Nichols (1), and Russell (1) families and abutting property owners such as the Gray and Farnum
families. The earliest marked interment within the cemetery is that of Daniel Farrington (d. 1764).
Susannah Berry (d. 1875) may be the latest. The Find a Grave (2013) website records the latest interment
in the cemetery as that of Elmer O. Neumann, who died on Aug. 1, 2007. Find a Grave reports that there
is no headstone for Mr. Neumann, which was confirmed during the archaeological site visit and walkover.
Additionally, PAL archaeologists observed no evidence for recent burial within the cemetery, which
would be expected for a grave of only six years. The absence of a headstone combined with no evidence
for surface or vegetative disturbances and ground slumping consistent with recent burial suggests a
possibility that the inventory of interments recorded on the Find A Grave website may be erroneous with
regards to the burial of Mr. Neumann. The veracity of Find A Grave's claim is further questioned by the
fact that the website records Mr. Neumann's place of residence both at his birth and at the time of his
death as Cook County, Illinois. Minor inaccuracies recorded in the Find A Grave burial transcriptions
were confirmed as a result of cross-checking the recorded website burial data with McQuesten's (1930)
inventory of Berry Farm Cemetery graves and the field inspection of headstones. Documented
discrepancies between these sources of information suggest that the Find A Grave website is prone to
error. Demographic information reported in Table 5-1 and Appendix A have been corrected for
inaccuracies.
Five Gray family members are interred in the cemetery. These include Mary, wife of Cornelius Gray (d.
June 19, 1849; age 54), Cornelius Gray (d. Feb. 26, 1873; age 74), Harriett N., daughter of Cornelius and
Mary (d. March 2, 1856; age 21), Nancy G., wife of Henry J. Gray (d. Feb. 15, 1869; age 40 years and 6
months), and Benjamin Gray (d. May 30, 1865; age 69 years). Hannah, wife of Benjamin is inventoried in
Lenora White McQuesten's (1930) manuscript entitled "Farm and Neighborhood Cemeteries of Andover
and North Andover, Mass., Including Stone Inscriptions" as having died on Sept. 27, 1855 at the age 66,
however her headstone is no longer extant. The cemetery also contains the remains of Mrs. Hannah
(Gray) Lacey, wife of John and youngest daughter of Thomas Gray, who died on December 16, 1827 at
the age of 61 (see Appendix 1). Three members of the Farnum (alternately spelled Farnam or Farnham)
family are also buried in the cemetery. These individuals include Ruth, wife of Benjamin Farnam, who
died of consumption on Oct. 10, 1839 (Age 67), Benjamin Farnam who died of "bilious fever" on
February 7, 1844 (Age 72), and Jesse Farnham who died on July 30, 1835 (Age 42) (Find a Grave 2013).
Seth Farnum (d. May 3, 1845; Age 39) is recorded as being interred in the Berry Farm Cemetery (Find a
Grave 2013). Seth Farnum's gravesite is, however, located outside of the burial ground. Mr. Farnum
requested prior to his death to be buried under a large oak tree on the farm near the house (Figure 5-10).
Seth Farnum's grave is located south of Turnpike Street (Route 114) behind a white colonial farmhouse
outside of the Riding Academy Preserve project area.
Field Investigations
Walkover/Surface Inspection
Historic cemetery delineation began with a site visit and walkover of the Berry Farm Cemetery to
examine current conditions and inspect project work areas. The site visit and walkover demonstrated that
the interment area is elevated approximately 1 to 3 ft above the surrounding surface grade to the north and
the south. A drainage ditch surrounds the cemetery on three sides with PVC drainage piping visible at the
cemetery's eastern end. The cemetery is accessed from its western side. Here the cemetery is defined by a
partial split -rail fence (Figure 5-11). Several large trees line the northern and southern edges of the
cemetery with a few large stumps present within the northwestern cemetery limits. Burial markers within
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become more irregular further east in the cemetery plot. The burials are oriented in traditional Christian
fashion head to the west and feet to the east. The terrain of the cemetery is generally flat with local
vegetation comprised chiefly of mowed grass and poison ivy.
Mid -eighteenth to the late -nineteenth century inscribed and engraved headstones are carved out of slate
and marble in the burial ground. All of the gravestones are modest in ornamentation with flat cut and
arched tops. Funerary motifs include winged cherubs (see Figure 5-1), several variations of willow and
urn (see Figures 5-2, 5-3, 5-6, and 5-7), and rosettes. Several roughly shaped granite fieldstones (n=ll)
may identify additional interments within the cemetery (Figure 5-13). Several depressions are associated
with these granite markers further reinforcing our supposition that these fieldstones designate additional
gravesites. It is unclear who may be buried at these gravesites, however as no mention of these burials
was referenced in any of the resources reviewed as an element of this study. Few topographic depressions
and/or vegetation changes within the cemetery with no associated headstones or footstones suggest that
other unmarked graves may also be contained within the burial ground (see Figure 5-12).
Figure 5-13. Uninscribed, crude granite gravestone, view facing east.
Subsurface Testing
Subsurface archaeological investigation involved the machine -assisted removal of site area fills and
topsoils to natural subsoils (Figure 5-14). Cemetery delineation was limited to the areas of proposed
project impacts. Three areas extending approximately 20 to 25 ft beyond the visibly discernible limits of
the cemetery were excavated on the cemetery's northwest, west, and southwest sides (see Figure 5-12).
No excavations were conducted within flagged wetlands or the area of existing drainage ditch on the
cemetery's east, northeast, and south sides. Machine Trench 1 (MT -1) was excavated along the west side
of the cemetery within two feet of the extant split -rail fence. MT -1 soils generally consisted of a dark
grayish brown (IOYR 4/2) medium sandy silt "landscaping fill" overlying a yellowish brown (IOYR 5/4)
medium sand with rock and gravel B2 subsoil. The landscaping fill extended to approximately 19
centimeters below surface (cmbs), while Bz subsoils were encountered at approximately 42 curbs. A
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brownish yellow (IOYR 6/6) fine sand C Horizon underlay the B Horizon at a depth of approximately 62
cmbs. The brownish yellow sand transitioned into a
red (2.5YR 4/6) oxidized coarse sand with gravel by
The limit of trench excavation at approximately 77
cmbs (Figure 5-15).
