Cemeteries in Andover

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The first documented gravestone in Andover was placed at South Church in 1711.


Chapel Cemetery at Phillips Academy

  • Originally the cemetery for the Andover Theological Seminary
    • 98 Chapel Ave, Andover, MA 01810
    • First burial was in 1810.
    • Those buried include: Harriet Beecher Stowe; John Dove; Alice Buck; Elizabeth Stuart Phelps and Warren Draper.
      • See "A little cemetery - a lot of history," Andover Townsman, December 5, 2013, p. 16.


Christ Church Cemetery

  • Located at 33 r Central Street, Andover, MA, behind The Parish of Christ Church at 33 Central Street, Andover, MA.
  • Graves in this cemetery date back to 1840.


Cornelius Gould Farm Cemetery

  • Contains only three gravestones and a few unmarked graves: Cornelius Gould, Lydia Gould, and Emerson Gould.
  • When the boundary line between Andover and North Reading was established in 1904, a portion of the Gould Farm was in North Reading. The cemetery is in this portion at 112 Gould Road, Andover, MA.


Jenkins Family Cemetery - See Woodbridge-Jenkins Family Cemetery


Phillips Academy Chapel Cemetery from Find a Grave, also known as Academy Cemetery, Chapel Cemetery, Theological Seminary Burying Ground.

  • Located on Chapel Avenue.
  • The burying ground of Andover Theological Seminary.


Sacred Heart Cemetery

  • Located at 80 Corbett Road in the Shawsheen section of Andover.
  • A member of the Catholic Cemetery Association

St. Augustine's Church Cemetery

  • Located off Lupine Road; office at 43 Essex Street.
  • Graves in this cemetery date back to 1855.


First Burying Ground, North Parish North Andover Historical Society


Saint Francis Seminary Cemetery


South Church Cemetery

  • Located at the corner of Central and School Streets (41 Central Street).
  • Oldest cemetery in Andover.
  • First recorded burial was Robert Russell in 1710.
  • The first two ministers, Rev. Samuel Philips and Rev. Jonathan French, and their families are buried here. Also buried are the founders of Phillips Academy, Andover Theological Seminary and the Abbot Female Academy.
  • Andover's Revolutionary War dead are buried here or remembered at the triangle of School and Central Streets.
  • See South Church (Parish)
  • List of people buried in South Church Cemetery
Map of South Parish Cemetery
List of Memorials in South Parish Cemetery


Spring Grove Cemetery

  • Located on Abbot Street named for the spring on the property.
  • This is the Andover town cemetery.
  • Funds ($3,000) appropriated at the 1869 town meeting purchase 41 acres from the heirs of Nehemiah Abbott for the cemetery.
  • Dedicated on October 15, 1871.
  • A statue dedicated to Civil War Veterans erected on cemetery grounds.
  • An online search by name, a map of the cemetery, and a list of rules and regulations are located on the town's website [1]
  • See "Spring Grove Cemetery steeped in History, Shrouded in Beauty", The Townsman, October 29, 2015, page 11.


Temple Emanuel Cemetery

    • Located at Corbett and Mount Vernon Street, Lawrence


United Lebanese Cemetery

  • First Syrian Cemetery in the United States. (see Legacies of Labor)


West Parish Cemetery

  • Located at 129 Reservation Road.
  • Graves in this cemetery date back to 1692 & 1751.


  • Woodbridge-Jenkins Family Cemetery - Douglas Lane
    • Located at 4 Douglas Lane, off Mortimer Road, off Jenkins Road.
    • 17 people were buried here between 1753-1882.
    • In 1882, 8 members of the Jenkins family were reinterred, 7 to Spring Grove Cemetery (William Jenkins lot), 1 to South Church Cemetery.
    • 9 remain, 6 members of the Benjamin Woodbridge family (1805-1853, direct descendants of Rev. John Woodbridge, the first minister of Andover), and 3 children of Samuel and Rebecca Jenkins, who died on consecutive days in September 1753.
    • The town adopted the cemetery at the 2002 town meeting.
    • A 2003 Eagle Scout project cleaned up, restored, and fenced in the cemetery.
    • A 2014 Eagle Scout project built a footbridge and footpath from the road to the cemetery.
...Woodbridge and Jenkins Family Cemetery.... click to enlarge



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