Soils along the east wall of MT -1 lying adjacent to
the Berry Farm Cemetery and its associated split -rail
fence were intact appearing as a dark grayish brown
(10YR 4/2) medium sandy silt A Horizon underlain
by a natural yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty fine—
medium sand with gravel B, subsoil (Figure 5-16).
The A Horizon extended to 27 cmbs suggesting that
this portion of the former Berry Farm was
historically plowed, while B1 subsoils extended to
approximately 57 cmbs. Bz and C Horizon subsoils
underlay the B, in the east wall of the trench. A pet
burial was exposed beneath a medium-sized rock
approximately 10 ft west of the existing split -rail
fence. Animal remains were reburied in the trench
following topsoil removal and archaeological
confirmation that the exposed remains were those of
a medium-sized mammal, apparently dog, and not
human. No grave shafts or other human burial
related features were identified along the west side of
the cemetery.
Figure 5-14. Machine excavation of a portion
of MT -1, view facing south.
Machine trenches MT -2, MT -3 and MT -4 were
excavated at the northwest and southwest corners of the cemetery (see Figure 5-12). Fill strata and
poorly -drained black wetland soils were observed in these areas (Figures 5-17 and 5-18). The soil
stratigraphy of MT -2 consisted of mottled dark brown (10YR 3/3) and black (10YR 2/1) silty medium
sand fill to approximately 50 cmbs followed by a band of black (IOYR 2/1) silty wetland soil to
approximately 60 cmbs. Below this was dark yellowish brown (IOYR 3/4) silty fine—medium sand with
gravel wet subsoil to a trench termination depth of approximately 75 cmbs. MT -3 and MT -4 exhibited
similar soil stratigraphy that consisted of dark grayish brown (1 OYR 4/2) medium sandy silt "landscaping
fill" to approximately 20 cmbs overlying striated wetland fills comprised of black (10YR 2/1) and dark
brown (10YR 3/3) silty medium sand with gravel. These trenches were terminated at approximately 80
cmbs due to the presence of water.
Twentieth century garbage that included tires, construction materials, and plastic tarps were incorporated
within the wetland fills at the northwestern and southwestern cemetery corners. The presence of wetland
conditions appear to support that claim of our Arco contractor that an extensive wetland surround the
Berry Farm Cemetery prior to twentieth- and twenty-first century drainage alterations and wetland
engineering. Recent improvements to the area to facilitate drainage of the wetland were also observed
slightly southwest of MT -3. Observed improvements included an exposed PVC pipe covered in pea
gravel extending towards the southern drainage ditch. No unmarked graves or other burial related features
were identified along the north or south sides of the cemetery.
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Chapter Five
Figure 5-15. Profile of MT -1, west wall.
Figure 5-16. Profile of MT -1, east wall.
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PAL Report No. 2817 33
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Figure 5-18. Machine excavation of a portion of MT -3, view facing northwest.
PAL Report No. 2817 33
CHAPTER SIX
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
The historic cemetery delineation was designed to determine if unmarked interments contained within the
Berry Farm Cemetery extended into project work areas and could potentially be impacted by construction
of the Riding Academy Preserve in North Andover. The archaeological survey's objective was achieved
through a combination of archival research and machine -assisted site investigation.
Summary and Discussion
The historic cemetery delineation commenced with a review of written accounts of the Berry Farm
Cemetery housed at the Stevens Memorial Library and the North Andover Historical Society and land
evidence records pertaining to the history of land use of the Berry Farm. Archival research provided
information on the content of the Berry Farm Cemetery, while land evidence records supplied information
on the age and size of the cemetery, as well as information on nearby families, several of whom are
interred in the cemetery, who inhabited the area as the cemetery was utilized.
Twenty-nine headstones marking 36 interments associated with 12 different families are present in the
cemetery. Burial within the cemetery was organized in at least eight linear rows. The earliest marked
interment within the cemetery belongs to that of Daniel Farrington who died in 1764. The latest interment
is that of Susannah Berry who died in 1875. Local historian Lenora McQuesten (1930) reports that a
Hanna Gray was also buried in the cemetery, although her marker no longer exists. A Mr. Seth Farnum is
recorded as being buried within the Berry Farm Cemetery. Mr. Farnum however is buried south of the
Riding Academy Preserve project area behind a white colonial farmhouse south of Turnpike Street.
Historic cemetery delineation involved machine -assisted topsoil removal along the cemetery's northwest,
west, and southwest sides in proximity to areas of proposed project -related subsurface impacts. The
archaeological survey area west of the cemetery exposed natural intact soils immediately adjacent to the
split -rail fence presently demarcating the cemetery's western boundary and disturbed topsoils and fills
overlying B and C Horizon subsoils further to the west. Twentieth century garbage that included tires,
construction materials, and plastic tarps were incorporated within the wetland fills at the northwestern and
southwestern cemetery corners. Recent improvements to the area to facilitate drainage of the wetland
were also observed in the southwestern study area. No unmarked graves or other human burial related
features were identified as a result of the historic cemetery delineation. Consequently, the western
cemetery limits, as currently defined by a split -rail wooden fence and the vegetated tree line, appear
consistent with the actual limits of cemetery interments.
Recommendations
No unmarked graves or other human burial related features were identified during the historic cemetery
delineation of the Berry Farm Cemetery, Riding Academy Preserve project, in North Andover. PAL
recommends that project proponents proceed with the proposed development as currently planned.
Additional cemetery delineation may be warranted if construction plans are revised to infringe upon the
cemetery's south and east sides. The delineated western limits of the cemetery should be clearly marked
with high -visibility fencing prior to the commencement of any ground -disturbing activities. The
delineated western cemetery limits should be designated in the field and on project plans as a "no access"
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area. Project proponents should also limit encroachment upon the cemetery by construction equipment,
staging, or other activities to the best degree possible during construction.
Archival research conducted in advance of archaeological fieldwork indicated that the grave of Seth
Farnum is situated outside the limits of the Berry Farm Cemetery. This grave is situated south of
Turnpike Street (Route 114) and will not be impacted by project construction.
PAL Report No. 2817 35
REFERENCES
Beers, D.G.
1872 Atlas of Essex County, Massachusetts. Reprinted In The Old Maps of Southern Essex
County, Massachusetts in 1884, Saco Valley Printing, Fryeburg, ME. Originally
published, D. G. Beers & Co., Philadelphia, PA.
Dorman, Moses
1830 A Plan of Andover Taken for the Town. Harvard Map Collection, Cambridge, MA.
Fenneman, N.E.
1938 Physiography of the Eastern United States. McGraw-Hill, New York, NY.
Find A Grave
2013 Berry Farm Cemetery, North Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts. Electronic
document retrieved May 13, 2013: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-
bin/fg.cjzi?page=cr&CRid=2173844&CScn=Berry&CScntry=4&CSst=21 &CScnty--1177
Guzzi, Paul
1975 Historical Data Relating to Counties, Cites and Towns in Massachusetts. Massachusetts
Historical Commission, Office of the Secretary of State, Boston, MA.
Larson, M.
1995 The Big Split: How Andover became Two and a Half Towns. Cochichewick Chronicles
1(1).
Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC)
1985 Town Reconnaissance Survey Report: Andover. On file, Massachusetts Historical
Commission, Office of the Secretary of State, Boston, MA.
McQuesten, Lenora White
1930 Farm and Neighborhood Cemeteries of Andover and North Andover, Mass., Including
Stone Inscriptions. Manuscript on file at the Stevens Memorial Library, North Andover,
MA.
National Park Service (NPS)
1983 Archaeology and Historic Preservation: Secretary of the Interior's Standards and
Guidelines. Federal Register 48(190). National Park Service, Department of the Interior,
Washington, D.C.
Natural Resources Conservation Service (MRCS)
2013 Natural Resources Conservation Service, Web Soil Survey, Essex County,
Massachusetts, Northern Part. Electronic Document retrieved April 26, 2013:
http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/WebSoilSurva.gWx.
PAL Report No. 2817 37
References
North Andover Historical Society
2013 North Andover History. Electronic Document retrieved March 27, 2013:
http://www.essexheritay,e.org/sites/north andover hist soc.shtml.
North Andover Open Space Committee
2000 Open Space and Rcreation Plan 2000. Electronic Document retrieved February 03,
2003: http://home.att.net/—stephen.manning/naopenspace2000.pdf
Northern Essex County Registry of Deeds (NECRD)
n.d. Land Evidence Records, Registry of Deeds, Northern Essex County, Lawrence, MA.
Ogden, J. Gordon
1977 The Late Quaternary Paleoenvironmental Record of the Northeastern North America.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 288:16-34
Simcox, Alison C
1992 Water Resources of Massachusetts. U.S. Geological Survey Water -Resources
Investigations Report 90-4144. Prepared in cooperation with the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management Division of Water Resources.
Boston, MA.
Smith, Horace Hale
1909 Plan of Land Belonging to William Beck, No. Andover, Massachusetts. On file, Northern
Essex County Registry of Deeds, Lawrence, MA.
Southern Essex County Registry of Deeds (SECRD)
n.d. Land Evidence Records, Registry of Deeds, Southern Essex County, Salem, MA.
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
1981 Essex County, Massachusetts Northern .Part. Soil Conservation Service, U.S.
Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Walling, H.F.
1852 Map of the town of Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts. Surveyed by authority of the
town by Henry F. Walling, civil engineer.
Zen, E., Richard Goldsmith, Nicholas Ratcliffe, Peter Robinson, Rolfe Stanley, Norman Hatch, Andrew
Shride, Elaine Weed, and David Wones
1983 A Bedrock Geologic Map of Massachusetts. U.S. Geological Survey, Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, Department of Public Works, Boston, MA.
3 8 PAL Report No. 2817
APPENDIX A
TABLE OF HEADSTONES PRESENT IN THE BERRY FARM CEMETERY AT
THE TIA E OF THE SURNTY
PAL Report No. 2817 39
Berry Farm Cemetery, North Andover, Massachusetts
Record of Interments (PAL 2013)
No.
Inscription
Material
Size (inches)
Notes
widthxhei htxthickness
1
In Memory of
Slate
23 -x -36-x-1.5
• Cherub
Mr. Daniel Farrington
• McQuesten (1930): XIV
who Died Feby 2d 1764
• French & Indian War
in the 58'h year
soldier
of his age
"At fifty eight my transient Breath Resigned
my soul took wings among Y Etherial Kind
and left her mortal partner here to lay
until the Glorious Resurection Day"
2
Elijah Berry
Marble
20 -x -39-x-2
-2 interments
Died
• McQuesten (1930): X &
June 6, 1831
XI
ABBA,
• Abba Berry died of old
His Wife
age'
Died March 1, 1862
AE 83 yrs & 1 mo.
"Father & Mother"
3
D. Putnam Berry
Marble
20.5 -x -39-x-2
• McQuesten (1930): XII
Died
• Veteran flag present
March 16, 1865
AE 18 yrs. 5 Mos.
& 16 days
"He Lives in Heaven"
4
Susannah
Marble
21 -x -38.5-x-2
• Broken in half and
Wife of
repaired with 2 iron
Daniel G. Berry
brackets
Died
• McQuesten (1930): XIII
Jan. 26, 1875
Aged 50 yrs
& 6 mos.
"The day from thy spirit gone
Thy God hath claimed thee as his own
In Paradise thou shurest bliss
Never to be found in world like this."
5
Anna W.
Marble
20.5 -x -40.5-x-2
• Recent flowers placed in
Daughter of Albert
front of headstone — dried
& Mary W. Berry
husks
DIED
• Veteran flag located to left
Aug 22, 1871
of this headstone — possibly
Aged 12 yrs, 1 I ms.
moved
"She is waiting for us in the glorious
• McQuesten (1930): II
Eden -land
Which lies beyond the sunset of life."
6
Samuel Berry
Marble
24 -x -39-x-2
• Very top broken off
Died
• McQuesten (1930): I
Sept. 27, 1864
AE 29
"The dust returns to the
Earth as it was the spirit unto God he gave
it."
7
In Memory of
Slate
23.5 -x -50-x-2.25
• Willow & Urn
Ruth, wife of
• Footstone present
Benjamin Farnam
• McQuesten (1930): XVI
who died
• Maiden name Saltmarsh;
Oct. 10, 1839
died of consumption*
AE 67
8
In Memory of
Slate
25 -x -48.5-x-2
• Willow & Urn
Benjamin Farnam
• McQuesten (1930): XV
who died
• Died of bilious fever (lung
Feb 7, 1844
fever)*
AEt 72
9
Possible headstone
Granite
13.5 -x -8-x-2.5
• Broken. Crude
• No Inscription
10
Sacred
Marble
Laying flat: 15-x-33.5
-Rose or Fruit tree design
to the
In ground:
• 2 interments
Memory of
16.5 -x -4-x-2
• McQuesten (1930): VI &
Samuel Berry
Vll
Died July 9, 1852
AE 90 yrs & 9 mos.
Rebecca A.
(broken of])
His (broken)
Died March 9. 1828
11
Jacob Berry
Marble
21 -x -45-x-2
• McQuesten (1930): I1I
Died
Jan 12, 1873,
Aged 83 yrs
"To die is gain."
12
Susannah,
Marble
20.5 -x -46.5-x-2
• Footstone present
Wife of
• McQuesten (1930): IV
Jacob Berry
Died
March 15, 1870
Aged 74 yrs, 8 ms.
"Her spirit rests with God, her
toils are passed,
The goal is gained, the haven
reached at last."
Bolduc (sp?) & Hackett Lawe (carvers)
13
Jacob Berry
Slate
22.5 -x -39-x-2
• Willow & Urn (3)
died Oct. 10, 1837
• 3 interments
AEt 20 yrs
• McQuesten (1930): V
Ancil Berry
died May 5, 1823
AEt 9 ms.
Jacob W. Berry
died Nov. 22, 1837
AEt 10 weeks
"Children of Jacob & Susannah Berry
14
In Memory of
Slate
14 -x -25-x-1.5
• Willow in Pot
Hiram
• Not listed in McQuesten
Son of Mr. Jacob &
(1930)
Mrs. Susannah Berry
who died
Oct. 15, 1819
AEt 13 months
"Sleep on sweet child and take thy rest.
God called thee home he thought it best."
15
Possible Headstone (or 2)
Granite
• Crude, Uninscribed
• Likely w/ assoc. footstone
16
In Memory of
Slate
20.5 -x -30-x-2
• Willow & Urn
Mr. Jesse Farnham
• McQuesten (1930): XVII
who died
• He lived on the homestead
July 30, 1835
until the last ten years of his
AEt 42
life when he became blind.
Then he lived with the
Townes.*
17
(top broken of)
Marble
24 -x -34-x-2
• Leaning, propped by 2
died Feb. 6, 1849
stones
AEt 84
-2 interments
Abigail his wife
• A. Angier (McQuesten
Died Aug. 5, 1860
1930)
AEt 88 yrs 9 mos.
• McQuesten (1930): IX
"Honored Father and Mother"
18
Likely Headstone
Granite
• Crude, Uninscribed
• w/ assoc. footstone
19
Sarah Goodhue
Marble
12.5 -x -17.5-x-2
• d. Oct. 30, 1831 AEt 2 yrs
Died
9 mos (McQuesten 1930)
? (illegible)
• McQuesten (1930): XXXI
AEt ? (illegible)
20
William F. Goodhue
Marble
20.5 -x -21-x-2
• d. Oct. 14, 1862 AEt 40
died
yrs (McQuesten 1930)
(broken)
• A Civil War Soldier
(McQuesten 1930)
• McQuesten (1930): XVIII
• He took ill during service
and died at Washington
D.C."
21
Mercy B.
Slate
15.25 -x -34-x-1.5
• Willow & Urn
Wife of James
• McQuesten (1930): XIX
Nichols
Died Mar. 4, 1846
AEt 56
"Yes we have parted mother thou art dead!
On its last resting place I lean thy head:
Then by thy coffin side I knell and look
A daughters farewell kiss and farewell look.
Those marble lips no kindred kiss return'd,
Thy voice alas thou could'st not speak thy
doom;
I felt it all told to my heart!
The shaft had struck I knew that we must
part."
T.W.
22
Henry C. Faulkner
Marble
22 -x -44-x-3
• McQuesten (1930): VIII
Died
Feb. 18, 1863
Aged 22 years
& 11 mos.
"He is not dead but Slee eth."
23
Likely Headstone
Marble
20 -x -17.5-x-2
• Broken, Uninscribed
-Laying Flat, possibly
moved
24
Likely Headstone
Granite
l I -x -7.5-x-4
• Crude, Uninscribed
• w/ assoc. depression in
ground
25
In Memory of
Slate
19.5 -x -37-x-1.5
• Willow & Urn
Mrs. Lydia and
• 3 intcrments
Mrs. Rebecca Town.
• McQuesten (1930): XXI
L. died Dec` 13, 1774
AEt 22
R. died May 16, 1815
AEt 55
-------------------
HAMON TOWN
son of Mr and Mrs P. Town
died Dec` 14, 1800 AEt 13
26
In Memory of
Slate
28 -x -51.5-x-1.5
• Willow & Urn
Mr.
• Revolutionary War veteran
Peter Town.
flag
who died
• Associated footstone
May 20 1830:
• McQuesten (1930): XX
AEt 80 ys & 9 ms.
27
Mary
Slate
17 -x -39-x-2
• Willow
Wife of
• McQuesten (1930): XXIII
Cornelius Gray
• Maiden name Maruatta;
Died June 19, 1849
died of consumption"
AEt 54
28
Sarah
Slate
17 -x -37.5-x-2
• Willow
Wife of
• McQuesten (1930): XXV
Henry Bodwell
Died June 30, 1852,
AEt 80
T. Warren Lowell (carver)
29
Cornelius Gray
Marble
20 -x -27.5-x-2
• Laying flat
DIED
• McQuesten (1930): XXII
Feb. 26, 1873
AE. 74
30
Likely Headstones
Granite
• Crude, Uninscribed
31
Granite
32
Granite
33
Mrs. Hannah
Slate
19-x-35
• Willow & Urn
Wife of
• Laying Flat & partially
Mr. John Lacey
underground
and youngest dau-
• McQuesten (1930): XXIX
of Mr. Thomas Gray
died Dec. 16, 1827
AEt 61 yrs.
34
Harriett N.
Marble
14-x-30
• Laying Flat & partially
Daughter of Cornelius & Mrs.
underground
Gray,
• McQuesten (1930): XXIV
died March 2,
1856, aged 21 years
35
Nancy G.
Marble
20.5-x-42
• Rose (?) design
Wife of
• Laying Flat & partially
Henry J. Gray
underground
Died
• McQuesten (1930):
Feb. 15, 1869
XXVIII
AE. 40 y's. 6 m's.
"And when the lord shall summon us, whom
thou hast left behind.
May we untainted by the world, assured
welcome find;
May each like thee depart in peace, to be a
glorious guest
where the wicked cease from troubling, and
the weary are at rest."
J. Leonard Lawrence Mass (carver)
36
Tabatha Russell
Marble
19-x-24
• Laying flat & partially
DIED
underground
June 15, 1867
• Split down center
AEt 79 's & 6 m's
• McQuesten (1930: XXX
37
Benjamin Gray
Marble
18-x-13 (flat)
• AEt 69 yrs (McQuesten
Died
3" (in ground)
1930)
(broken)
• McQuesten (1930): XXVI
May 30, 1865 (inground)
38
Likely Headstones
Granite
Crude, Uninscribed
39
Granite
Back of Cemetery
40
Granite
Visible Depressions
No
Marker
Hannah
Wife of Benjamin Gray
Died
Sept. 27, 1855
AEt 66 yrs
Unknown
Unknown
• This headstone not
present, information from
McQuesten (1930)
• McQuesten (1930): XXVII
Mr, Seth Farnham
Slate
• Outside Cemetery
died
Boundary
May 3, 1845
• w/ assoc. footstone
AEt 39 years
• Seth asked to be buried
"Beneath this stone, `til Christ shall
under a large oak tree on the
bid him rise
farm near the house.`
A husband dear, and much loved
Father lies,
Yet cease to weep 'tis God ? be
Calm and still
And bow in sweet submission to His will."
x Source: Find A Grave (2013)
APPENDIX B
PROJECT CORRESPONDENCE
PAL Report No. 2817 47
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April 12.2013
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Deborah C. Cox
President
PAI, 'the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
26 Main Street
Pawtucket RI 02860 William Francis Galvin, Secretar;T of the Commonwealth
Massachusetts Historical Commission
Atlas, Joseph Waller
RE: Riding Academy Preserve, 16 Berry Street, North Andover, MA. MHC ##RC.53699.
PAL #2817.
Dear Deborah:
Staff of the -Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) have reviewed the State Archaeologist's permit
application submitted for the archaeological investigations proposed for the project referenced above.
Please mail the original Appendix 13 with the Principal Investigator's signature in ink.
Historical background research should be conducted prior to fieldwork,
hiformation subinitted to the. MHC indicates that a report was submitted to the North Andover Zoning Board of
Appeals on January 23, 2013, with .historical information about the cemetery, including references to documents
filed at the Northern Essex Registry of Deeds. Appendix 4 of that report was not provided to the MHC, but the
description of the contents of the appendix lists photographs, a map, and a copy of a cemetery covenant and
easement, Please obtain that.report and consider the information about the cemetery.
Please also review the193.0 monograph, P'arm and neighborhood cemeteries of Andover and North Andover,
Ilfassochusetts, including stone inscriptions, compiled by Lenora White McQuesten, available at several places
including the Memorial Hall Library, in Andover. That work contains information about the Berry Farm Cemetery
with genealogical notes.
During the field investigation, please implement 'the astral field recording methods including record photographs
with scale and north arrow, pian and profile drawings, descriptions of feature and matrix soil characteristics, etc.
Please catalogue and curate any non -mortuary. artifacts found during the investigations.
Please submit a draft report to the MI:IC, then two copies of a final report, MHC inventory forms, and a CD with the
report authors, date, title, page count, and abstract.
A State Archaeologist's permit has been issued for the investigation, and I look forward to reviewing the results.
These comments are Offered to assist in compliance with 950 CMR 70. Please contact.Edward L. Bell of my staff if
you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Brona Simon
State Historic Preservation Officer
Executive Director
State Archaeologist
Massachusetts Historical Commission
Enclosure (SA Permit)
220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, Massachusetts 02125
(617) 7Z7-8470 • Fax: (617) 727-5128
www.sac,state.ma.us/rnhc
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the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth
Massachusetts Historical Commission
PERMIT TO CONDUCT ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD INVESTIGATION
Permit Number 3379
Date of Issue April 12, 2013.
Expiration Date April 12, 2014
V-1191
is hereby
authorized to conduct an archaeological field investigation pursuan-t to
Section 27C of Chapter 9 of General Laws and according to the regulations
outlined in 950 CMR 70.00.
Riding Academy Preserve, North Andover
Project Location
Brona Simon, State Archaeologist
Massachusetts Historical Commission
220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, Massachusetts 02125
(617) 727-8470 • Fax. (617) 727-5128
ww%v sec.state.ma.us1Mhc
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rblic Archaeology Laboratory
May 2, 2013
Brona Simon
Executive Director
State Archaeologist
Massachusetts Historical Commission
220 Morrissey Boulevard
Boston, Massachusetts 02125
Attn: Ed Bell
Re: Riding Academy Preserve -- North Andover
Intensive survey — historic cemetery delineation
PAL #2817
Dear Ms. Simon:
Thank you for State Archaeologist Permit No. 3379 to conduct an intensive (locational) archaeological
survey/historic cemetery delineation for the Berry Farm Cemetery located within the Riding Academy
Preserve project area in North Andover. In response to a request in your letter dated April 12, 2013,
please find. enclosed an original Appendix B — Permit Application: Archaeological Field Investigation
with the Principal Investigator's signature in ink for your records. PAL has conducted the background
research and has scheduled archaeological field investigations for the week of May 6, 2013.
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact Deborah Cox, President, or me at
your convenience.
�SiFh
nccerely,
11er, Jr.
Senior Archaeologist
Enclosure
cc: Eric Loth, North Andover Holdings (w/encl.)
Karen Pollastrino, Minco Corporation (wlencl.)
26 Main Street Pawtucket, Al 02860 1 401.728.8780 Main 1401,728.8784 Fax
palinc.com
950 CMR: DEPARTMENT OF THE STATE SECRETARY
APPENDIX B
COMbIONfEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
SECRETARY OF STATE: MASSACH NETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
PERMIT APPLICATION: ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD INVESTIGATION
A. General Information
Pursuant to Section 27C of Chapter 9 of the General Laws and according to the regulations outlined in
950 CMR 70.00, a permit to conduct a field investigation is hereby requested
L Name(s): Joseph N. faller, Jr.
2. Institution: The Public Archaeology Laboratory, Inc.
Address: 26 Main Street
Pawtucket, Rhode Island. 02860
3. Project Location: Riding Academy Preserve
see attached proposal
4. Town(s): North Andover
5. Attach a copy of a USGS quadrangle with the project area clearly marked.
.vee attached
6. Property Owner(s): North Andover Holdings, LLC.
7. The applicant affirms that the owner has been notified and has agreed that the applicant
may perform the proposed field investigation.
S. The proposed field investigation is for a(n):
a. Reconnaissance Survey
b. Intensive Survey — Historic cemetery delineation
e. Site Examination
d. Data Recovery
B. Professional Qualifications
1. Attach a personnel chart and project schedule as described in 950 CMR 70.11(b).
a. Personnel
Principal Investigator(s): Joseph N. Waller, Jr.
Project Arebaeologist(s): Jennifer Bannister
Field Crew: Kirk Van Dyke
b. Schedule
Fieldwork: April 2013
Laboratory: April 2013
Report: June 2013
2. Include copies of curriculum vitae of key personnel (unless already on lila with the State
Archaeologist).
C. Research Design
1. Attach a narrative description of the proposed Research Design according to the requirements
of 950 CMR. 70.11.
2. The Applicant agrees to perform the field investigations according to the standards outlined
in 950 CMR 70.13.
3. The Applicant agrees to submit a Summary Report, prepared according to the standards
outlined in 950 CMR 70.14 by: June 30, 2013
4. The specimens i ecovered during performance of the proposed field investigation will be
curated at:
The Public Archaeology Laboratory, hie.
26 Main Street
Pawtucket, Rhode Island 02860
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MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
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Assessor's Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
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Town: North Andover
Place (neighborhood or village):
Address or Location: 16 Berry Street
Name: Berry Farm Cemetery and Burial Ground
Ownership: ❑ Public ❑ Private
Approximate Number of Stones: 57 headstones and
footstones (40+ individuals)
Earliest Death Date: February 2, 1764
Latest Death Date: January 26, 1875
Landscape Architect:
Condition: Fair to good
Acreage: 7500 ftZ
Setting: The cemetery is located in rural North Andover,
adjacent to a large wetland system. The burial ground is
elevated approximately l to 3 ft above the surrounding
surface grade and is defined by a partial split -rail fence. The
burial plot is accessed from its western side. Several large
trees line the northern and southern edges of the cemetery
with a few large stumps present within the northwestern
cemetery limits.
Recorded by: Joseph N. Waller, Jr.
Organization: The Public Archaeology Laboratory, Inc.
Date (month /year): September 2013
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❑ Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.
If checked, you must attach a completed National Register Criteria Statement form.
Use as much space as necessary to complete the following entries, allowing text to flow onto additional continuation sheets.
VISUAL/DESIGN ASSESSMENT
Describe landscape features, gravestone materials, designs, motifs, and symbols that are either common Note any known carvers.
Burial markers are organized within at least eight linear rows. Mid -eighteenth to the late -nineteenth century inscribed and
engraved headstones are carved out of slate and marble in the burial ground. All of the gravestones are modest in ornamentation
with flat cut and arched tops. Funerary motifs include winged cherubs, several variations of willow and urn, and rosettes. Several
roughly shaped granite fieldstones identify additional interments within the cemetery. Few topographic depressions and/or
vegetation changes within the cemetery with no associated headstones or footstones suggest that additional unmarked graves
may also be contained within the burial ground.
HISTORICAL NARRATIVE
Explain religious affiliations, major period of use, and evaluate historical association of this burial ground with the community.
The Berry Farm Cemetery is a small rural cemetery utilized by a group of rural farmers and their families from the mid -
eighteenth through the nineteenth centuries. Demographic information pertaining to those interred within the cemetery is
attached.
The burial ground is first referenced in a deed dated March 31, 1783, which records the sale seventeen acres of land from Philip
Farington to Peter Town. Exception for the burial plot is made in the deed "as far as the land has been improved for a Burying
place then northwardly to the line of said John Farrington's land so that the said Burying ground be excluded from said
conveyed premises..." (SECRD, Book 149, Page 237). Daniel Farrington, likely a relation of Philip Farrington, is the earliest
known interment within the burial ground. Peter Town deeded this property to Joel Town in 1806 "excepting a piece of land
contained within the aforementioned bounds left for the priviledge (sic) of a burying place" (SECRD, Book 181, Page 1.13).
Peter, his two wives, and one young son are interred in the cemetery.
The property and cemetery came into Berry ownership when Jacob Berry acquired it from Joel Town in 1815 (SECRD, Book
208, Page 223). Jacob Berry, his wife Susannah and four children are buried in the Berry Farm Cemetery. The first member of
the Berry family to be buried in the Berry Farm Cemetery was that of Elijah Berry who died on June 6, 183 1. The property was
willed to Jacob Berry's son Albert following his death in 1873. In turn, the Berry Farm property was willed to Albert's children
Samuel, Charles, and Mary following his death. The children soon after deeded the property to a Mr. William J. Beck in 1909
excepting "such rights, if any, as the inhabitants of the Town of Andover may have in and to a certain portion of the said
premises to be used by them as a burial place" (SECRD, Book 274, Pages 241-243).
William J. Beck deeded the property to Sara B. Beck in 1932 (NECRD, Book 564, Page 128), who in turn sold the property to
Gerard and Ann Proulx on April 1, 1957 (NECRD, Book 852, Page 91). This deed records the size of "said burial lot" as
comprising "approximately 7500 square feet." The Proulx's sold the property to the Fiore Family Trust on June 29, 1965. The
property passed between different trusts (Fiore Family, Margeson Family, Berry Street) from 1965 on until it was eventually
sold to North Andover Holdings LLC on April 30, 2012 (NECRD Book, 1037, Page 321; Book 1357, Page 410; Book 1358,
Page 110 & 114; Book 1417, Page 249; Book 1524, Page 103; Book 12923, Page 102).
Memorials to 14 Berry family members are inscribed on 10 headstones within the cemetery. Additional families in the cemetery
include those of the Angier (2), Bodwell (1), Faulkner (1), Goodhue (2), Nichols (1), and Russell (1) families and abutting
property owners such as the Gray and Farnum families. The earliest marked interment within the cemetery is that of Daniel
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Farrington (d. 1764). Susannah Berry (d. 1875) may be the latest. Five Gray family members are interred in the cemetery.
Hannah, wife of Benjamin Gray, is inventoried in Lenora White McQuesten's (1930) manuscript entitled "Farm and
Neighborhood Cemeteries of Andover and North Andover, Mass., Including Stone Inscriptions" as having died on Sept. 27,
1855 at the age 66, however her headstone is no longer extant. The cemetery also contains the remains of Mrs. Hannah (Gray)
Lacey, wife of John and youngest daughter of Thomas Gray. Three members of the Farnum (alternately spelled Farnam or
Farnham) family are also buried in the cemetery. These individuals include Benjamin Farnam, Ruth, wife of Benjamin, and Jesse
Farnham. Seth Farnum (d. May 3, 1845; Age 39) is recorded as being interred in the Berry Farm Cemetery. Seth Farnum's
gravesite is, however, located outside of the burial ground. Mr. Farnum requested prior to his death to be buried under a large
oak tree on the farm near the house. Seth Farnum's grave is located nearby, south of Turnpike Street (Route 114) behind a white
colonial farmhouse.
Berry Farm Cemetery, North Andover, Massachusetts
Record of Interments (PAL 2013)
No.
Inscription
Material
Size (inches)
Notes
widthxhei htxthickness
1
In Memory of
Slate
23 -x -36-x-1.5
• Cherub
Mr. Daniel Farrington
• McQuesten (1930): XIV
who Died Feby 2d 1764
• French & Indian War
in the 58th year
soldier
of his age
"At fifty eight my transient Breath Resigned
my soul took wings among Y Etherial Kind
and left her mortal partner here to lay
until the Glorious Resurection Day"
2
Elijah Berry
Marble
20 -x -39-x-2
-2 interments
Died
• McQuesten (1930): X & XI
June 6, 1831
• Abba Berry died of old age'
ABBA,
His Wife
Died March 1, 1862
AE 83 yrs & 1 mo.
"Father & Mother"
3
D. Putnam Berry
Marble
20.5 -x -39-x-2
• McQuesten (1930): XII
Died
• Veteran flag present
March 16, 1865
AE 18 yrs. 5 Mos.
& 16 days
"He Lives in Heaven"
4
Susannah
Marble
21 -x -38.5-x-2
• Broken in half and repaired
Wife of
with 2 iron brackets
Daniel G. Berry
• McQuesten (1930): XIII
Died
Jan. 26, 1875
Aged 50 yrs
& 6 mos.
"The day from thy spirit gone
Thy God hath claimed thee as his own
In Paradise thou shurest bliss
Never to be found in world like this."
5
Anna W.
Marble
20.5 -x -40.5-x-2
• Recent flowers placed in
Daughter of Albert
front of headstone — dried
& Mary W. Berry
husks
DIED
• Veteran flag located to left
Aug 22, 1871
of this headstone — possibly
Aged 12 yrs, 11 ms.
moved
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"She is waiting for us in the glorious
• McQuesten (1930): lI
Eden -land
Which lies beyond the sunset of life."
6
Samuel Berry
Marble
24 -x -39-x-2
• Very top broken off
Died
• McQuesten (1930):1
Sept. 27, 1864
AE 29
"The dust returns to the
Earth as it was the spirit unto God he gave it."
7
In Memory of
Slate
23.5 -x -50-x-2.25
• Willow & Urn
Ruth, wife of
• Footstone present
Benjamin Farnam
• McQuesten (1930): XVI
who died
• Maiden name Saltmarsh;
Oct. 10, 1839
died of consumption"
AE 67
8
In Memory of
Slate
25 -x -48.5-x-2
• Willow & Urn
Benjamin Farnam
• McQuesten (1930): XV
who died
• Died of bilious fever (lung
Feb 7, 1844
fever)"
AEt 72
9
Possible headstone
Granite
13.5 -x -8-x-2.5
• Broken, Crude
• No Inscription
10
Sacred
Marble
Laying flat: 15-x-33.5
-Rose or Fruit tree design
to the
In ground:
• 2 interments
Memory of
16.5 -x -4-x-2
• McQuesten (1930): VI &
Samuel Berry
VII
Died July 9, 1852
AE 90 yrs & 9 mos.
Rebecca A.
(broken off)
His (broken)
Died March 9, 1828
11
Jacob Berry
Marble
21 -x -45-x-2
• McQuesten (1930): III
Died
Jan 12, 1873,
Aged 83 yrs
"To die isgain."
12
Susannah,
Marble
20.5 -x -46.5-x-2
• Footstone present
Wife of
• McQuesten (1930): IV
Jacob Berry
Died
March 15, 1870
Aged 74 yrs, 8 ms.
"Her spirit rests with God, her
toils are passed,
The goal is gained, the haven
reached at last."
Bolduc (sp?) & Hackett Lawe (carvers)
13
Jacob Berry
Slate
22.5 -x -39-x-2
• Willow & Urn (3)
died Oct. 10, 1837
• 3 interments
AEt 20 yrs
• McQuesten (1930): V
Ancil Berry
died May 5, 1823
AEt 9 ms.
Jacob W. Berry
died Nov. 22, 1837
AEt 10 weeks
"Children of Jacob & Susannah Berry
14
In Memory of
Slate
14 -x -25-x-1.5
• -Willow Pot
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Hiram
• Not listed in McQuesten
Son of Mr. Jacob &
(1930)
Mrs. Susannah Berry
who died
Oct. 15, 1819
AEt 13 months
"Sleep on sweet child and take thy rest.
God called thee home he thought it best."
15
Possible Headstone (or 2)
Granite
• Crude, Uninscribed
• Likely w/ assoc. footstone
16
In Memory of
Slate
20.5 -x -30-x-2
• Willow & Urn
Mr. Jesse Farnham
• McQuesten (1930): XVII
who died
• He lived on the homestead
July 30, 1835
until the last ten years of his
AEt 42
life when he became blind.
Then he lived with the
Townes."
17
(top broken off)
Marble
24 -x -34-x-2
• Leaning, propped by 2
died Feb. 6, 1849
stones
AEt 84
• 2 interments
Abigail his wife
• A. Angier (McQuesten
Died Aug. 5, 1860
1930)
AEt 88 yrs 9 mos.
• McQuesten (1930): IX
"Honored Father and Mother"
18
Likely Headstone
Granite
• Crude, Uninscribed
• w/ assoc. footstone
19
Sarah Goodhue
Marble
12.5 -x -17.5-x-2
• d. Oct. 30, 1831 AEt 2 yrs
Died
9 mos (McQuesten 1930)
? (illegible)
• McQuesten (1930): XXXI
AEt ? (illegible)
20
William F. Goodhue
Marble
20.5 -x -21-x-2
• d. Oct. 14, 1862 AEt 40 yrs
died
(McQuesten 1930)
(broken)
• A Civil War Soldier
(McQuesten 1930)
• McQuesten (1930): XVIII
• He took ill during service
and died at Washington
D.C."
21
Mercy B.
Slate
15.25 -x -34-x-1.5
• Willow & Urn
Wife of James
• McQuesten (1930): XIX
Nichols
Died Mar. 4, 1846
AEt 56
"Yes we have parted mother thou art dead!
On its last resting place I lean thy head:
Then by thy coffin side i knell and look
A daughters farewell kiss and farewell look.
Those marble lips no kindred kiss retum'd,
Thy voice alas thou could'st not speak thy
doom:
I felt it all told to my heart!
The shaft had struck I knew that we must
part."
T.W.
22
Henry C. Faulkner
Marble
22 -x -44-x-3
•McQuesten (1930): VIII
Died
Feb. 18, 1863
Aged 22 years
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& 11 mos.
"He is not dead but Slee eth."
23
Likely Headstone
Marble
20 -x -17.5-x-2
• Broken, Uninscribed
-Laying Flat, possibly moved
24
Likely Headstone
Granite
11 -x -7.5-x-4
• Crude, Uninscribed
• w/ assoc. depression in
ground
25
In Memory of
Slate
19.5 -x -37-x-1.5
• Willow & Urn
Mrs. Lydia and
• 3 interments
Mrs. Rebecca Town.
• McQuesten (1930): XXI
L. died Dec` 13, 1774
AEt 22
R. died May 16, 1815
AEt 55
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HAMON TOWN
son of Mr and Mrs P. Town
died Dec` 14, 1800 AEt 13
26
In Memory of
Slate
28 -x -51.5-x-1.5
• Willow & Urn
Mr.
• Revolutionary War veteran
Peter Town.
flag
who died
• Associated footstone
May 20 1830:
• McQuesten (1930): XX
AEt 80 ys & 9 ms.
27
Mary
Slate
17 -x -39-x-2
• Willow
Wife of
• McQuesten (1930): XXIII
Cornelius Gray
• Maiden name Maruatta;
Died June 19, 1849
died of consumption"
AEt 54
28
Sarah
Slate
17 -x -37.5-x-2
• Willow
Wife of
• McQuesten (1930): XXV
Henry Bodwell
Died June 30, 1852,
AEt 80
T. Warren Lowell (carver)
29
Cornelius Gray
Marble
20 -x -27.5-x-2
• Laying flat
DIED
• McQuesten (1930): XXII
Feb. 26, 1873
AE. 74
30
Likely Headstones
Granite
• Crude, Uninscribed
31
Granite
32
Granite
33
Mrs. Hannah
Slate
19-x-35
• Willow & Urn
Wife of
• Laying Flat & partially
Mr. John Lacey
underground
and youngest dau-
• McQuesten (1930): XXIX
of Mr. Thomas Gray
died Dec. 16, 1827
AEt 61 yrs.
34
Harriett N.
Marble
14-x-30
• Laying Flat & partially
Daughter of Cornelius & Mrs.
underground
Gray,
• McQuesten (1930): XXIV
died March 2,
1856, aged 21 years
35
Nancy G.
Marble
20.5-x-42
• Rose (?) design
Wife of*
Laying Flat & partially
HenryJ. Gray
underground
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• Source: Find A Grave (2013)
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES
Find A Grave
2013 Berry Farm Cemetery, North Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts. Electronic document retrieved May 13,
2013: http://www.findagrave.com/c ig bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2173844&CScn=Berry&CScntry=4&CSs
t=21 &CScnty=1177&
McQuesten, Lenora White
1930 Farm and Neighborhood Cemeteries of Andover and North Andover, Mass., Including Stone Inscriptions.
Manuscript on file at the Stevens Memorial Library, North Andover, MA.
Northern Essex County Registry of Deeds (NECRD)
n.d. Land Evidence Records, Registry of Deeds, Northern Essex County, Lawrence, MA.
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Died
• McQuesten (1930): XXVIII
Feb. 15, 1869
AE. 40 y's. 6 m's.
"And when the lord shall summon us, whom
thou hast left behind.
May we untainted by the world, assured
welcome find;
May each like thee depart in peace, to be a
glorious guest
where the wicked cease from troubling, and
the weary are at rest."
J. Leonard Lawrence Mass (carver)
36
Tabatha Russell
Marble
19-x-24
• Laying flat & partially
DIED
underground
June 15, 1867
• Split down center
AEt 79 's & 6 m's
• McQuesten (1930): XXX
37
Benjamin Gray
Marble
18-x-13 (flat)
• AEt 69 yrs (McQuesten
Died
3" (in ground)
1930)
(broken)
• McQuesten (1930): XXVI
May 30, 1865 (in round)
38
Likely Headstones
Granite
Crude, Uninscribed
39
Granite
Back of Cemetery
40
Granite
Visible Depressions
No
Hannah
Unknown
Unknown
• This headstone not present,
Marker
Wife of Benjamin Gray
information from McQuesten
Died
(1930)
Sept. 27, 1855
• McQuesten (1930): XXVII
AEt 66 yrs
Mr. Seth Farnham
Slate
• Outside Cemetery
died
Boundary
May 3, 1845
• w/ assoc. footstone
AEt 39 years
• Seth asked to be buried
"Beneath this stone, `til Christ shall
under a large oak tree on the
bid him rise
farm near the house.*
A husband dear, and much loved
Father lies,
Yet cease to weep `tis God ? be
Calm and still
And bow in sweet submission to His will."
• Source: Find A Grave (2013)
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES
Find A Grave
2013 Berry Farm Cemetery, North Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts. Electronic document retrieved May 13,
2013: http://www.findagrave.com/c ig bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2173844&CScn=Berry&CScntry=4&CSs
t=21 &CScnty=1177&
McQuesten, Lenora White
1930 Farm and Neighborhood Cemeteries of Andover and North Andover, Mass., Including Stone Inscriptions.
Manuscript on file at the Stevens Memorial Library, North Andover, MA.
Northern Essex County Registry of Deeds (NECRD)
n.d. Land Evidence Records, Registry of Deeds, Northern Essex County, Lawrence, MA.
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Smith, Horace Hale
1909 Plan of Land Belonging to William Beck, No. Andover, Massachusetts. On file, Northern Essex County Registry
of Deeds, Lawrence, MA.
Southern Essex County Registry of Deeds (SECRD)
n.d. Land Evidence Records, Registry of Deeds, Southern Essex County, Salem, MA.
Photolog: Berry Farm Cemetery
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